Slow Network Linux->Win98=Slow Win98->Linux=Fast

Slow Network Linux->Win98=Slow Win98->Linux=Fast

Post by Mark D. Steven » Fri, 05 Mar 1999 04:00:00



Here is my home/office setup:

Machine 1: SUSE 6.0 set up as a simple file server using Samba 2.x.
Machine 2: Win98
Connected via FastEthernet.

If I copy a directory (~300MB) from Win98 to Linux box via Samba takes about 6 minutes... if I go the other way, takes 96 minutes!

I have both hosts/ips pointing to each other in their respective hosts files so DNS should not be a problem.

I'm still new at this so any help would be appreciated.

- Mark

 
 
 

Slow Network Linux->Win98=Slow Win98->Linux=Fast

Post by Curtis Adam » Sat, 06 Mar 1999 04:00:00


Been having the same problems for weeks. I finally figured out what's
causing the problem -> NETWORK COLLISIONS.
I believe it's due to improper ethernet setup? I have yet to solve the
problem, hopefully someone on the newsgroups can help us out.

Curtis


>Here is my home/office setup:

>Machine 1: SUSE 6.0 set up as a simple file server using Samba 2.x.
>Machine 2: Win98
>Connected via FastEthernet.

>If I copy a directory (~300MB) from Win98 to Linux box via Samba takes

about 6 minutes... if I go the other way, takes 96 minutes!
Quote:

>I have both hosts/ips pointing to each other in their respective hosts

files so DNS should not be a problem.
Quote:

>I'm still new at this so any help would be appreciated.

>- Mark


 
 
 

Slow Network Linux->Win98=Slow Win98->Linux=Fast

Post by Anthony Merlo » Sat, 06 Mar 1999 04:00:00


I also have this problem, but I haven't seen any collisions on my network.
The Mac on the network works fine in both directions, so its gotta be
something on my Win98 box, but I haven't been able to track it down yet.

Tried PPPboost, with no luck.

Hardware:  FIC 503+ motherboard with VIA chipset.
           Linksys EtherPCI II network card.


>Been having the same problems for weeks. I finally figured out what's
>causing the problem -> NETWORK COLLISIONS.
>I believe it's due to improper ethernet setup? I have yet to solve the
>problem, hopefully someone on the newsgroups can help us out.
>Curtis

>>Here is my home/office setup:

>>Machine 1: SUSE 6.0 set up as a simple file server using Samba 2.x.
>>Machine 2: Win98
>>Connected via FastEthernet.

>>If I copy a directory (~300MB) from Win98 to Linux box via Samba takes
>about 6 minutes... if I go the other way, takes 96 minutes!

>>I have both hosts/ips pointing to each other in their respective hosts
>files so DNS should not be a problem.

>>I'm still new at this so any help would be appreciated.

>>- Mark

 
 
 

1. FTP problem: linux>>win/SGI slow win/SGI>>linux fast

The machine is on a Novell 4.2 network and uses an Intel
Ether Express 16 card. It is possible to be on another
machine and transfer a file FROM the linux box at a rate of
about 600kB/s.
However, transferring to the linux machine gives rates of
about 18kB/s.  Similarly if one is
on the Linux box using ftp, transfer both from and
to another machine and
from another machine is slow - around 18Kb / sec.

It is a dual boot system - when tranferring/receiving files
using windoze ftp (QVFTP or WS_FTP) the transfer rates in
both direction are 600kB/s.

At installation time, linux was set up to use the
'eexpress' driver and the bootp protocol.

There are no packet overflows, packets lost or errors generally.

Visualising the transfer using the 'hash' function of ftp
shows that transfer progresses at the expected speed for
10-30kB, then stalls or slows down to a snail pace, then
starts again, slow, stall, slow, etc...

I have tried
- explicitly stating the IRQ=10, I/O base address 0x300
- turning on/off IPX
- making the MTU smaller
- manually configuring (i.e no bootp) the ip address etc.
- playing with the routing window as suggested in the
HOWTO-Ethernet file.

The only effect I have been able to achieve is a reduction
in performance to 13kB/s.

Checking usenet a number of people seem to have had a
similar problem but no relevant solutions suggested.  One
person claimed they started having this problem when
they upgraded their motherboard.

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