Apple OS X SMB issues across VPN
Dan Tappin
dan at orourke.ca
Thu Oct 20 20:53:44 GMT 2005
On Oct 20, 2005, at 2:46 PM, Christopher R. Hertel wrote:
> Yep. It's listening on both 139 and 445, but most of the clients are
> connecting to port 139. At least one client (192.168.0.190) is
> connected
> to port 445. Hmmm...
>
> Samba can handle that just fine, but it's worth keeping in mind.
If it matters the port 445 user is a XP user if that matters.
>> Yes that is the problem exactly. The local LAN 192.168.0.* is fine
>> but the VPN LAN 192.168.2.* is awful. They can see the shares but
>> directory listings / transfers are unusable.
>>
>
> Are file transfers slow as well, or are they working correctly?
It's all bad.
> Also, is it only Mac to Mac or are Windows clients also having trouble
> talking to the Xserve?
I took my Powerbook down there and it was slow also. I need to test
it again to be sure but I thought that my OS X system was a tad
faster. Still painfully slow but faster.
The native Windows to Windows file sharing is not an issue. If a
client on the downtown LAN shares a folder the VPN user can access
the share with decent, usable speeds. Also our old Dell fileserver
running Samba 2.x works well across the VPN also.
>> tcpdump is standard on OS X but I'm at a loss as to which CLI options
>> I need to add to get the data you are looking for.
>>
>
> # tcpdump -i <interface> -s0 -w capture.cap host 192.168.0.2
This is on the Xserve right?... with <interface> being my LAN
connection en0 I believe.
Dan T
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