Re: [RDD] rdairplay audio dropouts

2018-07-07 Thread Lorne Tyndale
For option one, it is possible to just set the speed of the Windows based NIC in the adapter properties. Usually the speed is one of the settings in the "advanced" tab of the NIC hardware properties in windows. Setting its speed to 100 full (assuming your rivendell is a gigabit card) and see if

Re: [RDD] rdairplay audio dropouts

2018-07-06 Thread Cowboy
On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 13:47:56 -0500 Tim Camp wrote: > Well we had previously used a cifs connection to the windows box, but the > mount point being in the user directory would cause the file manager > sometimes 15 minutes to populate waiting on the windows box. This made it > rdlogmanger lockup

Re: [RDD] rdairplay audio dropouts

2018-07-06 Thread Tim Camp
Or as Drew said, route through a third party. On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 1:47 PM, Tim Camp wrote: > Greetings, > > Well we had previously used a cifs connection to the windows box, but the > mount point being in the user directory would cause the file manager > sometimes 15 minutes to populate

Re: [RDD] rdairplay audio dropouts

2018-07-06 Thread Tim Camp
Greetings, Well we had previously used a cifs connection to the windows box, but the mount point being in the user directory would cause the file manager sometimes 15 minutes to populate waiting on the windows box. This made it rdlogmanger lockup when trying to create a log as it was looking for

Re: [RDD] rdairplay audio dropouts

2018-07-06 Thread Fred Gleason
On Jul 6, 2018, at 14:09, Cowboy wrote: > If so, it might be as simple as starting the nfs daemon with > a nice level 20 > ( positive numbers are lower priority ) > This should cause the nfs daemon to only run when nothing with > a higher priority is pending. > Of course, if there are other nfs

Re: [RDD] rdairplay audio dropouts

2018-07-06 Thread Cowboy
On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 11:31:01 -0500 Tim Camp wrote: > If I shutdown the nfs-kernel server problem goes away. If I disconnect the > windows machine problem goes away. Had a thought... If I'm understanding correctly, the audio is playing off of a box. That box is also providing nfs to a M$

Re: [RDD] rdairplay audio dropouts

2018-07-06 Thread Fred Gleason
On Jul 6, 2018, at 13:40, Cowboy wrote: > Personally, I'd run a tcpdump on it and see exactly what it is doing. > Then, go from there. It might be easier to just replace it with a CIFS share. Cheers! |--| | Frederick F.

Re: [RDD] rdairplay audio dropouts

2018-07-06 Thread Cowboy
On Fri, 06 Jul 2018 10:30:25 -0700 "Lorne Tyndale" wrote: > Microsoft has made an NFS client for a while, I admit I have not tried > it and I don't know how well it works. Well, if history is any teacher, it'll be M$ own interpretation of exactly and precisely what NFS *should* do in their

Re: [RDD] rdairplay audio dropouts

2018-07-06 Thread Lorne Tyndale
Microsoft has made an NFS client for a while, I admit I have not tried it and I don't know how well it works. For Windows 7 or later it can be found in Control panel -> Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on or off, then scroll down the list to find "services for NFS" In XP and

Re: [RDD] rdairplay audio dropouts

2018-07-06 Thread drew Roberts
Tim, I hope things are going well with you. I still think of Dave fondly. On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 12:31 PM, Tim Camp wrote: > Greetings, > > snip > So question is what is this windows box doing that is polling this share > so intensely that all other network traffic slows to a halt. > No

Re: [RDD] rdairplay audio dropouts

2018-07-06 Thread Cowboy
On Friday 06 July 2018 12:31:01 pm Tim Camp wrote: > Machine network interface is totally overwhelmed from a windows traffic > machine which is attaching to a nfs share on the same box. This doesn't > happen all the time but when it does as you can imagine panic ensues. How did you get windows