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    ! network browsing difficult/ slow !

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by SsuRReaLL, Jan 21, 2009.

  1. SsuRReaLL

    SsuRReaLL Notebook Consultant

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    Hi guys,
    out of the blue connecting to a server takes about 20-30 seconds. This problem remains, also the connections close by themselves. When I boot linux on this machine there is no problem. Other machines on the network have no problems. Connecting to these other machines with this laptop show the same results ->slow connection, difficult browsing. (the domain controller is a slack box - no machine restrictions are in order)
    -Firewall is down for the occasion but no effect.
    -There were no recent updates.
    -It doesn't matter what interface I use wireless or Ethernet.
    My guess is problem with samba. Restarting samba or restarting osx have no effect. Resolve.conf shows the right info and HTTP traffic is normal.
    I find reinstalling is no option. I want to know the problem and if there are more users with the same problem.
    Thanks for your trouble.
    OS: OSX 10.5.6
     
    SsuRReaLL, Jan 21, 2009
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    SsuRReaLL Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone???? To make it somewhat more interesting: winxp in vmfusion does not have this problem...So all together Samba related right?
     
    SsuRReaLL, Jan 22, 2009
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    How and what protocols are you using to connect to your servers? Mac OS X does not like SMB servers (since it's Microsoft), so if your servers support it, try using CIFS or AFP.
     
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    What kind of computers are you trying to network, I haven't had any problems going from Mac to PC, PC to Mac, Mac to Mac, etc. I have never had a reason to do much toying around with Linux but know my way around.
     
    circa86, Jan 22, 2009
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    I connect to smb shares. There should be no trouble connecting with TCP to samba shares. I never had any trouble before. Trying afp, cifs or nfs are workarounds. I need to know what is wrong with (probably) the smbclient apple is using or reinstall this client maybe. But thanks for the ideas guys.
     
    SsuRReaLL, Jan 22, 2009
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