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From: tim@gfmurray.com (Tim Baird)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Tuning NFS for use with Microsoft Windows.
Date: 20 Jan 1996 00:08:28 GMT
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In article <4da9hk$dqh@news.scruz.net>, Chris Haidinyak <chrish> says:
>
>Hi,
>
>    I am using FreeBSD 2.1 and am connected to another PC using Microsoft
>Windows 3.11 for Workgroups. I have an NFS hookup but my write from the WFW
>to FreeBSD is only ~ 62 kB/sec whereas the read is ~ 300 kB/sec. I am using
>generic ~$25 Ethernet cards on either side. My throughput using FTP averages
>about ~ 450 kB/sec so I know there's plenty of bandwidth available. I am won-
>dering how I can tweak the NFS to maximize throughput. Do I need to rebuild
>the kernel with different configuration constants ??? Anybody with experience
>and willing to share please EMAIL, thanks.
>
>--
>  Chris Haidinyak
>  chrish@alpha.techspecs.com
>
The problem that you are experiencing is likely the fault of WFW.  I experienced the symptoms
that you describe with ftp and samba....the R/W spec were reversed though....All of this
went away when I loaded w95....other problems appeared though :(