From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 4 6:26:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.uky.edu (smtp.uky.edu [128.163.2.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A72FB14D4F for ; Fri, 4 Jun 1999 06:26:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from markh@delos.kcr.uky.edu) Received: from delos.kcr.uky.edu (delos.kcr.uky.edu [128.163.95.47]) by smtp.uky.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA05912; Fri, 4 Jun 1999 09:26:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from DELOS/SpoolDir by delos.kcr.uky.edu (Mercury 1.43); 4 Jun 99 09:26:06 +1100 Received: from SpoolDir by DELOS (Mercury 1.43); 4 Jun 99 09:25:54 +1100 From: "Mark Hartley" Organization: Kentucky Cancer Program To: Christopher Michaels Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 09:25:44 EST MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: RE: Samba troubles Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-reply-to: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105944@site2s1> Message-ID: <44451372293@delos.kcr.uky.edu> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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): , 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message