On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Richard C. Steffens <rst...@comcast.net> wrote: > I've had a home network for many years. I connect to my wife's Winders 7 > machine using Samba. Sometimes the connection works easily, and other > times it does not.... > ...(Or, feel free to whack me with said stick yourself.)
Possibly helpful suggestion: Have you tried other protocols, to eliminate SMB as the cause of your issues? Ranting anger, fueled by too many years of fighting this demon: SMB is a great protocol for non-switched networks, that were built in the era of "Ether....net? That sounds scary...." It's not designed for session recovery, retries, high throughput, large networks, etc. It was a serial-LAN technology that got ported (begrudgingly) to TCP/IP, and remains around as part of a standard windows stack, not because it actually works well, or because it's good, or for any reason other than Microsoft can use it for lock-in. If, of course, you'd like some actual link and giggles, try this: http://developers.slashdot.org/story/00/03/24/0752258/jeremy-allison-answers-samba-questions It'll help you out with cultural and technical references on the why, and how, and WTF. -Bop _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
