[Samba] File xfer speed issues with MacOS X 10.2 and 10.3

Mark Ferlatte ferlatte at cryptio.net
Thu Nov 6 19:22:21 GMT 2003


Mike Ely said on Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 11:16:51AM -0800:
> I might - for some reason, Apple has set the default MTU to be 1500 - 
> lower than other clients IIRC.  Try playing with that setting on the 
> client machines (on panther go to syspref, networks, built-in ethernet, 
> ethernet, and click on the "configure manually" radio button) and set 
> the MTU to be a more binary-friendly value.  It might help - might not 
> as well.
 
AFAIK, an MTU of 1500 is standard for ethernet.  At least, all of the systems
here default to an MTU of 1500 (Linux, Windows, and MacOS X).  I don't think
that's it.

M
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