[pptp-server] Performance difference between TCPIP and SMB traffic

[Scott Johnston]

I see a similar and significant difference between ftp and smb on
internal networks as well as over the pptp link.  I always thought it
was caused by windows being less than efficient in the way it copied
files.  

Scott

Tife Chan wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I found that passing SMB traffic through the pptp link is much slower than TCPIP.
> I have network A and network B and they are connected together with two linux servers using pptp.
> When ftp a file from network A to network B, the speed is fine.
> But when I try to copy the same file from network A to network B through Windows Explorer,
> the speed is much much slower.
> 
> Any idea?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Regards,
> Tife Chan
> 
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