Thanks I'll try it tomorrow when I have time in the evening.

On Sep 1, 2009, at 1:17, 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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