[Samba] Windows XP - samba 1.1.9 slow file transfer problem

[Greg Adams]

I've ran another Ethereal capture using Samba 3.0.2 and a Windows XP
client and the problem isn't present, so I guess we'll just have to
upgrade.

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 22:55:55 -0700, Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 07:50:27PM -0700, Greg Adams wrote:
> > I'm experiencing a problem with slow file transfer from a Solaris 2.6
> > Samba 1.1.9 server to Windows XP clients. This problem does not occur
> > for Windows 2000 clients. In attempting to troubleshoot the problem,
> > I've run Ethereal on both clients and noticed a marked difference in
> > the logs of a transfer of the same file from the server.
> 
> Samba 1.1.x is *very* old. Please upgrade if just for securitys
> sake.
> 
> > Any suggestions? Would upgrading to Samba 3.x resolve this issue?
> 
> Samba 3.0.x has been tuned to provide the same defaults to the
> client as Windows 2000 - so hopefully you shouldn't get this
> problem.
> 
> Jeremy.
>