File transfer hangs, times out

[Nate Eldredge]

Replying to myself,

nate writes:
 > Hello,
 > 
 > I'm having a problem with a samba setup here.  Transfering a file
 > between two samba machines hangs after a short while and eventually
 > smbclient times out.
 > 
 > Dramatis Personae:
 > 
 > archdiocese: Linux box running debian unstable.  samba 2.2.2-5, kernel
 > 2.4.16, libc 2.2.4-7.  (numbers after dashes are debian patch levels)
 > 
 > jupiter: Linux box running Mandrake 8.1.  samba 2.2.2-3.2mdk, kernel
 > 2.4.8-36mdk, glibc 2.2.4-6mdk.  samba daemons running in standalone
 > mode.

I replaced the network card on jupiter with a different one (old was
rtl8139, new is natsemi) and now it works.  Solved some other problems
I was having, too.

Odd, this really seemed like a software problem.

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Nate Eldredge
neldredge at hmc.edu