On Tuesday 02 September 2003 11:27 am, David Rankin wrote: > Mates: > > Here is another clue that may help get to the bottom of this. Back in > the 7.2 days when Samba 2.0X, 2.1X was comming out, the slow transfer issue > appeared with Win98 transfers. The 2 gig limit was also there. The slow > transfer from win to mdk was discussed as a "packet fragmentation" or > "rabbit pellet packet fragmentation" problem by Civileme. The Samba folks > also worked the issue. The issue was evidently resolved for win98, but the > same type of problem could have reared its head again. > > I tried to do a archive search for this issue, but for some reason the > archive search daemon would not connect. Anyway, I would suggest an expert > archive search for "packet fragmentation" or "rabbit pellet" to get the > history of the issue. M$ may have changed smb just enough to recreate this > condition and the Samba folks may have some more work to do. > Very good point. I noticed an awful lot of 1514 frames. Let me go back and take another look see. I might have missed something.
BAH... I'm going to do another trace. I'll make it more controlled. Using the exact same file so I can make a better comparison. I'm not seeing anything the jumps out at me. 1514 frames though. ?? I'll write back. > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. > RANKIN * BERTIN, PLLC > 510 Ochiltree Street > Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 > (936) 715-9333 > (936) 715-9339 fax > -- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "lorne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 11:45 AM > Subject: Re: [expert] Slow SMB file transfers to XP` > > > On Monday 01 September 2003 08:10 pm, Michael Viron wrote: > > > Seems like this is related to the stuff discussed in > > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321169 and > > possibly > > > > in http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321098 . > > > > > > You may also want to try running regedit to do the following: > > > > > > go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current > > > Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace" in the registry > > > > > > remove {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} . > > > > First I apologize for not reporting what I found yesterday. I had already > > tried the top two things to no avail yesterday. I tried removing the > > above key and it made no difference at all. As we speak I'm transferring > > 285MB > > of > > > data from the Linux box to the XP box and it has been 8 minutes so far > > and > > my > > > guess is that it will take another 9 - 10 minutes. If I do it from my > > linux > > > server and copy it to the xp box, it will blast over in about 2 minutes > > or less!! > > > > > The above key instructs windows to look for scheduled tasks on the pc > > > in question (which may slow done browsing by at least 30s). > > > > > > Also take a look at > > http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Window >s/Windows_XP/?tc=1 > > > , which includes about a hundred windows xp related > > > > > sites of tips / tweaks / guides and howtos. > > > > > > Just some thoughts, > > > > Thanks a bunch Michael. I've started looking them over. As you know, it > > is somewhat like looking for a needle in a haystack. I'm home sick today, > > so I'll do some more "googling" to see if someone has come up with a > > "fix" > > for > > > this. > > > > If I forgot to mention, SP1 does NOT make a difference for my particular > > problem. Also, I'm using mdk 9.1 with out of the box Samba. Nothing > > "special". I'm running 100Bt Half duplex hub. XP to XP fast. XP to ME > > fast. > > > Linux to XP fast. XP to Linux slooooowwwww. ??? This one has me stumped. > > What > > > is interesting.... is I swear when I was running older versions of > > Mandrake I > > > don't recall this slowness. So even though I've bashed XP, perhaps it has > > been premature. I just thought of this. > > > > > Michael > > > > > > -- > > > Michael Viron > > > Core Systems Group > > > Simple End User Linux > > > > > > At 04:30 PM 9/1/2003 -0700, you wrote: > > > >On Monday 01 September 2003 03:48 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > > > >> Greg Meyer wrote: > > > >> >On Monday 01 September 2003 03:13 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > > > >> >>I was the one who asked the question about slow transfers using > > Samba. > > > > >> >>I asked on this list and on the newbie list. Still have not > > received > > > > >> >>any answers resolving the issue. > > > >> >> > > > >> >>When a transfer to or from a Samba box is initiated from a Win2000 > > box > > > > >> >>it flies. When the same transfer is initiated from a Samba box to > > > >> >>either another Samba box, or to a Win2000 box, it crawls at around > > 1/3 > > > > >> >>the speed of the Win2000 initiated transfer. Is this expected > > > >> >> behavior? > > > >> > > > > >> >I think the op of this thread had the slowness going the other way. > > > >> > Samba to XP is fast, while XP to samba is fast. In any case, it > > > >> > always seems to be a problem with the configuration of the windows > > > >> > machines, not the samba machines. > > > >> > > > >> Windows to Samba was only half of my comment. An incorrect Windows > > > >> configuration doesn't explain a slow Samba to Samba transfer. > > > > > > > >I would agree from smb to smb, but I really don't believe this is an > > > >"incorrect windows configuration" issue. There is a fundamental issue > > that > > > > > I believe Microsoft has done to deliberately break or slow samba. I > > may > > > > > be wrong, but I've not seen a solution yet. I did read somewhere that > > you > > > > > now > > > > > > no > > > > > > >longer need netbios resolution for XP to work, but I don't think this > > is > > > > > the problem. 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