On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 11:38 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > <quote who="Peter Rundle"> > > > >Well, scp is poo for transferring files. :-) > > > > Using 100Mbit cable ethernet I can transfer the same file to the same > > server at 4.6MB/sec using scp. With the wireless connection, which is > > quoted as 108Mbit, I'm currently getting 40KB/sec. So that means it's > > about 500 times slower all else being equal. :-( > > Sure, there's craploads of overhead they don't bother mentioning, all of > which is not present on wired networks. LAN wifi infrastructure is a > convenience. If you're looking for performance, you're looking in the wrong > place. :-)
Nevertheless, 40KB/s is pretty slow. For reference I get ~550KB/s here using scp, on a laptop with a 10Mb wireless chipset talking to a 55Mb Linksys AP. J. -- Jan Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
