I am on a network setup (DomainA) where my laptop has a Citrix Secure Access VPN connection into another domain (DomainB). The laptop is on another subnet, so there are no IP collisons on the VPN (and the VPN translates it for us).
I can ping any server on DomainB, or do nslookup on it, by the name or IP address and that is fine.
I can map a drive on a DomainB server and that works fine (I use an account with rights from the DomainB domain).
But when I copy any file or even browse any size directory in that mapped drive, it is ridiculously slow. Well beyond the slowness due to network connections. It could be a folder with a single 1KB file in it, and it will still take 30-45 seconds just to list the contents of the folder.
When moving data over the share, it will be very slow - again, slower than anything related to connection speed, but it takes over the processor.
This is amplified if FireFox is open.
If I open a shared folder and copy a file to my local machine (DomainB to DomainA), and FireFox is open, it (FireFox) will take over 100% of one of the CPUs.
If I terminate the FireFox process, then the transfer is just slow and the machine is slower, but it is not maxing out the CPU like that.
I have seen this beyond just my laptop, but any machine that has the same setup.
Is there any reason that this should be happening - and how do I prevent it. It is beyond aggravating.
I can ping any server on DomainB, or do nslookup on it, by the name or IP address and that is fine.
I can map a drive on a DomainB server and that works fine (I use an account with rights from the DomainB domain).
But when I copy any file or even browse any size directory in that mapped drive, it is ridiculously slow. Well beyond the slowness due to network connections. It could be a folder with a single 1KB file in it, and it will still take 30-45 seconds just to list the contents of the folder.
When moving data over the share, it will be very slow - again, slower than anything related to connection speed, but it takes over the processor.
This is amplified if FireFox is open.
If I open a shared folder and copy a file to my local machine (DomainB to DomainA), and FireFox is open, it (FireFox) will take over 100% of one of the CPUs.
If I terminate the FireFox process, then the transfer is just slow and the machine is slower, but it is not maxing out the CPU like that.
I have seen this beyond just my laptop, but any machine that has the same setup.
Is there any reason that this should be happening - and how do I prevent it. It is beyond aggravating.