[Samba] Problems with Windows Explorer & Samba Fileshare

[Tom Steer]

Hi All,

Am having a problem with Samba and Windows ME. I have a small network, 3
machines, 2 x Win ME, 1 x Linux Debian/Testing running Samba 3.0.0

Network is via an autodetecting switch - read about the windows issue
with NIC autodetect, so have set my windows NIC to 100BaseTX Full Duplex

When I use explorer to look at files on the Linux machine, Explorer
freezes, seemingly after I go down a way in a dirctory tree. File
transfer seems OK. My smb.conf file is pretty simple :

[global]
  workgroup = WORKGROUP
  interfaces = 10.101.1.101 127.0.0.1
  bind interfaces only = Yes

[homes]
  browseable = Yes
  read only = No

[Webspace]
  path = /var/www
  guest ok = Yes

[root]
  path = /
  valid users = tom, root
  admin users = tom, root
  read list = tom, root
  write list = tom, root
  hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 10.101.1.102
  browseable = No
  delete readonly = Yes

I have tried tcpdump when this condition occurs - a lot of packets are 
being sent :


12:42:45.267640 10.101.1.101.139 > 10.101.1.102.1029: P 2854:2913(59) 
ack 1437 win 6432 NBT Packet (DF)
12:42:45.273712 10.101.1.102.1029 > 10.101.1.101.139: P 1437:1550(113) 
ack 2913 win 16630 NBT Packet (DF)
12:42:45.275206 10.101.1.101.139 > 10.101.1.102.1029: P 2913:3171(258) 
ack 1550 win 6432 NBT Packet (DF)
12:42:45.375523 10.101.1.102.1029 > 10.101.1.101.139: . ack 3171 win 
17640 (DF)
12:42:45.614106 10.101.1.102.1029 > 10.101.1.101.139: P 1550:1592(42) 
ack 3171 win 17640 NBT Packet (DF)
12:42:45.614963 10.101.1.101.139 > 10.101.1.102.1029: P 3171:3230(59) 
ack 1592 win 6432 NBT Packet (DF)
12:42:45.620696 10.101.1.102.1029 > 10.101.1.101.139: P 1592:1705(113) 
ack 3230 win 17581 NBT Packet (DF)
12:42:45.622210 10.101.1.101.139 > 10.101.1.102.1029: P 3230:3488(258) 
ack 1705 win 6432 NBT Packet (DF)

Thanks for your help.

Tom Steer