[Samba] very low speed local network browsing from win xp clients

[Buda Gábor]

It's WORKS!!!

Our 1 year problem is no longer exist!!! The speed of browsing our workgroup
is FAAAST now! With Your help and a full server restart the problem is
solved. (I'm very HAPPY now!!!)   :-)

The smb.conf file now:

[global]
;	domain master = no
;	local master = yes
;	preferred master = yes
	passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
	printing = bsd
	syslog only = no
	dns proxy = no
	null passwords = yes
	protocol = NT1
	name resolve order = bcast host
	strict sync = no
;	socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
	character set = iso8859-2
	short preserve case = yes
	printcap name = /etc/printcap
	invalid users = root
	max log size = 1000
	interfaces = 192.168.32.253/255.255.255.0
	debug level = 0
	passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n
*Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n
	preserve case = yes
	security = user
	unix password sync = no
	workgroup = vorosko
	server string = %h server (Samba %v)
	syslog = 0
	client code page = 852
	netbios name = SERVER
	guest account = nobody
	load printers = no
	os level = 33
;	socket address = 192.168.32.253


Best regards to everyone

Gabor Buda
Hungary

ps.: Thanks a lot again (Samba Master) JHT!



> -----Original Message-----
> From: John H Terpstra [mailto:jht at samba.org] 
> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 12:50 AM
> To: Buda Gábor
> Subject: RE: [Samba] very low speed local network browsing 
> from win xp clients
> 
> 
> On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, [iso-8859-2] Buda Gábor wrote:
> 
> > I removed the "socket options" line, but the problem is still exist.
> >
> > When I double click on 'Microsoft Windows Network' on my XP client, 
> > even our workgrup 'vorosko' is appearing very slow. Isn't 
> it a "who is 
> > the master browser & where is the browse list" problem?
> 
> If you are not using WINS it will take at least 15 minutes 
> for the network to stabilize. Running WINS solves that. To 
> set up WINS you need to add to your smb.conf [globals] section:
> 
> 	wins support = Yes
> 
> Then restart Samba.
> 
> Now on each Windows client add the IP Address of your Samba 
> server in the place of the WINS server entry in the TCP/IP 
> configuration settings.
> 
> You can tell if the Windows client is correctly configured by 
> checking the contents of the wins.dat file in Samba. You will 
> find the wins.dat file either in /var/cache/samba, 
> /var/lib/samba, /var/state, or the /usr/local/samba/var 
> directory - this depends on your Linux distribution.
> 
> All Windows clients will register as a minimum the 
> MACHINE<03> name in this file.
> 
> Let me know how this goes for you.
> 
> I live in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. It's 4:50pm here.
> 
> - John T.
> 
> > It's not cabling problem (it's the 2nd cable I try), and it's not a 
> > switch problem (it's the 2nd switch I try). It maybe a network card 
> > problem, but I will test it (and the cross over cable test) later.
> >
> > Thank again for Your Help.
> >
> > Gabor
> >
> > ps.: what time is it at your country? Here in Hungary it's 0:37...  
> > :-)
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John H Terpstra [mailto:jht at samba.org]
> > > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 11:46 PM
> > > To: Buda Gábor
> > > Subject: RE: [Samba] very low speed local network 
> browsing from win 
> > > xp clients
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, [iso-8859-2] Buda Gábor wrote:
> > >
> > > > After login this appears:
> > > >
> > > > Linux samba 2.4.21-pre3 #4 Sat Jan 25 13:29:19 CET 2003 i686 
> > > > unknown
> > >
> > > Suggest you remove the "socket options" line since the 
> 2.4 kernel is 
> > > largely self tuning. If this does not solve your performance 
> > > problem, I suggest you connect a cross over cable between 
> the samba 
> > > server and a client and see how that performs. You may have 
> > > defective hardware (network card/s, HUB, or cabling). 
> Please do not 
> > > take offense at that suggestion, this is a more common 
> problem than 
> > > you might think.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > John T.
> >
> >
> 
> -- 
> John H Terpstra
> Email: jht at samba.org