Win2k -> Samba 2.2.2 for IRIX
Carrie Knox
knox at sgi.com
Thu Dec 20 07:55:05 GMT 2001
Jeremy Allison wrote:
> >
> > I decided to try using something other than the default
> > netbios name (dns name) in my smb.conf file and low and
> > behold the Win2k systems have no problems connecting to the
> > share as long as the netbios name is different than the dns
> > hostname.
> >
> > Does anyone have experience with this Win2k -> Samba
> > behavior?
> > Thanks,
>
> write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Broken pipe
> means the client has dropped the connection. Use tcpdump
> or some other TCP analysis tool to determine who sends the
> RST or FIN packet (and maybe why). This is at a layer below
> Samba. It may be an incompatibility at the TCP layer, although
> this is unlikely. But remember SMB traffic can stress TCP
> a lot - it transfers a lot more data and is a lot longer
> lived than the typical http request.
>
> Jeremy.
Hello,
Any ideas as to why the dropped connection only occurs when the Samba
netbios name matches the Samba server's dns name?
Thanks,
Carrie
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