On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, James Richardson wrote: > I previously posted this to the linux.samba mailing list. I'm not sure > that was the right place, so here it is again. Apologies if you've already > seen it.
James, What happens when you use a cross-over cable between the client and the samba server? ie: Eliminate the HUB. - John T. > > Hi, > > I would really appreciate any hep with a big problm I'm having with XP > (Pro / SP1 ) transferring to a samba share. > > The transfer starts off OK, using about 66% of my 100Mbs network. > Then, after about 10-15 seconds, it drops off to 25%, then after abuot > 30 seconds, drops off again to close to zero. > > After some amount of time ( perhaps 30 seconds to a minute ), > sometimes the speed picks up again. (following the pattern above ) > > The two computers are linked via a netgear 100Mb hub. The XP box has a > 3com etherlink PCI card ( set to auto sense media / 3c???c ), and the > samba box is running a netgear FA311 ( I think I remembered the code > OK! ) 100Mbs, which seems to use 100Mbs-HD. I am using Kernel 2.4.20 / > Samba ( latest - downloaded yesterday in case this was a samba problem > ). > > I have tried forcing both cards to full-duplex, and this results in > complete network failure on the XP side, but normal operation on the > linux side. > > I am seeing 'browser election' messages in the xp event log, when i > force the full-duplex setting, but not in auto-sense mode. > > I'm running this network for my fiance, a photographer, and we are > looking at transferring >40Gb across this link. > > I have checked the QoS settings in XP, and they appear to be ok. > > I dont have another XP box on which to test XP->XP speeds, so I dont > know where the problem may lie. > > Any suggestions would be most gratefully received!! > > Thanks! > > James > > > -- John H Terpstra Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
