[Samba] Unreliable connection to Samba PDC - Connections get lost, Roaming Profiles do not sync, Files can't be written, etc..

[Marco Ciampa]

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:21:13PM +0300, Tom H. Lautenbacher wrote:
> Hello all!
> 
> I am having severe problems with my Samba PDC.
> 
> 1. My Roaming profile in 3 out of 10 times does not get synchronized
...
> 
> 2. When I edit a document (e.g. word .docx) which is located on a
...
> 
> 3. Sometimes the connection to the PDC get's lost in the middle of a
...
> 
> What I have tried:
> 1. Changed TP-Cable between client and server
> 2. Changed Network Switch between client and server (and switched
> from 100MBit to Gigabit)
> 3. Upgraded Samba to the (then) newest version, which was 1 year
> newer than the previous one
> 4. Re-added the client to the domain

and....? What is missing here?????

5. change (probably broken) network adapter and/or motherboard (interrupt or DMA controllers else

run iperf or nuttcp

apt-get install iperf

or

apt-get install nuttcp

6. an don't forget to try memtest86+ on both sides...

> Nothing helped... ;-(
> 
> What is going on here?
> The client that connects to the PDC is Windows 7, 64bit
> 
> ANY ideas, hints, approaches are HIGHLY APPRECIATED!!

done :-)

If problem found, remember to post here in anycase!

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Marco Ciampa

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