Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Reply-To: Cygwin List Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.0.20050427230829.08920ae0@pop.prospeed.net> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 23:26:59 -0400 To: Bernhard Ege , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Larry Hall Subject: Re: scp/ssh between two cygwin installations very slow In-Reply-To: <426D75FE.9090003@ege.cc> References: <426D28E3 DOT 4080303 AT ege DOT cc> <426D48F4 DOT 5040908 AT ege DOT cc> <20050425194900 DOT GB14164 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <426D75FE DOT 9090003 AT ege DOT cc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 06:58 PM 4/25/2005, you wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >>On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 09:45:56PM +0200, Bernhard Ege wrote: >> >>>Bernhard Ege wrote: >>> >>>>I am trying to copy an 800MB file from my pc to my laptop. The pc has cygwin and cygwins sshd running and from the laptop I use the scp command to copy the file. >>>> >>>>Result: 190kB/s with low (1-5%) cpu usage on both machines. >>>> >>>>Expected result: at least 2-3MBps with somewhat higher cpuusage on both machines. >>> >>>Doh. I completely forgot that in my .ssh/config I had ssh call a script using the ProxyCommand. That command is a shell script that detects which network I am connected to (company or my own) and uses a tunneling ssh command to the destination if on the company network or a direct connection using "connect" if on my own network. >>> >>>The connect command is a fairly simple program that redirects stdin/stdout to a host:port. This way, I can either use a ssh to host:port if tunneling is required to connect to host:port if not. >>> >>>The problem is that cygwin has a very low throughput using the script with the connect command. I guess it could be related to the slow pipe problem mentioned earlier (but was supposedly fixed). >>> >>>I have tried without the ProxyCommand and the speed returned to an acceptable 1.5MBps. >>> >>>I hope Cygwin can be fixed so the speed returns to normal :-) >> >>Yep. We'll get right on fixing that problem where fairly simple >>programs which redirect stdin/stdout to a host:port cause reversions in >>behavior of the "slow pipe" problem which was supposedly fixed. > >It was either that kind of reply or some other reply indicating what additional info is required. Obviously I would submit the required information, but I don't know what would be relevant. > >Anyway, here is the link to connect.c: > >http://www.taiyo.co.jp/~gotoh/ssh/connect.html > >And just create script like ssh-connect.sh: > >#!/bin/bash >connect $1 $2 > >And in .ssh/config add the script to a destination: > >ProxyCommand ssh-connect.sh %h %p > > >scp'in from the host which is reached through connect has its speed severely reduced. > >It may be the problem with connect itself, but I am not sure how to test that. Seems like something is going on with the compiled version of connect that you pointed to. If I try what you mentioned above with the precompiled version, it is dreadfully slow for me as well (at least several orders of magnitude slower). Building a local one from source with Cygwin was allot better, though still slower than without it (by 4 to 5 times). You might want to try a local build if you need to rely on connect. It's allot better than the alternative. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/