SOLUTION! It wasn't a $15 NIC, but a $60 one (PCIe 1x) and disabling the onboard ethernet controller and I'm getting 20MB/sec right now. Yay! -- Ryan On Oct 25, 2009, at 9:08 AM, Ryan Coleman wrote: > Ok so I've done some of the changes... I fooled around with the > settings and I got bursts of 5-10MB from WWW and FTP but then slowed > down to 300KB/sec... so I am thinking a $15 NIC might be my next > purchase. > > My line now says: >>> socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=16384 SO_SNDBUF=16384 > > 16,384 is getting me a more consistent speed over 200KB/sec (I > tested many different options/powers of 2) so I'm sticking with it > for the time being. > > -- > Ryan > > On Sep 1, 2009, at 10:41 AM, Ryan Coleman wrote: > >> Robert, >> >> 1) Yes, but not from that machine. Other systems have not had >> issues and this particular computer downloads off 8Mb cable at full >> throttle in SMB over VPN, FTP, WWW and SMTP. >> >> 2) All connections are wired. CAT-5e and CAT-6 cables, used a >> crossover when testing direct transfer, too, but that cable has >> been lost since the the test in April (IIRC, I don't need a XO for >> gigabit anyway). >> >> I'm home sick today, and I might get the strength to get out of bed >> and sit at the computer soon. RDP is available but I am not that >> lazy ;-) >> >> Thanks again, >> Ryan >> >> On Sep 1, 2009, at 9:12 AM, Robert Nesius wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:17 AM, Marc Skinner <marc at e-skinner.net> >>> wrote: >>> > i would also check the duplex and auto-neg setting on the samba >>> server. >>> > i would hard set them as well. >>> >>> Marc, >>> >>> You nailed the one thing that came to mind for me too - I've seen >>> mysterious/slow through-puts before and it's always been mis- >>> matched duplex settings for me. Plus, first rule of debugging >>> stuff like this - "Start at the physical layer." >>> >>> Ryan, >>> >>> Have you tried other file-transfer protocols? i.e., ftp or >>> copying a file using ssh or rsync? If those were fast while SMB >>> was slow, then debugging service-configs would be the place to >>> look. If those are slow too, look at the physical layer. I know >>> you're using an airport extreme, but are you hooked up to it with >>> physical cables or is everything going wireless? I suspect you >>> have wired connections but if not that does change things a bit. >>> >>> When you tried your direct connection that failed to work, were >>> you using a cross-over cable? >>> >>> While your description of your setup was pretty good, there are >>> still points of ambiguity - if the problem still exists after your >>> next round of debugging draw a picture of your network config. >>> >>> -Rob >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:17 AM, Marc Skinner <marc at e-skinner.net> >>> wrote: >>> look at the "socket options" in smb.conf i have mine set as: >>> >>> socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 >>> >>> i would also check the duplex and auto-neg setting on the samba >>> server. >>> i would hard set them as well. >>> >>> my 2 cents. >>> >>> On 09/01/2009 12:50 AM, Ryan Coleman wrote: >>> > I'm having painfully slow transfers from my FreeBSD 6.3 ia64 >>> running >>> > Samba 3.3 to Vista (between 1KiBps to 15KiBps) and also to >>> Windows 7 >>> > (50KiBps to 250 KiBps) and I've tried all the windows >>> corrections up >>> > and down the board to no avail. I've finally given up on fixing >>> > Windows, so it must be my Samba installation. >>> > >>> > I'm fairly certain I have not forgotten anything from the file >>> except >>> > 4 fileshares that are unrelated to the issue. Archive is a 6.4TB >>> RAID5 >>> > (7x1TB drives) that runs blazingly fast in local as well as >>> internet >>> > traffic. >>> > >>> > All components (Windows 7, Vista and FreeBSD) are connected >>> through an >>> > Airport Extreme, but this slowness was experienced even on a basic >>> > 10/100 switch so it is not solely a problem with the Airport. Also >>> > direct connection did not work and Firewire support was dropped in >>> > Vista so there was no alternate "ethernet" option available to me. >>> > File transfers from my MacBook Pro perform as expected, with >>> speeds >>> > ranging from 5MB/sec to 30MB/sec depending on the connect type. >>> > >>> > Any and all advice would be most appreciative. >>> > >>> > TIA, >>> > Ryan >>> > >>> > smb.conf: >>> > [global] >>> > dns proxy = no >>> > log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m >>> > load printers = yes >>> > server string = UnixBox2 >>> > workgroup = WORKGROUP >>> > os level = 20 >>> > encrypt passwords = yes >>> > security = share >>> > max log size = 50 >>> > >>> > [homes] >>> > comment = Home Directories >>> > browseable = no >>> > writable = yes >>> > >>> > >>> > [archive] >>> > delete readonly = yes >>> > writeable = yes >>> > path = /mount/archive >>> > only user = yes >>> > force directory mode = 755 >>> > force group = wheel >>> > force create mode = 755 >>> > force user = ryan >>> > public = yes >>> > allow hosts = 10.0.1.0/24 >>> > >>> > [www] >>> > writeable = yes >>> > path = /usr/www >>> > force directory mode = 755 >>> > force group = wheel >>> > force create mode = 755 >>> > force user = ryan >>> > valid users = ryan >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> > tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> > >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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