Bill wrote:
I have a home LAN with 1 PC as a file/print Server ( using
Clarkconnect) and 2 PCs as "Workstations", both running Kanotix/Debian
and dual booting to Win XP Pro.
I have "ripped" a couple of movie DVD's to .iso files and copied them
onto the Server.
When I play them back on the Workstation PCs, either under Kanotix or
XP, the video is jerky and the sound stutters/drops in and out.
All PCs are Athlon XP 2400 or faster with either 512k or 1gb ram,
with onboard 10/100mbs ethernet. My ethernet switch is also 10/100 and
all cabling is Cat5.
The Server is about 12 meters from the 2 PCs.
Any suggestions re why the video and sound don't plat properly will be
appreciated, as will suggested "fixes" for same.
We have LAN at home and my daughter has been using the File/Print server
to store Video/Sound that she
plays on her Toshiba 4100 (Win95/96MB/256MHZ) with no problem at all.
Years ago the Server was
installed on Intel 500MHZ/296MB with Redhat 7.2 or 7.3 (can't remember
exactly). Now the Server is on
Intel 800MHZ/296MB with Fedora Core 3 and she has not noticed any
difference. NIC's are 100/10 on
cat5.
My son connects wireless using Toshiba Tecra8100 Win200X/512MB/2.4MHZ to
the same server and play
network games with friends and no problem there.
We have 4 other Toshiba laptop workstations on this lan and even when
all laptop workstations are in use
they do not notice performance degradation.
They only notice severe performance degradation when I run long running
compiles on the File Server.
In the past the'd complain about similar problems as you are
experiencing but when I fixed my local DNS
configuration and routing I never get similar complaints again.
One thing to check is run the 'arp' command. If it takes several seconds
to comeback and/or
the responses are incomplete you have a problem with your LAN otherwise
the problem is somewhere else
like your software on your server.
For example of good network:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] smbldap-tools]# arp
Address HWtype HWaddress
Flags Mask Iface
hdtv.example.com ether 00:10:5A:67:F2:A1
C eth0
tecra8100.example.com ether 00:05:5D:6F:C1:CF
C eth0
toshiba4100.example.com ether 00:09:5B:51:F2:4E
C eth0
tecraXP.example.com ether 00:50:8B:A5:31:F8
C eth0
tecra8100.example.com ether 00:10:60:A3:6F:C8
C eth0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] smbldap-tools]#
For example of bad network (takes almost a minute to come back):
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# arp
Address HWtype HWaddress Flags
Mask Iface
192.168.1.50 (incomplete)
bnep0
compaq.example.com (incomplete)
bnep0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]#
Hope these help.
O Plameras
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