Hi Linda: Looking at some internet resources, it appears that both encryption and packet signing are off by default. Can u pls let me know how to disable these on samba server side (on 3.0.x)
Thanks. On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 12:48 AM, Linda Walsh <sa...@tlinx.org> wrote: > Igor wrote: >> >> I don't find it strange at all. Your computer is acting as a traffic >> proxy between two samba servers. If you have 100Mb network interface >> your bandwidth should split exactly in two. > > ---- But he said he doesn't get a split in two when a win2k server > is used (he gets 11Mbps). I.e. Two network streams in two different > directions should NOT halve throughput, _unless_ something is operating > in half-duplex mode. "100Mbps, full duplex" should, _easily_, > allow two 8 MBps streams if they are going in opposite directions. > > Stan wrote: >> >> Interestingly, if I launch a file copy with the SH> source file being >> on one smb share on the server, and the destination being SH> another >> smb share (separate filesystem) on the server, the combined throughput >> SH> is also 8MB/s, 4 up and 4 down, which is very strange as this >> should be two SH> distinct streams. > > --- > I agree. Is it possible your network device isn't running in FULL > duplex? > Other things to check (to optimize speed compared to ftp): > > 1) Ensure your communications are using TCP (port 445) and not > UDP (port 139). > > 2) Ensure encryption (Sealing) is off. > 3) Ensure packet Signing is off. > The overhead of 2 & 3 contribute to around a 15% performance hit according > to 1 MS source. (Obviously turning such things off presumes you are on > a 'safe' network consistent with FTP usage, vs. SCP/SSH). > > You need to make sure that, at least, one side has each of Sign and > Seal turned off and the other side has it set to 'no' or 'auto'. > If one side has 'require' set for the feature, and the other has the same > feature turned off, it will prohibit communications. > > Linda > (who's been bummed by the huge drop in networking and disk performance > in windows 7). > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba