SFTP/SCP much slower than FTP

[dylan <dylan@iici.no-ip.org>]

Hi,

i am having a problem with SFTP connections maxing out at about 50kb/sec on
average. the same machine is able to do about 900kb/sec using standard ftp.

after testing on another, much more powerful machine, i found that SFTP
transfer speeds for both machines were almost exactly equal.

does the encryption really slow it down that much? and that consistantly?

note: the two machines are an 8100/100 and an 8500/250 (604e)

does anyone have any ideas?

thanks

dylan