HP-UX Unix to WinNT
Bruce
bruce at toorak.com
Tue Oct 17 06:59:20 GMT 2000
This sounds like an ethernet issue.
do ifconfig eth0/1 whatever and look for errors there. If there are any errors
at all then you have an issue. Even 1-2 errors implies collisions have occurred
and this is a loading issue.
Also take out socket options = SO_SNDBUF=17520
Bruce.
>> I cant use FTP with out some security changes to the UNIX server I will
>> attempt to do this soon. As for the cards they are both half duplex. This
>> only happens on the NT to Unix side, NT to NT its fast. But both
>> NT systems
>> are running at 100BT. The UNIX server is an HP E35 66MHZ single processor,
>> its about 5 years old. Here is the smb.conf file.
>
>We are using Samba 2.0.7 running on a HP C160L (160MHz single processor).
>Even on our old 712/80 machines, this is way too slow, and suggests a
>network or configuration problem.
>
>Your configuration file looks OK, except for SO_SNDBUF. My manpage suggests
>that the default for a tcp socket is 32768 - perhaps you could comment this
>out, and see if things change.
>
>I am more suspicious of a network problem. Do you have any way of checking
>the error rates on the network links used? We have found that really slow
>transfers in the past were usually caused by a faulty PC ethernet card. It
>may be worth just changing the PC card to see if things improce.
>
>>
>> # Samba config file created using vi
>> # from Chris Bailey TV/SSG
>> # Date: 2000/09
>>
>> # Global parameters
>> [global]
>> workgroup = wfb-master
>> netbios name = b5440s40
>> encrypt passwords = Yes
>> update encrypted = Yes
>> allow trusted domains = No
>> unix password sync = Yes
>> restrict anonymous = Yes
>> socket options = SO_SNDBUF=17520
>> socket options = TCP_NODELAY
>> keepalive = 0
>> strict sync = no
>> max xmit = 8192
>> read size = 2048
>> max open files = 100
>> load printers = No
>> domain logons = Yes
>> guest account =
>> hosts allow = 162.101.87.
>> nt smb suport = no
>> oplocks = no
>>
>> [pkgdata]
>> path = /tvdata/pkgdata
>> sync always = no
>> write ok = yes
>> write raw = yes
>> writable = yes
>> guest ok = No
>>
>>
>> Chris Bailey
>> TV/SSG
>> 480-774-4041
>> 877-291-0377
>>
>
>Tony Butt
>Software Engineer and Network Support
>CEA Technologies
>Canberra
>Australia
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