[Samba] Poor performance on open/copy/close/rename file operationsvia remote/VPN connection

[Alex Harrington]

>> All clients accessing samba shares via LAN have no problems. Samba 
>> server works perfectly and fast.
>> We are instead experiencing serious performance issues when accessing

>> samba shares from remote clients (WAN), via VPN.

I've had this before and never solved it. I always put it down to
Windows Explorer "touching" the files for thumbnails etc.

Try mapping a drive from the VPN client to the Samba box, then drop to a
command prompt and try copy/deleting files from there. Is the speed any
better?

Alex 

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Alex Harrington - Network Manager, Longhill High School

t: 01273 304086 | e: alex at longhill.org.uk