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Date:      Fri, 4 Jun 1999 09:25:44 EST
From:      "Mark Hartley" <markh@delos.kcr.uky.edu>
To:        Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: Samba troubles
Message-ID:  <44451372293@delos.kcr.uky.edu>
In-Reply-To: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105944@site2s1>

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> I don't know if I have a stock answer, BUT.  How is your FTP throuput.  Is
> it exhibiting the same problems as samba or is FTP consistent using put and
> get?
> 
> The reason I ask, is at this point, it's hard to tell if it's a hd or
> network I/O issue or if it's an issue specific to samba.

I tried FTP, and I get good performance (500-600 kbytes/second) both 
ways between the Win 95 and FreeBSD machines.  It appears to be only 
with Samba that I get the very slow transfers.


Mark.
 
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > I have a FreeBSD 2.2.8 Release system running on a Pentium 100 with 
> > 16MB RAM that is used as a Samba server on my home network.  I am 
> > using the FreeBSD system to store large files (approx 5-6MB mp3 
> > files) that I am creating on my Win 95 system.  When I copy the 
> > files from my 95 system to the FreeBSD box, the time to transfer each 
> > is approximately 10-15 seconds, which is fine for me.  However, if I 
> > then attempt to copy the file back from the FreeBSD system, it takes 
> > at least 2-3 minutes per file. The 95 system is a P233MMX with 32MB 
> > of RAM.  Both computers have 4GB UDMA capable hard drives. I have 
> > recompiled my kernel on the FreeBSD system to add the flags to the 
> > hard drive controller line for faster disk access.  The 95 system has 
> > a D-link 200 ISA network card, and the BSD system has a 3Com 3C509 
> > ISA card.  The computers are connected with a 10Mbit D-link hub.
> > 
> > Does anyone have any ideas what could be wrong?
> > 
> > 
> > random# uname -a
> > FreeBSD random.mark.net 2.2.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE 
> > #0: Sat May 15 13:37:46 EDT 1999     
> > root@random.mark.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/RANDOM  i386
> > 
> > 
> > Here are the important lines from dmesg:
> > 
> > wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 flags 0xa0ffa0ff on isa
> > wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <ST34321A>, 32-bit, multi-block-32
> > wd0: 4103MB (8404830 sectors), 8894 cyls, 15 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
> > 1 3C5x9 board(s) on ISA found at 0x300
> > ep0 at 0x300-0x30f irq 10 on isa
> > ep0: aui/utp[*UTP*] address 00:60:8c:eb:a5:04
> > 
> > This is my smb.conf
> > 
> > [global]
> >    workgroup = MARKNET
> >    server string = RANDOM
> >    hosts allow = 192.168.1.  127.0.0.
> >    load printers = yes
> >    log file = /var/log/log.%m
> >    max log size = 50
> >    security = user
> >    socket options = TCP_NODELAY 
> >    local master = yes
> >    preferred master = yes
> >    dns proxy = no 
> >    null passwords = true
> > 
> > [printers]
> >    comment = All Printers
> >    path = /var/spool/samba
> >    browseable = no
> >    guest ok = no
> >    writable = no
> >    printable = yes
> > 
> > [tmp]
> >    comment = Temporary file space
> >    path = /tmp
> >    read only = no
> >    public = yes
> > 
> > [public]
> >     comment = Public Stuff
> >     path = /usr/home/space
> >     public = yes
> >     writable = yes
> >     create mask = 0664
 


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