I have a samba file share configured on RH7.3. smb.conf is below. I have a stunnel running with: stunnel -d 2222 -r localhost:139 I'm connecting to this from Windows using instructions as per here: http://www.cheswick.com/ches/cheap/tunnelsolution.html , which is basically stunnel running in Windows stunnelling port 139 on a local IP to 2222 on my remote server, so that I can access the share via (in windows speak) \\localIP\test It all works fine, but it takes a loooong time to make connections. Once a connection is established, the speed is fine - a single 12Mb file takes about 90 seconds to transfer from the server. Through windows explorer, ten 1k files take about 15 seconds to transfer (pretty slow). Through a Windows text editor though, a single 1k text file takes about 8 seconds to open, and about 10 seconds to save - operations that would both be instantaneous on the local disk. TIA for any tips/advice. (I can't connect directly to the server because my ISP has port 139 blocked) James smb.conf: [global] workgroup = S1 encrypt passwords = yes [test] comment = test path = /some/path/to/some/webspace read only = no guest ok = no -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba