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 >