Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:38:04 +0200 | From | Sinisa Bandin <> | Subject | Re: [Samba] 2.6.22/realtek bug in hardware, any kernel work-around? |
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Justin Piszcz wrote: > Package: samba > Version: 3.0.26a-1 >> >> Kernel: 2.6.22 >> >> samba 3.0.26a-1 performance < 900 KiB/s, but FTP = 30-90 MiB/s >> >> Let me start out by saing this is an oddball problem: >> >> SAMBA: >> LINUX -> WINDOWS = < 900 KiB/s (varies between 100 - 900 KiB/s) >> WINDOWS -> LINUX = 30-90 MiB/s (always) >> >> FTP: >> Either direction, 30-90 MiB/s (always) >> >> I do not see any nasty errors in the logs even with verbose = 5. >> >> Any ideas here? I am not using any special options. > > I found out that poor smb performance is related to a broken > udp-perfomance of the 8169 NIC in outgoing udp. > But, only in Gb Mode of the 8169 NIC, with 100Mbps it is ok. > I had exactly the same problem with 100Mb/s also.
Solved by disabling onboard LAN interface and inserting (US Robotics) Realtek 8139 based card (10/100 Mbps).
Best regards, Sinisa Bandin
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