XP is not problematic, linux is Regards, Bostjan
On Monday 04 of October 2004 13:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Denis Vlasenko schrieb: > >On Monday 04 October 2004 12:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Hello, > >> > >>I haven't found anything useful googling around so I decided to ask here. > >> > >>I have a Linux server running Samba on 100Mbit/s ethernet. If I connect > >> to it using WinXP, mount some share and download files from it it > >> reaches about 9MB/s transfer rate. Using FTP gives even higher transfer > >> rates. > >> > >>BUT > >>when I use linux to connect to (linux!) server, mount shares and download > >>files then transfer speed reaches only about 3-4 MB/s. Using smbclient is > >> a bit faster (0.5-1MB but not always). Using other linux workstations > >> (faster machine) i could only boost transfer rate to 5.0-5.5MB/s. > >> > >>Server and workstation machines are using 2.4.27 and samba 2.2.12 > >>(slackware distro). > >> > >>Is anyone familiar with this issue? > > > >You may want to dig more facts: > > > >* is server CPU 100% loaded or not? Client CPU? > >* does bandwidth increase if you download several large files > > from same share in parallel? > > > >You may use attached program to collect various statistics. > >I compiled it with dietlibc. > >-- > >vda > > hi have you killed the so called web service on the xp client, this is > highly recommended > for better performance, read the samba faqs about this > regards -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba