Win2k -> Samba 2.2.2 for IRIX

[Carrie Knox]

Jeremy Allison wrote:

> >
> > I decided to try using something other than the default
> > netbios name (dns name) in my smb.conf file and low and
> > behold the Win2k systems have  no problems connecting to the
> > share as long as the netbios name is different than the dns
> > hostname.
> >
> > Does anyone have experience with this Win2k -> Samba
> > behavior?
> > Thanks,
>
> write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Broken pipe
> means the client has dropped the connection. Use tcpdump
> or some other TCP analysis tool to determine who sends the
> RST or FIN packet (and maybe why). This is at a layer below
> Samba. It may be an incompatibility at the TCP layer, although
> this is unlikely. But remember SMB traffic can stress TCP
> a lot - it transfers a lot more data and is a lot longer
> lived than the typical http request.
>
> Jeremy.

Hello,

Any ideas as to why the dropped connection only occurs when the Samba
netbios name matches the Samba server's dns name?

Thanks,
Carrie