[Gllug] Observed speed of gigabit ethernet only about 1/4 or 1/5 of advertised

[Tethys]

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Richard Jones writes:

>I wonder if someone can suggest from the description below where the
>weak point is likely to be in this setup.

You will rarely be able to use ssh at wire speeds, due to the encryption
overheads at each end. I would have thought ttcp should be able to get
there or thereabouts, though. Have you tested it with netcat?

Tet
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