That's a thought. I suppose that would be a compile flag in ssh. The only thing is that the problem appears to be more when the server is sending a screen down; they are still small packets (typically 300-500 bytes), nowhere near the MTU/MRU of the link -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates <http://lannetlinux.com> _____________________________________________________________ "We needn't, as socialists, get too concerned about privacy; it's a bourgeois right, closely allied to the right to private property". - Former Federal Health Minister Neal Blewett, addressing the Fabian Society in 1988 in relation to the Australia Card issue. On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Howard Lowndes wrote: > > > > My perception, by watching the tcpdump stream, is that the ssh traffic > > from Linux to Linux appears more halting than the Windows to Linux > > traffic. > > > > I am at a loss to understand it as both traffic streams pass through the > > same gateway, so I guess the problem must be with the local Linux box, > > either the ssh app or the vncviewer app. > > Could this be something to do with Nagle algorithm or other tunable > parameters in the networking? Turning on Nagle usually increases useful > throughput on a busy connection, but it hurts latency, which can be a > worry for interactive use. > > With Linux you can turn Nagle on or off according to taste. I think so > for MS-Windows also. It could be just a matter of default settings on > the two systems nbeing different. > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
