Re: OSX 10.3.4-Please Help V.Slow Browse of Win2k Server

From: Jonathan Tolmach (repair_at_filoli.org)
Date: 08/07/04

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    Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 16:15:43 -0700

    Gareth,
    I read with interest your problem and replies, as we were having the same
    problem until a few minutes ago. We also had problems with the 31
    character file name limit. There is an Aug 3 post and reply about that.
    William Smith suggested connecting via smb instead of afp. That cured both
    of our ills.
    >-----Original Message-----
    >In article <25e17086.0407160245.3ab577fe@posting.google.com>,
    > gareth.hillary@squareonegroup.co.uk (Gareth Hillary) wrote:
    >
    >> At present it is quicker to browse the server on a Beige G3 running OS
    >> 9.2.2 than it is on a G5 with 1.25 Gig of RAM which is LUDICROUS......
    >>
    >> Are there some network protocols to switch to anywhere. I read
    >> somewhere that Windows 2003 is better (what substantiates this??). Do
    >> we need more RAM in the Server....
    >
    >Hi Gareth!
    >
    >The problem you're seeing is an inherent problem with Mac OS X and
    >server browsing. Due to the architecture of the Mac OS X system,
    >browsing is just very slow. You probably have nothing misconfigured nor
    >do you have much you can do to optimize this. This is one of the reasons
    >our environment has held off from upgrading.
    >
    >I'm not familiar with how Mac OS X clients connecting to a Mac OS X
    >server respond but if I had to guess as to why browsing is slow from Mac
    >OS X 10.3.x to a Windows server I'd suspect it's because Windows server
    >still uses AFP 2.2 for Mac file sharing. The AFP protocol used by
    >today's Macs is up to 3.x. (This is a guess only.)
    >
    >You may want to look into a third party AFP solution for your server
    >such as ExtremZ-IP from <http://www.grouplogic.com>. You can
    download a
    >trial version of the software to see if it meets your needs.
    >
    >Hope this helps! bill
    >--
    >William M. Smith
    >(Microsoft Interop MVP)
    >.
    >

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