Subject: Re: ssh performance, incoming slow, outgoing fast
To: Wayne Cuddy <wcuddy@crb-web.com>
From: James Sharp <jsharp@psychoses.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 02/28/2002 17:09:16
> I have 2 NetBSD 1.5.3_ALPHA boxes and a single Debian Linux box connection to
> a 100/10 NetGear switch.  If I transfer files from NetBSD to Linux, at 100MB,
> using either sftp or scp the transfer speeds are what I would expect.  However
> if I attempt to transfer files to a NetBSD box the speed drops below 10MB!!
> I tested this moving from between NetBSD boxes and got the same result.  Has
> anyone seen this type of behavior before?

Sounds like a duplex issue.  Make sure your switch can hand full-duplex
ethernet & set all your interfaces to full duplex.