Very Computer

by **Jane Richard** » Sat, 07 Jun 2003 07:00:51

I have a number of XP Pro (patched to SP 1) machines that map a Linux
samba drive. There seems to be a consistant 20 second delay in the
explorer the first time the drive is accessed. Is there a patch or
workaround for this problem?

by **Fester Ranci** » Sat, 07 Jun 2003 07:22:10

Try comparing this drive mapping speed to mapping the drive using the IP
address of the samba server instead of it's name; if this is quicker then
you have a name resolution problem.

FR
--
There is nothing more frightening than ignorance in action. - Goethe

Quote:> I have a number of XP Pro (patched to SP 1) machines that map a Linux
> samba drive. There seems to be a consistant 20 second delay in the
> explorer the first time the drive is accessed. Is there a patch or
> workaround for this problem?

by **Jane Richard** » Sat, 07 Jun 2003 07:57:08

Tried this but no luck. The same tortuous 20 second delay using the
samba server's IP. The samba version is Version
2.2.7-security-rollup-fix on Redhat 7.2.

> Try comparing this drive mapping speed to mapping the drive using the IP
> address of the samba server instead of it's name; if this is quicker then
> you have a name resolution problem.

> FR

by **Norm Dresne** » Sat, 07 Jun 2003 10:07:18

Quote:> I have a number of XP Pro (patched to SP 1) machines that map a Linux
> samba drive. There seems to be a consistant 20 second delay in the
> explorer the first time the drive is accessed. Is there a patch or
> workaround for this problem?

I see similar delays mapping Windows shares from either of my Win98SE
computers on my WinXPPro box. It's a WinXP-thing AFAICT.

Norm

Very Computer

XP slow mapping network samba drive

XP slow mapping network samba drive

XP slow mapping network samba drive

XP slow mapping network samba drive

XP slow mapping network samba drive