S srejjcox Registered Mar 17, 2006 #1 I have several macs that access the XP file server using samba (smb://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/share). Each mac is on a 100meg connection to the network. The file transfer is agonizingly slow (e.g. 20 minutes for a 2.4 meg file). This can't be right. What have I done wrong?
I have several macs that access the XP file server using samba (smb://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/share). Each mac is on a 100meg connection to the network. The file transfer is agonizingly slow (e.g. 20 minutes for a 2.4 meg file). This can't be right. What have I done wrong?
eric2006 iMovie Professional Mar 17, 2006 #2 Is it fast if just one mac is connected? It could be a bottleneck on the XP side of things.
S srejjcox Registered Mar 18, 2006 #3 I checked the server and the cpu is only at 20-60% capacity. I ran the file transfer tests at separate times, so the problem is not too many macs being connected at any one time.
I checked the server and the cpu is only at 20-60% capacity. I ran the file transfer tests at separate times, so the problem is not too many macs being connected at any one time.
S solipsist Registered Nov 29, 2006 #4 srejjcox: Did you manage to find a solution to the problem? We're having the exact same problem over cable Ethernet.
srejjcox: Did you manage to find a solution to the problem? We're having the exact same problem over cable Ethernet.
S srejjcox Registered Nov 29, 2006 #5 It turned out to be a hardware problem (the switch had a bad port). Once that was resolved, all the transfers worked great.
It turned out to be a hardware problem (the switch had a bad port). Once that was resolved, all the transfers worked great.
