> Erm...
>
> The IP stack doesn't play with the networking directly. If you get decent
> throughput one way, then the network connection at both ends must be
> working correctly (except in unusual circumstances where one or two cores
> of a connection are dodgy).
>
Well, remember the hub I am using a half duplex...so that might be
causing untowards slow downs.
> Sort of. Apparently (and this varies depending on which service
> packs/bugfixes are installed, what phase the moon is in etc) some W2K IP
> stacks can be "slow" (this is relative) at returning TCP ACK packets. Of
> course, ACKs must be exchanged _no matter which way_ the bulk data flow is
> going so that should affect the traffic bidirectionally...
>
Why is it the microsoft are just so bad at doing anything these days,
first they steal the tcpip stack from bsd, then mung it up, I'm suprised
they have not released thier own 'microsoft' tcpip with thier own
specfial extensions, then they really would own the networking world,
and besides why break a habit of a life time.
>
> # Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
> # See speed.txt and the manual pages for details
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>
yeah, I've tried that, no luck...I'm sure it's just the hub, and the
ack's not playing ball.
> I would recommend reading the 'speed.txt' which comes with the samba dist.
> It's very good :)
>
will do!
> man smb.conf is also useful. Note however that
YMMV (??????) what?
with all the tweaks,
> since they depend a lot on the local environment. I especially like the
> amount of quips in the various FAQs and other docs which say "you might
> raise, lower, or not affect your performance at all by changing this" ;-)
>
> Let us know how you get (or got!) on...
>
Cheers,
Lee
'A blue screen a day, keeps the Dr (watson) away.
> Graeme
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