Samba, connection is slow but copying files is fast.

[Kam Leo]

On 2/12/07, Bob Chiodini <rchiodin at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Marcel Janssen wrote:
> > On Saturday 10 February 2007 18:44, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> >
> >> You may want to check to see if you have "dns proxy = no" in your
> >> Samba config file. If it is set to yes, you may be experiencing DNS
> >> lookup delays when first connecting. Though I would expect something
> >> in the order of 90 seconds for DNS lookup delay when I can not find
> >> the host it is trying to look up. You should also look in
> >> /var/log/samba to see if the logs there say anything helpful.
> >>
> >
> > By now I know it has something to do with lookup, after fixing IP addresses
> > things started to work well. The dns proxy was set to "no" though.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Marcel
> >
> >
> Marcel,
>
> Is your Linksys handing out the IP addresses?
>
> It seems to me that Linux and others probably, as well, "ask" the DHCP
> server to renew its address halfway through the lease time.  Asking for
> the same address it already has.  Generally the DHCP server says 'okay',
> since the address is not in use by anyone else.  If your server is not
> getting the same address every time, something might be wrong with the
> Linksys.  Or I completely misunderstand how this is all supposed to
> work, which is certainly possible. :-)
>

If the OP's Linksys router is similar to mine there is nothing wrong
with its operation. The router firmware does not allow fixing an IP to
a MAC. To add that functionality the OP can use thirdparty firmware
such as DD-WRT or OpenWRT.

> In any case assigning IP addresses to specific MAC addresses on your
> DHCP server should help.  Varying server addresses is a bad thing,
> anyway (IMHO).
>
> Any new windows machines (laptops, etc.) coming up on the network will
> likely find an existing "Master Browser" that can resolve the server
> addresses (NetBIOS) as long as they are not changing.
>
> Bob...