Hi Aaron, I haven't yet seen a SP2 setup, so that firewall hasn't gotten in my way (yet!) but I was able to talk to a Samba expert about this. Here's some things to look into.
- diagnose with a sniffer, as with all firewall problems. Probably XP is blocking the print notify back channel - (What is print notify back channel?) Depending on how printing is setup, for some operations the server needs to create a SMB connection to the client (tcp ports 139 and/or 445) (this is just a wild guess - really better to use a sniffer to diagnose) ... also, here is a link that seemed related... http://www.archivum.info/[email protected]/2004-11/msg00981.html Hope this helps... On 30Nov2004 09:34AM (-0800), Aaron Lopez wrote: > Hello, > I know some of us have setup linux print servers with SAMBA and CUPS, > as have I. But, I have noticed that workstations with Windows XP SP2 > perform slowly at times when copying from SAMBA or bringing up the > Properties menu on printers. Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000 do not > experience this performance issue. SAMBA's site is vague on the matter > and just mentions that some people have reported it but there's no > official explanation. Has anyone seen this problem? > > > > Aaron Lopez > PerMedics Inc. System Administrator > 909.558.8155 > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > 909linux mailing list > [email protected] > http://909linux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/909linux -- /* david kaiser (NO SPAM/UCE) pubkey=1C8DCC8D begin e-mail decoder */ main() {int j=-1;char t[]="gndlvhuCfgn1frp\r";while(t[j]!='\r'){putchar(t[++j]-3);}0;}
