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
>>> >
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