Win98SE to Samba 2.0.10 Problems

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Bad port on a Hub / Router?

> Thanks for the answers so far but I haven't 
been able to come up with an
> solution yet :(
> 
> Some new info (see bottom of email for 
history):
> 1. I upgraded to 2.0.10 on my Mandrake 8.0, no 
change to the transfer
> problem.
> 2. I attempted to ftp a file from the Win 98SE 
PC to my Samba Server,
> didn't work.  So I can assume that it is not 
specifically Samba problem.
> 3. I have changed the NIC cards in both the 
Win98SE machine and the
> Linux server, no change.
> 4. Now here's the funny one...I made a quick 
install of ZipSlack 7.1 on
> my work laptop to help narrow down the 
problems.  I sent up Samba 2.0.3 and
> voila...I have no transfer problems to speak 
of to the Slackware Samba
> machine.  So this makes me think that it may 
be a problem on the Mandrake
> 8.0 machine...don't know for sure.
> 5. I then set up Redhat 7.1 on a separate 
partition on my server.  Set
> it up to run and boom, doesn't transfer.  So 
now my server has had both
> Mandrake8.0 and Redhat7.1 and both have the 
same problem.
> 6. As a last resort, I am looking for a distro 
to put on top of my
> Win98SE that can check once and for all if the 
problem is in my Win98SE. (I
> just need a distro that can work with my 
Netgear FA311 NIC.) If I can FTP
> something from the machine running 
Linux...then it's Win98.  If I
> can't...well it's either the wiring (which 
I've checked) or the Linux
> server.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Kevin Foss
> Ottawa, Canada
> 
> 
> Hi Don
> 
> First, I'm glad you're using samba on mdk ;o)
> I would also suspect something wrong in the 
configuration of you win98SE
> box. 
> Have you tried to transfer files through ftp 
from windows to linux, just for
> 
> checking it works properly?
> 
> Also, I strongly suggest you to update your 
samba 2.0.7 from the mandrake 
> mirrors with 2.0.10, as there is a security 
issue on that specific version.
> 
> The update can be found here:
> 
ftp://download.sourceforge.net/pub/mirrors/mandrake/updates/8.0
> (or any other mirror listed here:)
> http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3
> 
> 
> The security advisory concerning samba on 8.0 
can be found here:
> 
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-062.php3?dis=8.0
> 
> Also, there is an unsupported 2.2.X version 
for 8.0 here:
> 
http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~staburet/samba/RPMS/8.0/
> or here:
> 
http://www.cae.co.za/~bgmilne/mandrake/samba/samba-2.2.2-mdk80/
> 
> but remember it's not officially supported on 
8.0.
> 
> Cheers,
> Sylvestre Taburet
> 
> 
> Le Mercredi 28 Novembre 2001 17:02, MCCALL,DON 
(HP-USA,ex1) a écrit :
> > Well, that's wierd...
> > Question; you have 2 win98se boxes that do 
NOT have this problem, and
> > 1 that does.  If you put in the exact same 
card from a win98se box
> > that WORKS into the one that doesn't, does 
it still fail?  And if it
> > does, take a look at the driver for the card 
in the win98se box that
> > fails compared to the one that works - is 
the driver the same revision?
> > are the parameters for the driver the same?  
If not, try copying the
> > driver from the working pc over to the bad 
pc, and updating the driver
> > in the device manager....
> > I'm no pc expert, but it does sound more 
like a driver/hw issue on the
> > win98se pc than anything in Mandrake...
> > If the above (at the card and driver level) 
don't take care of it,
> > check the tcpip settings between the two 
machines in the registry,
> although
> > this is a long shot...
> > Don
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Foss.KS at forces.ca 
[mailto:Foss.KS at forces.ca]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:45 AM
> > To: samba at lists.samba.org
> > Subject: Samba 2.0.7 and Win98SE
> >
> >
> >  I have been having an irritating problem 
with my home network.  My
> > network consists of 1 PC running Mandrake 
8.0 as the file server with
> Samba
> > 2.0.7, three PCs running Win98SE and one PC 
running Win XP.
> >  I have had the network running for almost 
two years in various OS
> > configurations and for the most part have 
had smooth operations.  However,
> > my problem comes when I try and copy, move, 
or save any files over 15KB to
> > the Samba shares from one specific Win98SE 
PC.  I can perform actions on
> > the Samba shares and move them to the 
Win98SE PC but not the other way
> > around. What makes this so confusing is that 
I can have no problems moving
> > files on or off this machine from any other 
PC including the server.  I
> can
> > mount the Windows share with Samba and pull 
them from Win98SE PC.  As
> well,
> > this Win98SE PC has absolutely no problems 
transferring files from any PC
> > except the Linux machine.  The Samba log 
file for this machine states that
> > there was a "read socket error" in the 
util_sock.c" file and that the
> > "connection was reset by peer".
> >  Now to add another twist, I have put three 
different PCI ethernet
> > adapters into the Win98SE PC and all have 
the same issue.  But, I tried a
> > USB Ethernet adapter on this machine and it 
works perfectly (although very
> > slow).  I have moved the network adapter 
around into different PCI slots
> > and each card had difference chipsets.  I 
have physically checked the Cat
> 5
> > cable and connection and there are no issues 
with the line quality.
> >
> >  Could my problem be associated with a 
transmit buffer setting on my
> > Win98SE machine or a read buffer setting in 
Samba?  The message in the log
> > file would drive me to believe that it is a 
problem on the Win98SE
> machine.
> > However, it could be anything and I can't 
figure out which machine the
> > problem resides on.  My only guess is that 
there is an issue with the size
> > of the transfer and that when I use the USB 
Ethernet adapter, the transfer
> > is slow enough not to overrun any buffers.
> >
> >  Any help would be appreciated.  I will 
attempt to get my smb.conf
> > file if needed.
> >
> > Kevin Foss
> > Ottawa, Canada
> 
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