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    Mapped drive slow respone

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by dazz87, Jan 31, 2010.

  1. dazz87

    dazz87 Notebook Evangelist

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    Has anyone experienced an issue where you map a network drive, then attempt to access that drive and you get a very slow response at first (takes at least 20 seconds to display any files/folders)? After that initial delay, you have normal response times, so long as you don't leave it idle for more than (say) 10 minutes.

    Leave it for more than 10 minutes, and you'll re-experience the slow response time as if it's trying to reestablish a connection.This is whats happen when I am trying to access my desktop drives (Xp sp3) from my notebook (windows 7 pro)

    Its very annoying that theres this delay everytime i try and access the my folders and file. I check the network card on my desktop and disable any sleep mode. I did the same thing on my wireless card on my notebook. I dont know if this is an windows 7 issue or xp issue. i posted the same issue in the network selection and got no reply.
     
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    merlin_72032 Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't think it is either Windows XP or Windows 7 issues. Are you certain that your computers are clean? I assume that your computers are on the same VLAN (subnet), and they point to the same default gateway.
     
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    Is the network drive spinned down?
     
    jackluo923, Jan 31, 2010
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    dazz87 Notebook Evangelist

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    yes both computers are on the same subnet and both point to the same gateway. Both are in the same workgroup. Just cant figure why its doing this.

    mmm do you mean "power management" on the network card? on my XP machines. On the power management tab under "Power saver options" I have everything unchecked. The network card I have is a intel Pro 1000gt.
     
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    Can you ping each other without any delay? If you can ping each other, I don't think it is your network then. You might want to reformat those computers because I can't help you that much without see the computers.

    I assume you don't have redundant software firewall like Windows firewall and another software firewall on at the same time. Besides that, I would just reformat the computers and see if the problem is resolved.
     
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    dazz87 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey Merlin, I think I fixed it. After your first reply about subnet and gateway....I went into both computers and disable dhcp. I then manually entered the ip address, subnet and gateway for both computers and for some reason it started to work!!!!! I then reboot my notebook and when i got to my desktop I went straight over to access the network drive and I got in into seconds!!!!! Thanks you!!
     
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    Your welcome :)
     
    merlin_72032, Jan 31, 2010
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