Hi everyone and thanks for your replies. I have some more information in this on-going saga...
I connected my laptop directly to the server via a cross-over cable. Tried to move a 1Gb file (laptop --> server) and the problem occurred again. I guess this excuses anything to do with cabling and the switch. Ben has suggested a faulty network card but the problem occurs when connected to either the Linux server's 10/100 NIC or the 10/100/1000 NIC. However, how about driver issues? Could an out-dated or non-specific driver cause this problem? Kind regs, Bill Greville Regional Franchisor - Northern Sydney Region Jim's Computer Services Mobile: 0404 312 258 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.jimscomputerservices.net -----Original Message----- From: Visser, Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 7 September 2005 5:12 PM To: Bill Greville; [email protected] Subject: RE: [SLUG] Technical Help Required Bill, Googling for your symptoms doesn't show up anything obvious, nor on http://portal.suse.com/PM/page/search.pm. Have you looked at the samba log file? (I haven't got a SuSe box in front of me - but it probably is in /var/log/samba/*). This might show at least where samba is having problems. Also have look at the XP event viewer logs. You might also want to check out the physical stats of the network interface on both boxes (ifconfig eth0 on the SuSe box), and probably your switch as well, while you are doing your file transfer. If your machines are fast (and can saturate the network) and if your physical network is flaky, you might be dropping some session/keep-alive traffic that could be causing you grief. (SMB is a bit sensitive to poor network connectivity). You can always use a tool like "iperf" to help load up the network and verify how much "goodput" you are getting between XP and SuSe. Martin Martin Visser, CISSP Network and Security Consultant Consulting & Integration Technology Solutions Group - HP Services 410 Concord Road Rhodes NSW 2138 Australia Mobile: +61-411-254-513 Fax: +61-2-9022-1800 E-mail: martin.visserAThp.com This email (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify HP immediately by return email and then delete the email, destroy any printed copy and do not disclose or use the information in it. ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Greville Sent: Monday, 5 September 2005 1:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [SLUG] Technical Help Required Importance: High Hi there, I need, very urgently, to solve a problem plaguing one of my customer's Sydney sites. The problem occurs when trying to copy files greater than 80Mb from a Windows XP client to a Samba share on the file-server, running SUSE Linux. The problem manifests itself as a "Network connection no longer available" error message on the Windows XP client. I would be happy for you to contact me directly or via e-mail for more information or clarification. Many thanks and kind regards, Bill Greville Regional Franchisor - Northern Sydney Region Jim's Computer Services Mobile: 0404 312 258 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.jimscomputerservices.net <http://www.jimscomputerservices.net/> -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
