On Wed, 8 May 2002, Chuck Hast wrote:
> I have a LINUX machine that I also use as a SAMBA box. I went to pull a
> file over to a windows 2k machine from the SAMBA machine, the file is a
> 74m directory, I am pulling it over a 100mb 100baseT connection 20 minutes
> seems a bit LONG for that path, do I need to tweek something in my SAMBA
> box? (I can't see anything to tweek in the windows box but then was there
> every anything TO tweek?)
>
>
One of the things to check for on a poorly performing Ethernet connection
is a duplex mismatch, especially with Windows involved. The drivers
commonly autonegotiate a full-duplex link but really only run at
half-duplex. That WILL tank the performance. You say it is 100baseT, not
100baseTX (switched). Maybe try forcing the Windows NIC to half-duplex.
If your network gear is sufficiently sophisticated to be able to show
errors on the ports check to see if your getting collisions on a
full-duplex link or some other wierdness.
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