[Samba] Performance problems with new server

Marian Mlcoch, Ing mm at tsmp.sk
Mon Nov 11 07:15:01 GMT 2002


Try instal clasic PCI Ethernet 10 or 100 and test. When problem solves you
must update driver for onboard net or disable it.
Primary Check your cable!!! Connect any another machine to end of samba UTP.


----- Original Message -----
From: "The Schlehuber's" <pat at schlehuber.net>
To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 10:23 PM
Subject: [Samba] Performance problems with new server


> I am having a heck of a time creating a new samba  PDC server. I have
> installed Samba 2.2.6 on a SuSE 8.0 system.  I have defined the machines
and
> users via smbpasswd, created the roaming directories and share points  and
> the server starts with no problems.
>
> All of the machines are XP with SignOrSeal set.
>
> What I am experiencing is the users are interegated for their
> userid/password as expected. I enter it and then I get "loading user
> settings" on the XP machines. This will sit for 10-30 minutes. Their
> profiles are empty on the server so the amount of data is small being sent
> across the wire. I see almost no network traffic during this period of
time
> across the network. I have set log level = 10 and I see nothing unusual.
It
> is running at 100Mbs half duplex to a switch/router with 2 XP machines.
>
> The same thing occurrs when it is a Samba 2.2.3 and a 2.2.5 system
>
> I have recreated this environment on another network and it works great. I
> imagine the problem must be with the samba machine somehow. It appears to
> FTP and sendmail with no bottlenecks. It is a brand new machine Athlon XP
> 2000+, 512M DDR and Raid controller. It does use an integrated Realtek
> TRL8100BL ethernet controller which I have seen some newgroups complain
> about.
>
> Any thoughts what I should look for to debug this system. I am pulling my
> hair out on this one.
>
> Thanks in advance for any assistance.
> Pat
>
>
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