machine1>scp file1 user@machine2:/path/to/new/file You may want to copy different files with different sizes for some approx values. Hope this helps, Radu Marco Calviani wrote: > Hi, > i would like to test the transfer speed between two computers > connected under an ssh connection. How it is possible? There is any > possibility to do this? > > Regards and thanks in advance, > MC > > -- "Stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus"