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why is WinSCP so slow

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Mar 15, 202627831 views
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the interface is handy but the file transfer rate is freakishly slow compared to pscp or scp in my VM on the same windows machine. i'm only getting about 17kb/s when my overall connection speed can go up to about 1Mb/s (what i've seen not what my provider tells me they're giving me) and i'm pretty …

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You might find the File transfer speed FAQ on the WinSCP site useful, I'll provide the basics: The SSH code of WinSCP is based on PuTTY, so file transfers with the SSH-based protocols cannot be expeceted to be faster than PuTTY. So it might be worth…

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