[Samba] Re: Unusable performance over WAN (part 2)

James Lamanna jlamanna at gmail.com
Mon Oct 8 15:59:01 GMT 2007


On 10/7/07, James Lamanna <jlamanna at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/7/07, James Lamanna <jlamanna at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 10/7/07, Volker Lendecke <Volker.Lendecke at sernet.de> wrote:
> > > On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 09:31:23AM -0700, James Lamanna wrote:
> > >
> > > > Server sends 1500 byte packet
> > > > Client sends 52 bye ACK
> > > > Server sends 1500 byte packet
> > > > Client sends 52 byte ACK
> > > > etc..
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone think of a reason for this?
> > >
> > > I did not find a link spontaneously, but Windows sometimes
> > > falls back to something that we call "rabbit pellet"
> > > mode. Maybe google shows up something for you.
> > >
> > > Volker
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I actually see that behavior using smbclient from a linux machine, so
> > its not necessarily Windows related.
> >
> > -- James
> >
>
> I've put some tcpdump logs from my macbook up at:
> http://emagiccards.com/james/tcpdump-vpn-logs.tar.bz2.
> It contains 2 files:
>
> vpn-wan.log - Transferring a file from my macbook over the WAN (logged
> in through VPN)
> vpn-nowan2.log - Transferring a file from my macbook not over the WAN
> (logging through VPN)
> (I have separate VPN servers on each size of the WAN).
>
> Here are the smbclient outputs:
>
> No WAN:
> getting file \Jun07.xls of size 2321920 as Jun07.xls (23.8 kb/s)
> (average 23.8 kb/s)
>
> Using WAN:
> getting file \Jun07.xls of size 2321920 as Jun07.xls Short read when
> getting file \Jun07.xls. Only got 1032192 bytes.
> Error Call timed out: server did not respond after 20000 milliseconds
> closing remote file
> (3.9 kb/s) (average 3.9 kb/s)
>
> -- James
>

I've put up more logs this morning sans VPN.
They are in:
http://emagiccards.com/james/tcpdump-novpn-logs.tar.bz2

Both of these logs are from being directly plugged in on either side of the WAN.
The 'nowan' log is the normal, fast transfer, whereas the 'wan' log is
over the WAN and has the unusable throughput.

-- James


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