[NBLUG/talk] Samba running slow...

[Mark Street]

This just doesn't feel like it is on the Linux side....  I would go to the 
Windoze box and check the properties of the interface, make sure the 
Connection Type is set to Full Duplex, not Auto Detect.

Seems I remember something about doze IP stack and dropping packets with 
Samba, which forces the linux machine to keep resending packets because it 
does not recieve an ACK back.

A way to find out what is happening on the wire would be to use Ethereal or 
tcpdump on the linux box, set it on eth0.  I think windoze has a Windump or 
something...  Have one running then drag and drop that 50M file or whatever 
and analyze the traffic after the transfer.

I am sure you could google it.  I know I remember this was an issue.
slow data transfer samba windows to linux

On Tuesday 15 July 2003 10:18, Todd Cary wrote:
> If one side is
> 100M, full duplex, then the other side must be that as well.  If one side
> is set to auto-detect the settings, then the other side should be set to
>
> The NIC on the PC is set to Auto_Mode, but I am not sure how to find/set
> this on the RH Linux box.

> >What it sounds like to me, first flush, is a speed/duplex mismatch.  That
> >means the communication between the network device and the linux box is
> > not matched, or the network device and the pc is not matched.  If one
> > side is 100M, full duplex, then the other side must be that as well.  If
> > one side is set to auto-detect the settings, then the other side should
> > be set to auto-detect as well.
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