[Samba] Slow File transfer between Samba and Win2k

[Elijah Savage III]

Put this in your global config and see if it helps and let me know.

socket options = TCP_NODELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192 SO_RCVBUF=8192
IPTOS_LOWDELAY

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Allen [mailto:timallen at ls83.fsnet.co.uk] 
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 3:19 PM
To: Elijah Savage III; samba at lists.samba.org
Subject: RE: [Samba] Slow File transfer between Samba and Win2k


This is my smb.conf:


# Global parameters
[global]
	workgroup = DCAE
	server string = Samba Server
	encrypt passwords = Yes
	username map = /usr/local/samba/lib/smbusers
	log level = 2
	log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
	max log size = 50
	time server = Yes
	local master = No
	dns proxy = No
	printer admin = @ntadmin
	hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127.
	printing = lprng

[print$]
	path = /usr/local/samba/printers
	write list = @ntadmin,root
	guest ok = Yes

[hp_lj3p]
	path = /shared/printers/spool
	printable = Yes
	print command = lpr -Fb -r -P %p %s
	printer name = lp

[faxlp]
	path = /shared/printers/spool
	printable = Yes
	print command = lpr -r -P %p %s
	printer name = faxlp

[Data]
	comment = Development data
	path = /shared/Data
	read only = No
	inherit permissions = Yes

[Admin]
	comment = Share for Admin group
	path = /shared/Admin
	read only = No
	inherit permissions = Yes

[Apps]
	comment = Applications
	path = /shared/Apps
	read only = No
	create mask = 0644

[homes]
	comment = Home Directory
	path = /home/%S/pchome
	read only = No
	create mask = 0700
	directory mask = 0700
	browseable = No

[Common]
	comment = Common directory for file sharing
	path = /shared/Common
	read only = No
	create mask = 0777
	directory mask = 0777



Tim Allen

On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Elijah Savage III wrote:

> If you guys posted you smb.conf files we might be able to help without
> you really can't even make an educated guess.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-admin at lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-admin at lists.samba.org]
> On Behalf Of Tim Allen
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 11:51 AM
> To: Jolke Perelaer; samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Slow File transfer between Samba and Win2k
>
> I just tried a similar test on a NT4, W2K dual boot machine.
>
> W2K 700k/sec both directions
> NT4 600k/sec NT4->Samba
> NT4 60k/sec Samba-> NT4 (gaps of several seconds between network
> activity)
>
> Currently I get poor performance when accessing an Access database
from
> W2K,
> but it's fine when booted into NT4! Both work fine talking to an NT4
> server.
> So there's something strange going on.
>
>
> Tim Allen
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jolke Perelaer" <J.Perelaer at students.chem.uu.nl>
> To: "Samba News" <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 2:35 PM
> Subject: [Samba] Slow File transfer between Samba and Win2k
>
>
> I have a Samba file server and a dual boot Win98/Win2k client. Copying
> file
> from the Client in Win98 to the Samba server gives no problems:
>
> (I copied one 6 mb file)
>
> Samba server -> Win98 Client    550 kb/s
> Samba server <- Win98 Client    500 kb/s
>
> But then from Samba server to Win2k Client:
>
> Samba server -> Win2k Client    190 kb/s
> Samba server <- Win2k Client    18 kb/s
>
> Because of the fact that I use a dual boot, I can narrow the problem
to
> Windows 2000, instead of Samba or even my network properties. I must
> admit
> that I am new to this newsgroup, so I do not know how many further
info
> I
> should give. I also could not find anything about this problem on the
> web.
>
> Any help would be appreciated!
> thnx.
>
> Jolke.