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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!van-bc!news.mindlink.net!uniserve!usenet 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 Organization: G.F.Murray Company Lines: 22 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4dpbps$cs8@atlas.uniserve.com> References: <4da9hk$dqh@news.scruz.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: client3.gfmurray.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6+ 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 :(