[Samba] Samba Gigabit very very slow?

[Hans Wilmer]

David Brodbeck wrote:

>>>I´m having trubbles with the speed on my samba server,
>>>Realtek 8169 Gigabit NIC
>>>      
>>>
>>Avoid Realtek NICs wherever you can.
>>    
>>
>
>If FTP is fast and Samba is slow, I doubt the problem is the NIC.  If the
>NIC were at fault FTP would be slow, too.
>  
>

Hm, ok, that´s a very good point :) Nevertheless,  I´d avoid Realtek ---
maybe a test about NIC related problems can be made by replacing the
Realtec by some good 10/100er NIC that might be at hand. If the other
card is running at full speed, it´s very likely the NIC causing the
problems.


GH