[Samba] Re: forcing XP clients to use CIFS

[Jax]

Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote:
> "Andrew Bartlett" <abartlet at samba.org> wrote in message
> news:<1188454373.22770.155.camel at naomi>...
>   
>> On Wed, 2007-08-29 at 21:48 +0200, Jax wrote:
>>     
>>> I guess there is a registry value for it. As I noticed winxp try to
>>>       
> use 
>   
>>> smbfs first not cifs. In linux it's easier because you can choose
>>>       
> when 
>   
>>> you mount your shares.
>>>       
>> smbfs v cifsvfs is a matter of two implementations of the protocol
>> client, that happen to exist in the Linux Kernel.  
>>
>> Windows XP only has one CIFS client, there is nothing to choose. 
>>     
>
> Maybe Jax meant getting the Windows CIFS client to always use SMB Direct
> Host (TCP port 445), instead of using NetBIOS/TCP (TCP port 139)?
>   
No I just thought there is a switch for it. Because in linux when I 
mount a share with CIFS, I can use almost the whole link speed (100mbit) 
when I copy files but when I mount the share with smbfs then its average 
3-7mbit/sec and I experience the same on XP.

Jax