[Samba] Newer Versions Of Samba Has Problems With MS-DOS Clients Causing Slow Transfer Rates

[Louie Athanasiadis]

Hello All

 

I have been connecting MS-DOS clients to the SAMBA server that is running
either KNOPPIX 4.0.2, CENTOS 4.2, FEDORA CORE 4 (ie latest versions of these
OS's standard installs no tweaks to the smb.conf). The transfer rate to the
server is about 300KB per sec (100 Mb Card at each end). When I connect with
my WIN-XP machine the transfer rate is up to 5MB per second (on a 100 Mb
card at each end). The ethtool command tells me that the network card is
correctly configured on the server - ie 100Mb and full-duplex.

 

On the same server hardware I ran above I used KNOPPIX 3.6, and FEDORA CORE
2 4 (standard installs no tweaks to the smb.conf).. The MS-DOS and WIN-XP
connections both ran at about 5MB per second.

 

My question is, is this it a Kernel Problem or a SAMBA problem that is
causing the SLOW DOWN of MS-DOS clients on the NEWER Kernels / SAMBA
versions. Does anyone know how to fix this or do I keep using old OS / Samba
versions to keep my DOS clients happy.

 

 

Thanks 

 

Regards Louie