On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 03:53:15PM -0300, cantisan wrote: > Samba and Win2k just don't seem to want to work together. I get disconnects > after about 13MB of data transfer, and the Win2k box just loses the share as > if it were disconnected. Re-establishing the share works, but data transfer > of large files or working with large amounts of data is impossible. From > the amount of traffic on this newsgroup regarding WinXP and Win2K problems > with Samba, I think this problem is common - although a solution hasn't > cropped up, or I haven't found one in my travels. > > Here's my contribution to finding the problem: > I put a sniffer on the net and see that when this disconnect occurs, the > Samba server sends a set of 5 or 6 data packets to the Win2K box, and the > Win2k box sends back ACK packets for them. [all normal so far..] However, > the Linux (RedHat 7.3) box doesn't appear to get the last ACK packet (or > isn't processing it - since tcpdump is picking it up it IS being > received...), as it resends the last data packet (same tcp seq number). The > Windows box ACKS that packet again, and this is repeated about 6 or 7 times > before the Windows box decides that it's not worth the trouble and just > stops communicating (no attempt to FIN the connection either...)
Check your network hardware. Where on the net are you doing the tcpdump ? The best (but most difficult) way to test this is to do a tcpdump on a hub at the client, and on a hub at the server, to see if the packets are being lost. Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
