[ILUG] Network question

[John Orford]

When transferring files to and from my girlfriend's and my computers I notice 
that if I start a transfer from my girlfriend's computer I get speeds of up 
to 3mb/sec whereas if the transfer is started on my comp I generally get much 
slower speeds...

Both computers run Debian Sid, although my computer is a 533mhz celeron and my 
girlfriend's a 2.3ghz Athlon...

Normally I use the fish protocol in Konqueror to do the file transfers.

Anybody have any ideas about what could be going on?  If there is a bottleneck 
somewhere, surely transfers instantiated from both computers should be 
equally effected...