MJ Ray wrote:
nev young wrote:
Brett Parker wrote:
If you're seeing differences between times, is there much WiFi interference nearby? Many other networks on nearby channels in the scan results?
Ah now that's a good point. There are between 6 and 20 wifi networks that I can see when I scan. When I did the test last night I brought the laptop into the same room as the server and access point. So it would have been a stronger than usual signal.
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The same file was used in each case from the file server to the laptop, the only difference was that in doze it went via samba rather than by NFS. Oh doG! Don't tell me it's cos samba is faster than NFS.
It depends how it's configured, but I'd expect it to be the other way around. NFS is older (they've had longer to optimise it) and I've seen it used on bigger sites. You could try transferring with smbclient to remove that difference.
I'll give that a go later today. I prefer to use NFS, as for other family members just having their directories on the server appear as part of the local filesystem just makes it easier for them to cope.
As it's been confirmed (well sorta) that I'm using the correct driver and it's at least trying to run faster I may just have to put up with it. It is a PITA though. The server has a TV card and I use it as a PVR. I used to be able to stream the recorded programs to the laptop so I could watch the recordings. Now I have to either copy the file to the laptop as trying to stream it over wifi from the server is just not fast enough for smooth viewing. Or use the wired connection which works fine but looks untidy and ties me to the one room.
Nev