I wrote
>>I am using Mandrake 5.1 with a coax Ethernet connection between
>>the Doze box and my Linux box, and I am having a problem after
>>installing Samba. When I choose Network Neighborhood from Windoze98
>>I see my Linux disk after a long (about two minutes) wait.
>>If I doubleclick on my Linux disk, after an even longer wait,
>>I see the public and user directories. How can I get rid of these long
>delays?
You responded
>1. Networking: Try doing a lot of PINGs in each direction to see if the
>Ethernet link is solid. (Do you have terminators at both ends?)
>
This ethernet has a windows 95 box at each end with the linux in the middle.
ALL operations between the windows boxes are working correctly, as is
FTP or Telnet to the Linux box from either end. Ping works fine everywhere,
giving a time of 2ns. Samba is the ONLY point where delays are seen.
I think it it something aout my Samba setup.
Jim
