Slow network browsing at root of pc share (xp)

[bledd]

when i type in \\slim (on a very small local network linksys router) 'slim' is my shared folder pc, its pretty quick (p4 2.6) and just sits there only sharing files to 5 machines

it takes ages to list the shares, i've bumped into this on many occations in the past and never known what causes it, can anyone shed any light?

here's a video of it happening..

http://bleddyn.co.uk/network.avi


when i type \\slim\sharedfolder (etc) it snaps straight to it, why is it so slow, is it trying to list scheduled tasks + printers too or something?


both pc's are xpsp2 and up to date, and both running windows firewall

cheers



-edit, when i remote desktop to it, it lists its own shares quickly as it should

 

[bledd]

hmm i used "safexp" freeware tweaking tool (dont usually use any tweaking tools, i just apply settings etc)

i selected these..

Disable Automatic Hidden Shares (admin shares)
Secure DNS against pollution
Remove Shared Documents (was removed by nlite on both machines before hand)

on both machines and now they can \\ each other really quickly


now to find out which one does it, and regshot the changes it makes..

 

[Deleted member 58846]

there is a registry edit modification you can use to speed up browsing of remote computers.

Start > run > regedit

Browse To --

-- 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\

Delete The Value
{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} 
and
{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}

This will speed up the network accessibility.

 

[Curiosityx]

As your using a workgroup and a DNS server isnt avaliable for name resolution each PC must use NETBIOS broadcasts in order to resolve computer names this is painfully slow compared to DNS.

One way to get arround this in small environment is to edit your "hosts" file located at "C:\WINDOWS/system32\drivers\etc"

If you add a static entry for "SLIM" and specify its IP address the next time you attempt to connect to this machine windows will query the hosts file for an IP address first.

 

[oddjob62]

Do you have more than 1 network card? Make sure that the one that you use to connect to the network is top of the list in Network connections advanced settings.

 

[bledd]

thanks for all info guys