rsync over vpn slowness

[Steve Thomas]

Don't know if anyone can help with this. It may be unique to Adelade U.

Anyway, the one significant problem I have with Ubuntu is using vpn to
connect to servers at Adelaide. I maintain a site there, and develop content
for the site on my laptop. Whe I need to update the site, I run rsync to
upload changes from the laptop.

All good until I upgraded to 8.10, when vpn went feral. Now on 9.10 and the
problems continue.

I've been through all the forums, and while there's lots about vpn timing
out, there's nothing that matches my specific symptoms.

What happens is, vpn connects with no problems. I start an rsync, no
problem. It runs for a bit, but then appears to stall. If I wait long
enough, I find it's still connected and working. Eventually it may finish.
Sometimes it never finishes before I run out of patience. So something is
causing vpn to run really, really slow.

And it's not the server, because if I try connecting to another server in
the same vpn session, that's really slow too.

Running standard vpnc + network manager. And yes, I've tried all the
suggested alternatives. Makes no difference. Tempted to believe the Uni just
doesn't like Linux. :/

Any ideas?

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