Problems with PuTTY vs. Terminal

[prweb]

First time poster here looking for some help...

My MacBook Pro (let's call it MBP1) at home is setup so that I can SSH to it using another MacBook (let's call it MBP2) using Terminal and the following command:

ssh username@123.456.789.123 -D 2001

I setup the system on MBP2 to use a SOCKS proxy so that all of my internet stuff gets routed through 123.456.789.123. To test the download speed, I turn off the proxy to determine what I'm getting from my local ISP... and then I turn on the proxy and run the test again. Both are the same at 2 Mbps download.

However, sometimes I need to use a Windows machine to connect (let's call it WIN1). I use PuTTY to connect to MBP1 and setup WIN1 to also use a SOCKS proxy. But when running the speed tests, WIN1 can get 2Mbps download without the proxy, and only 1Mbps with the proxy turned on. I tried it on a different windows machine and got the same results.

Any thoughts on what may be causing the reduction in speed? Thanks.

 

[theevilsharpie]

When I last tried to use PuTTY for data transfers, I found it to be rather slow. This was years ago, so I figured they may have fixed it by now, but apparently not.

When I last ran into this problem, I replaced PuTTY with a package that bundled OpenSSH with Cygwin. I don't remember where I got it, but it shouldn't be hard to find.

 

[prweb]

When I last ran into this problem, I replaced PuTTY with a package that bundled OpenSSH with Cygwin. I don't remember where I got it, but it shouldn't be hard to find.

I just tried Cygwin with OpenSSH, and indeed everything is faster. Thanks for the suggestion. I wonder why PuTTY is so slow.