SCP with vrf takes a long time to copy file.

[Mark Wright]

If I copy a file from the 881 router without VRF it takes  0.776 secs (180 bytes/sec) to copy 140 bytes.

I setup VRF and set my Ip ssh source-interface to FastEthernet4 it takes 11.188 secs (13 bytes/sec) to copy 140bytes. 

In both I copied the same file to the same system.

Is there a route or some other setting that could speed this up?

-Mark

[Mark Wright · Accepted solution]

check to see if you device supports the new vrf definition

conf t

vrf definition ?

If it does change to vrf definition from ip vrf.

I found this speeds up scp.