I seem to have misread. It looks like the client in this case is Windows box and the Server is Linux. So, if you suspect any issues with Samba, please report to Samba mailing list. This is not a appropriate list to discuss non-kernel/non-cifs client issues. Thanks, On 01/18/2011 10:33 AM, Suresh Jayaraman wrote: > (good to Cc linux-cifs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx though it might not have anything > to do with cifs in this case) > > On 01/13/2011 09:06 PM, Francesco Alfano wrote: >> Hello, >> I have a problem with the (exported) sharing of network resources. >> Initially i've used a sever with RedHat 7.3 kernel 2.4 now i've installed >> Scientific Linux 5.5 with kernel 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5PAE with Samba version >> 3.0.33-3.29.el5_5.1. >> >> The problem is that I lose the network connection periodically, about 10 >> minutes! >> > > Are you using dhcp? If yes, it looks like a problem due to IPaddress not > being persistent (possibly a bug in dhcpcd). > > Are you able to reproduce this problem if you use static IP? Also, see > if the problem is persisting if you use dhclient instead of dhcpcd. > > -- Suresh Jayaraman -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html