Windows clien't can't connect to anything. SMB shares very slow from Mac.
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I also did this but it didn't work on my cellphone until i also added mssfix 1400
Try setting VPN > IPsec, Advanced, Enable Maximum MSS to 1400 and testing again.
SMB really, really sucks especially over slow, higher-latency connections. 1.3Mbit/sec? You're lucky it works at all.
You might consider some sort of syncing protocol that syncs the two sites overnight or something.
Im going to call the ISP on Monday and see if they can provide a better upload speed.
I will try it on a wired connection as soon as i get home, but im sure my upload speed isn't helping. What should me compression settings be set to?
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Can that be pushed effectively?
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SMB really, really sucks especially over slow, higher-latency connections. 1.3Mbit/sec? You're lucky it works at all.
You might consider some sort of syncing protocol that syncs the two sites overnight or something.
Are most people using SMB over vpn or should i be using a different protocol? I use nfs at home but i also don't have any windows machines at home, only linux and Mac.
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Can that be pushed effectively?
I'm unsure what you are asking.
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For setting I want all clients to have I normally configure openvpn server to push the settings to all clients that connect to it.
Wondered if this setting could be pushed. Was asking Derelict. Sorry.
As far as should you use SMB. It depends. What are you using it for? For most file manipulation, I use caja browser and sftp or SSH in.
Outside linux, I use winscp.
For other things, SMB is easier.
Of course, I only use linux shares so makes it easier to flip back and forth between those methods.
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As far as should you use SMB. It depends. What are you using it for? For most file manipulation, I use caja browser and sftp or SSH in.
Mostly for accessing word and Excel documents and pdf's, maybe accessing pictures and videos in the future, but I would have to get a faster connection for that. One of the directories I would be accessing quite frequently has over 4800 files in it (word and PDF) and gets bigger every day, and is quite slow to list currently.
I do currently have owncloud running on a vps with this folder synced to it, but if possible I would also like VPN access to it.
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Yeah - You would do much better with SFTP I think.
Though windows lacks the ability natively, there are add-on programs to give you SSH and SFTP access remotely.
https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/FileZilla_FTP_Server
I've never needed a windows server for things like this, but I think filezilla can do it.
There are also other (pay me) microsoft solutions and probably other add-ons for windows.
Still, I'm biased perhaps but I think linux makes a much better "server" for such things. (Edited) I hate windows for serving up files.
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Just reading about owncloud. Thats starting to look like a NAS.
Looks cool though and it runs on linux. (Probably runs best on linux, BSD and other unix like systems)
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Just reading about owncloud. Thats starting to look like a NAS.
It's pretty much like Dropbox or Google drive except you host it yourself.
Yeah - You would do much better with SFTP I think.
Though windows lacks the ability natively, there are add-on programs to give you SSH and SFTP access remotely.
Freenas most likely supports SFTP, I'll take a look.
I've never needed a windows server for things like this, but I think filezilla can do it.
The file server is actually freenas (freebsd). All of the servers are Linux or Freebsd as I don't like windows. The only reason I've used smb is for compatibility with the windows clients on the network.
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Awesome. Enable SMB on your Linux file server. You will have it all.
I've never needed something as dedicated as a large NAS. They seem to be resource hungry.
I do all my sharing out of a linux box with only SMB and SSH enabled and a script to mount the drives on boot. Nothing amazing.
Yours will no doubt be much more feature-rich and many people likely require such beasts.