John wrote:
> Check out the tcp nodelay samba option in smb.conf.
>
I have the following in my smb.conf
# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
# See speed.txt and the manual pages for details
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
Actually it looks as if the problem with the slow browsing may
not be Samba related since XP Pro and Win2K Pro clients browse
the network very fast. It is XP Home that is slow. XP Home was
purposefully "crippled" by MS so it lacks networking features
in XP Pro and Win2k Pro.