[Samba] Lag on network using Samba

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I am using Samba for a file server and get a lag when accessing files
across the network, I assume it is due to inactivity, because the first
file I access takes the longest to access, and then other files I access
immediatly after are much faster.  If I do not access any files for a
while I get the problem again. It all works well, but I would really
like to get rid of this Lag when opening a file from the server.

Does anybody have any suggestions.  Please keep it simple, new to Linux
;)

Steven
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