Connection problems with WinNT/95

[Türck, Clemens]

> Tuerck, Clemens wrote:
> > 
> > On Linux SUSE 6.0 I have installed Samba to put some gigabytes of files
> from
> > Linux onto a WindowsNT workstation.
> > Both computers are in the network of our company, i.e. the same domain
> > (class C net, Token Ring, Olicom PCI 16/4 Adapters).
> > 
> > I've managed to connect to the Samba server with WindowsNT but the
> > connection is very slow and unstable (breaks down frequently as I can
> see in
> > "/var/log/log.smb"), biggest problems seem to be when listing directory
> > contents.
> > 
> > I have the similar problems when trying to retrieve the files via ftp
> > (proftp, port 21), with WindowsNT/95.
> > 
> > Someone told me special ports have to be set for NT-Linux connectivity,
> does
> > that help, and how do I do that?
> > Or could the problem be completely different?
> > 
> 
> No .. if FTP is unreliable, then something is wrong with your setup.
> As you are using token ring, (which is not that common) I would guess
> its a linux driver bug. Does the linux kernel print any network errors ?
> what does ifconfig say ? 
> 
	[Tuerck, Clemens]  
	there seem to be no network errors,
	ifconfig says:

	lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
	          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Bcast:127.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
	          UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3584  Metric:1
	          RX packets:71 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
	          TX packets:71 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
	          collisions:0 

	eth0      Link encap:16/4 Mbps TR  HWaddr 00:00:83:61:B0:D0  
	          inet addr:150.1.41.200  Bcast:150.1.41.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
	          UP BROADCAST RUNNING  MTU:2000  Metric:1
	          RX packets:12198 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1
	          TX packets:612 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
	          collisions:0 
	          Interrupt:9 Base address:0xff00 

> <snip>
> 
> Since you say, that ftp has simmilar symtoms I doubt the problem is
> related 
> to samba.
> 
> regards,
>    Michael
> -- 
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