[NBLUG/talk] Samba running slow...

Scott Doty scott at sonic.net
Tue Jul 15 10:07:00 PDT 2003


On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 09:39:22AM -0700, Coy Thorp wrote:
> What it sounds like to me, first flush, is a speed/duplex mismatch.  That
> means the communication between the network device and the linux box is not
> matched, or the network device and the pc is not matched.  If one side is
> 100M, full duplex, then the other side must be that as well.  If one side is
> set to auto-detect the settings, then the other side should be set to
> auto-detect as well.

Bingo.  That is my assessment.

I've seen similar problems with Netapp filers on Extreme Network switches. 
Setting the duplex on the switch always fixed it.

 -Scott



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