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Slow network browsing

  • 10-02-2008 11:23pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭


    This is a problem I've witnessed many times before and the only way I've known how to fix it is a format and reinstall but I'm looking for a better way since my laptop is now doing it:
    • Open My Network Places
    • View workgroup computers
    • Double-click laptop's icon
    • My Network Places window hangs for ~25 seconds then I get the list of shares
    If I do it the other way (browse the shares on my PC from my laptop) it works more or less instantly. Any ideas? NetBT is enabled on both machines. I have come across times where an XP Pro PC trying to browse a XP Home PC does it but both are on Pro.


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  • #2
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    google "master browser toolkit" and enforce a master browser machine in the network, should help.


  • #3
    Dr.Conti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭Dr.Conti


    Karsini wrote: »
    This is a problem I've witnessed many times before and the only way I've known how to fix it is a format and reinstall but I'm looking for a better way since my laptop is now doing it:
    • Open My Network Places
    • View workgroup computers
    • Double-click laptop's icon
    • My Network Places window hangs for ~25 seconds then I get the list of shares
    If I do it the other way (browse the shares on my PC from my laptop) it works more or less instantly. Any ideas? NetBT is enabled on both machines. I have come across times where an XP Pro PC trying to browse a XP Home PC does it but both are on Pro.

    Windows Vista?


  • #4
    mick.fr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭mick.fr


    Dr.Conti wrote: »
    Windows Vista?

    Vista is a lot faster than XP when it comes to network browsing.
    I suspect here the main issue is hostname resolution (DNS).


  • #5
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    There's also the famous NTLDMv2 issue, although it usually affects throughput and authentication rather than the populated list of shares.

    what happens if you enter \\ip.address.of.share into Internet explorer, does it still take a while to populate?


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I'm away for the next few days so can't check for certain but I think it's still slow when I do it that way. I'll have a definitive answer at the weekend.


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,604 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    You may need NetBIOS service on if there ae windows 2000 machines out there.

    but defo try by IP first


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