[Samba] smbclient failing due to switch MAC addr table timeout

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Giulio Orsero wrote:

> So, is there a way to have smbclient wait a bit 
> longer before giving up? I'd like to avoid having
> to do pings before calling smbclient or calling
> smbclient multiple times.

You could add a retry loop in smbclient.  But you first
need to get a trace and figure out exactly which part
is failing.  Name resolution of the target server, the
TCP SYN in the session establishment, etc...



cheers, jerry
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