[Samba] Re: Samba running slow

[Salman Moghal]

Here's my samba version in FC6:

samba-common-3.0.23c-2
samba-3.0.23c-2
samba-client-3.0.23c-2


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Salman Moghal" <smoghal at yahoo.com>
To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:45 AM
Subject: Samba running slow


> Hello everyone:
>
> Over the past few years I have been a happy samba user, running samba on 
> Redhat / FC platforms.  Recently I upgraded hardware, and Samba hasn't 
> been performing well at all.. which makes me sad :-(
>
> The new hardware is Asus P5B board with a dual-core intel processor.  This 
> board has an onboard  Realtek RTL8111/8168B gigabit ethernet controller, 
> which was a hassle to setup.  FC6 default kernel 2.6.18-x doesn't have 
> drivers for it.  Upgrading to the latest kernel 2.6.19-1 fixed that. 
> Since then I have verified that both web and ftp servers are functioning 
> normally. I use apache 2.2.3-5 and vsftpd 2.0.5-8.  Downloading a 90MB 
> file through apache and vsftp takes less than 1.5 minutes on my local LAN 
> (LinkSys WRTGL router).  However, if I mount a drive in XP and try to copy 
> the same file over samba.. it takes over 20-25 minutes---weird!  I looked 
> through several online archives and suggestions.. however none seemed to 
> work.  So I decided to ask for help here.. Please help!
>
>
> Here are some details:
>
> Samba Server:
>    Platform: Fedora Core 6 - kernel 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6
>    Hardware: Asus P5B motherboard with on-board Realtek RTL8111/8168B 
> gigabit ethernet controller
> Samba Client:
>    Windows XP Pro (SP2)
> Router:
>    LinkSys WRTGL
>
> Note: FC6 kernel 2.6.19-x uses r8169 kernel modules for this realtek 
> ethernet controller..
>
> Samba config:
> [global]
>   netbios name = JUPITER
>   workgroup = HOME.NET
>   server string = Linux Samba Server
>   security = share
>   encrypt passwords = yes
>   smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>   hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127.
>   guest account = samba
>   log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>   max log size = 50
>   interfaces = 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0
>   local master = yes
>   dns proxy = no
>
>   # disable printing
>   load printers = no
>   printing = bsd
>   printcap name = /dev/null
>   disable spoolss = yes
>
> [scratch]
>   comment = Scratch Directory
>   path = /opt/scratch
>   read only = no
>   public = yes
>   writable = yes
>   guest ok = yes
>   group = samba
>   create mask = 0664
>   directory mask = 0775
>   ##write list = @root
>
> [web]
>   comment = Web Root
>   path = /var/www/html
>   read only = no
>   ##public = yes
>   writable = yes
>   group = samba
>   create mask = 0664
>   directory mask = 0775
>   ##guest ok = yes
>
>
> ethtool info:
> Settings for eth0:
>        Supported ports: [ TP ]
>        Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
>                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
>                                1000baseT/Full
>        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
>        Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
>                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
>                                1000baseT/Full
>        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
>        Speed: 100Mb/s
>        Duplex: Full
>        Port: Twisted Pair
>        PHYAD: 0
>        Transceiver: internal
>        Auto-negotiation: on
>        Supports Wake-on: pumbg
>        Wake-on: g
>        Current message level: 0x00000033 (51)
>        Link detected: yes
>
>
>
>
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