Long hesitation with Win95 OSR2 client

2face lau-lau at unforgettable.com
Mon May 24 19:06:33 GMT 1999


Stupid question, do you have drive spindown(sleep) on on the server?

Bo Kersey wrote:
> 
> Server Specifics:
> #uname -a
> Linux denali 2.0.35 #1 Thu Jul 23 14:01:04 EDT 1998 i686 unknown
> #rpm -q samba
> samba-2.0.3-19990228
> using encrypted passwords...
> 
> Problem Client Specifics:
> Windows 95 OSR2
> 
> Symptoms:
> There is a long (several second) hesitation when I try to open share on
> the
> samba server.  Example:  Drive U: is mapped to the user shares.  If I
> double-click drive U: under My Computer, I get a several second
> hesitation
> before the drive actually opens.  This almost always happens the first
> time I
> try to open the share after logging into the Samba Server and then it
> will
> happen sporadically throughout the day.
> 
> I've checked the smb log specific to the client that is connecting and I
> see
> no errors.  Any hints on what I should check next??
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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