<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">SOLUTION!<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Yay!</div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div>Ryan</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Oct 25, 2009, at 9:08 AM, Ryan Coleman wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">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.<div><br></div><div>My line now says: </div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto; ">socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=16384 SO_SNDBUF=16384</blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div>Ryan</div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 1, 2009, at 10:41 AM, Ryan Coleman wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Robert, </div><div><br></div><div>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.<div><br></div><div>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).</div><div><br></div><div>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 ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again,</div><div>Ryan</div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 1, 2009, at 9:12 AM, Robert Nesius wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:17 AM, Marc Skinner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marc@e-skinner.net">marc@e-skinner.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>> i would also check the duplex and auto-neg setting on the samba server.<br>
> i would hard set them as well.<br><br>Marc, <br><br>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." <br>
<br>Ryan, <br><br>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. <br>
<br>When you tried your direct connection that failed to work, were you using a cross-over cable? <br><br>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. <br>
<br>-Rob<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:17 AM, Marc Skinner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marc@e-skinner.net">marc@e-skinner.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto; ">
look at the "socket options" in smb.conf i have mine set as:<br>
<br>
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192<br>
<br>
i would also check the duplex and auto-neg setting on the samba server.<br>
i would hard set them as well.<br>
<br>
my 2 cents.<br>
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On 09/01/2009 12:50 AM, Ryan Coleman wrote:<br>
> I'm having painfully slow transfers from my FreeBSD 6.3 ia64 running<br>
> Samba 3.3 to Vista (between 1KiBps to 15KiBps) and also to Windows 7<br>
> (50KiBps to 250 KiBps) and I've tried all the windows corrections up<br>
> and down the board to no avail. I've finally given up on fixing<br>
> Windows, so it must be my Samba installation.<br>
><br>
> I'm fairly certain I have not forgotten anything from the file except<br>
> 4 fileshares that are unrelated to the issue. Archive is a 6.4TB RAID5<br>
> (7x1TB drives) that runs blazingly fast in local as well as internet<br>
> traffic.<br>
><br>
> All components (Windows 7, Vista and FreeBSD) are connected through an<br>
> Airport Extreme, but this slowness was experienced even on a basic<br>
> 10/100 switch so it is not solely a problem with the Airport. Also<br>
> direct connection did not work and Firewire support was dropped in<br>
> Vista so there was no alternate "ethernet" option available to me.<br>
> File transfers from my MacBook Pro perform as expected, with speeds<br>
> ranging from 5MB/sec to 30MB/sec depending on the connect type.<br>
><br>
> Any and all advice would be most appreciative.<br>
><br>
> TIA,<br>
> Ryan<br>
><br>
> smb.conf:<br>
> [global]<br>
> dns proxy = no<br>
> log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m<br>
> load printers = yes<br>
> server string = UnixBox2<br>
> workgroup = WORKGROUP<br>
> os level = 20<br>
> encrypt passwords = yes<br>
> security = share<br>
> max log size = 50<br>
><br>
> [homes]<br>
> comment = Home Directories<br>
> browseable = no<br>
> writable = yes<br>
><br>
><br>
> [archive]<br>
> delete readonly = yes<br>
> writeable = yes<br>
> path = /mount/archive<br>
> only user = yes<br>
> force directory mode = 755<br>
> force group = wheel<br>
> force create mode = 755<br>
> force user = ryan<br>
> public = yes<br>
> allow hosts = <a href="http://10.0.1.0/24" target="_blank">10.0.1.0/24</a><br>
><br>
> [www]<br>
> writeable = yes<br>
> path = /usr/www<br>
> force directory mode = 755<br>
> force group = wheel<br>
> force create mode = 755<br>
> force user = ryan<br>
> valid users = ryan<br>
><br>
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