Slow Windows Server Browsing

[sierrapacific]

I have a 17" IMAC G5 with Tiger OS 10.4. I seem to have problems browsing files on a Windows 2000 and 2003 server..., sometimes. It will respond quickly sometimes, other times, it just hangs with the spinning beach ball. Any ideas what would cause this delay?

 

[dodge20]

Are you connecting using samba or afp? The afp connection to a windows server is slow, while the samba connection is fast, but can be unreliable at times.

Dodge20

 

[sierrapacific]

How do I use a samba connection?

 

[dodge20]

Go - Connect to server

smb://ipaddress

Dodge20

 

[sierrapacific]

On both servers, I do not specify a protocol such as afp or smb, all I use is the ip address. Should I specify protocol?

 

[dodge20]

Mac defaults to afp for the protocol, so there is no reason to specify it - imo. If you want to use samba, then yes you need to specify it.

Dodge20