The command line mount can be customized for receive/send buffers if needed. What did your mount command look like?
Mount Command Looks Like
Code:
mount -t smbfs //user@server/sharename share
Then I used this command to copy
Code:
cp -Rpv Documents "Documents backup"
This could also be a hardware problem. What are we using here; Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet? What type of cable Cat5 or 6?
I am using a gigabit Ethernet Intel PWLA8391GT PRO/1000 GT PCI Network Adapter. And I am using Cat5E
Assuming you haven't gone through and changed the Samba configuration file without knowing what each option does.
Before coming to this forum, I did try some extra research and did try a couple configuration Changes. Based on an Article by Samba
For Example,I have tried adding this criteria at one point
TCP_NODELAY
SO_KEEPALIVE
IPTOS_LOWDELAY
Adding this criteria did in fact increase the speeds, but then it drops again. I even tried at one point setting the socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
but that actually decreased the speed. I just can't figure out why it will transfer at 34 megs a second for 2 min... and then it drops to 2megs a second for the rest of the time, and then I have to restart my entire system to get the 34 meg speeds again.
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