samba - Dec 2001 - Slow (very) Win Me client

Hello.

My configuration is a RHS 7.1, samba 2.0.7, Win Me 4.90.3000. My smb.conf file:

# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from vincent (192.168.0.2)
# Date: 2001/11/26 11:50:51

# Global parameters
[global]
 workgroup = EVISTEL
 netbios name = SERVER
 server string = Samba Server
 encrypt passwords = Yes
 ssl CA certFile = /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
 debug level = 3
 log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
 max log size = 0
 socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
 dns proxy = No
 printing = lprng

[homes]
 comment = Home Directories
 writeable = Yes
 browseable = No

[printers]
 comment = All Printers
 path = /var/spool/samba
 printable = Yes
 browseable = No

[brother]
 comment = Brother HL-1250
 path = /var/spool/samba
 writeable = Yes
 printable = Yes
 printer = brother
 oplocks = No
 share modes = No

[evistel]
 path = /var/local/evistel/samba
 writeable = Yes


My Win Me clients are _very_ _slow_, i.e. explorer hangs for minutes. Apparently
it is not a problem related to the load (the server is almost idle, the network
is ok if not using Windows/samba); a tcpdump shows hundreds and hundreds of:

12:33:11.191452 eth0 < vincent.1028 > server.netbios-ssn: . 21821:21821(0)
ack 4
2307 win 16984 (DF) (ttl 128, id 3497)
12:33:11.411452 eth0 < vincent.1028 > server.netbios-ssn: P
21821:21862(41) ack
42307 win 16984>>> NBT (DF) (ttl 128, id 3499)
12:33:11.411452 eth0 > server.netbios-ssn > vincent.1028: P
42307:42366(59) ack
21862 win 11680>>> NBT (DF) (ttl 64, id 17117)
12:33:11.411452 eth0 < vincent.1028 > server.netbios-ssn: P
21862:21961(99) ack
42366 win 16925>>> NBT (DF) (ttl 128, id 3500)
12:33:11.411452 eth0 > server.netbios-ssn > vincent.1028: P
42366:42575(209) ack
 21961 win 11680>>> NBT (DF) (ttl 64, id 17118)
12:33:11.591452 eth0 < vincent.1028 > server.netbios-ssn: . 21961:21961(0)
ack 4
2575 win 16716 (DF) (ttl 128, id 3502)
12:33:11.681452 eth0 < vincent.1028 > server.netbios-ssn: P
21961:22002(41) ack
42575 win 16716>>> NBT (DF) (ttl 128, id 3503)
12:33:11.681452 eth0 > server.netbios-ssn > vincent.1028: P
42575:42634(59) ack
22002 win 11680>>> NBT (DF) (ttl 64, id 17119)
12:33:11.691452 eth0 < vincent.1028 > server.netbios-ssn: P
22002:22101(99) ack
42634 win 16657>>> NBT (DF) (ttl 128, id 3504)
12:33:11.691452 eth0 > server.netbios-ssn > vincent.1028: P
42634:42843(209) ack
 22101 win 11680>>> NBT (DF) (ttl 64, id 17120)
12:33:11.791452 eth0 < vincent.1028 > server.netbios-ssn: . 22101:22101(0)
ack 4
2843 win 16448 (DF) (ttl 128, id 3506)


I'm unable to read this, but may be it can give a hint.

Vincent
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Yes.

What makes Win Me slow is when it displays folders like web pages. In the
Win Explorer, go to Tools/Options (I guessed the names, because Me speaks
French on my desktop...), check not to use web mode.

Hope this helps.

Vincent
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Balkwill" <jkbalkwill@sympatico.ca>
To: <vincent.grenet@evistel.com>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: Slow (very) Win Me client

> I am experiencing the same thing (very similar tcpdump) as you described
> in your post to comp.protocols.smb 2001-12-03 and I was wondering if you
> had learned anything further. The newsgroup replies weren't very much
> help :-(
>
> In my case Win ME clients (both of them, different NICs) have problems
> accessing either my FreeBSD Samba server or a Win NT 4 workstation. I
> can access these machines fine from either NT or 98. So I strongly
> suspect that Win ME is the culprit.
>
> I've trolled through the MS websites looking for registry settings that
> might change the behavior of the ME network client but didn't find
> anything useful.
>
> Thanks.
> Jim.
>
>