[Samba] Slow browsing windows shares from linux/samba
Benjamin Weber
shawk at gmx.net
Wed Sep 25 10:32:01 GMT 2002
Hello all
I have been searching around the internet and even used the searchable
samaba mailing list archive. It seems I have a rare case of where my problem
is reversed to the common slow samba problem.
My problem is this:
I have a network of 3 PCs, one Linux 2 Windows XP. They are connected via a
hardware router (switched) on the 190.190.1.0 network. On the linuxbox I
have a collection of files that I want to access via the Windows PCs. This
works fine, even fast (thanks to socket options).
But now, if I want to browse the Windows PCs from Linux it takes ages to do
so. I can get the listing of available shares via Linneighborhood real
quick. Mounting works flawlessy. Then I open the mountpoint and it takes
between 30secs to 4 minutes to open the share and display its contents. I
noticed that if I am very fast and have a filebrowser ready, that after
mounting the share I can browse at realtime speed for about 2 secs. After
that the above behavior takes place, and even a directorylisting for a share
with only 2 files takes 30 secs. This is true for both Windows XP PCs.
Why does it work fine in the direction Windows->Linux but is horribly slow
from Linux->Windows?
Any help would be appreciated.
Here is my smb.conf:
# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from debian.linxhome (190.190.1.25)
# Date: 2002/09/24 21:35:17
# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = ARBEITSGRUPPE
netbios name = DEBIAN
guest account = pcguest
log level = 3
log file = /usr/local/samba/log.%m
change notify timeout = 120
paranoid server security = No
read size = 32768
socket options = TCP_NODELAY, IPTOS_LOWDELAY, SO_SNDBUF 8192, SO_RCVBUF
8192
hostname lookups = Yes
os level = 33
wins support = Yes
username = benjamin
hosts allow = 190.190.1.0/255.255.255.0
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
read only = No
create mask = 0750
browseable = No
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /tmp
create mask = 0700
printable = Yes
browseable = No
[bilder]
comment = Bilder
path = /home/benjamin//Bilder
valid users = benjamin
read only = No
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Benjamin Weber
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