On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 01:00:01AM +0200, Spaceman Spiff wrote: > I have an infrequent problem that sometimes when I'm accessing files on my > samba-server, it happens from time to time that the client computer appears > to hang for a limited time. Say 20-30 seconds. It doesn't matter if it is a > small file .TXT file or a large DivX movie. This has happened to me with > different versions of samba, and I first suspected that it might be > power-saving on the server. But the powersaving is turned off, and even if > it was the reason, it shouldn't take so long to power up a couple of disks. > I've also wondered if it might be some sort of DNS lookup that samba > attempts, but fails (because there is usually no connection available to a > DNS server.) That might explain why it takes so long before it continues. > Now I have removed all references to any DNS server, but this phenomena > still occurs. I guess having no DNS-server configured would make Samba/linux > to just skip any DNS lookup. Are there anybody out there who has > experienced something like this? Hints are welcome! :)
It's almost certainly the client failing to respond to an oplock break message. Check your networking hardware (hubs/switches). Even quite well known equipment I've seen cause problems of this kind (netgear for example). Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba