Odd network issue ... *very* slow scp between two servers

[Mike Tancsa]

At 12:48 PM 06/03/2004, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>the fxp device is running:
>         media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
>
>the em device is running:
>         media: Ethernet 100baseTX <full-duplex>

what does netstat -ni show on both machines for those NICs ?  Is the switch 
managed ? If so, see if there are any errors.  Also run the tests where 
there is little load going on.  A load of 7 is going to impact something 
that needs cpu power (i.e. the ssh encryption)

         ---Mike