On Saturday 10 February 2007 17:03, Bob Chiodini wrote: > Do you use the deadtime parameter in /etc/samba/smb.conf? If so, you > may want to lengthen the deadtime or delete it entirely. See man smb.conf. I didn't know this parameter and will check it out. > Additionally, since you are using DHCP, do you assign the same IP > address to the server each time it re-ups its address? You probably > should. Linksys probably has a method of "fixing" IP addresses to MAC > addresses. Otherwise, the Windows browser mechanism comes into play. > That could result in long name to machine resolution times. Just to try, I have assigned fixed IP addresses to the samba server and clients. Now everything is fine, so I guess it really has something to do with lookup of name vs IP. Since I also use laptops that I like to keep using DHCP for I'll further investigate the issue but at least have a clue now to what I should be looking for. Thanks, Marcel
