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  • February 12, 2008 at 8:36 am #371472
    cepheusfilms
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    Hello,

    My server config is a XServe G5 running Apple’s VPN software on Mac OS X 10.4.11. The Tiger users are not having any issues connecting through VPN and mounting AFP shares on their machines.

    I put together a test Leopard OS X 10.5.2 machine (clean install on a MBP 2.33), I can VPN in to the Tiger server just fine, but it takes one full minute before any shares appear when going through the “Connect to Server” panel. When they finally appear, I can access them just fine until I leave the particular directory and go to a local folder in the Finder. If I click back to the mounted server, it will sit for another full minute authenticating before showing the directory again.

    If I select another of the available share on that server (a share that I did not connect via Connect to Server), it will also time out for a full minute until finally appearing.

    I did note this morning that if I set the Finder preferences to show the mounted share on the desktop that I can go back to that share with no timeouts. It’s only when going to try to mount a new share that it stalls for up to a full minute.

    Anyone else having a similar problem?

    Great forums. Found a few other tidbits already.

    Best!

    C

    February 12, 2008 at 7:31 pm #371480
    khiltd
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    Same thing happens to me when accessing public shares over Bonjour, only the delay is not quite as lengthy; maybe 10-20 seconds. I think Leopard’s Finder is simply killing some aspect of the connection when you navigate elsewhere.

    February 12, 2008 at 7:56 pm #371481
    cepheusfilms
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    Hello,

    I decided to try another machine this morning. I went and did a clean install on a Powermac G5 dual 2gig Still had the same results. Almost an exact full minute when trying to “Connect to Server” or browse that particular server from the Finder window.

    Agh.

    C

    February 13, 2008 at 1:35 am #371490
    khiltd
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    Well nobody uses VPNs because they’re speedy; all that security comes at a price.

    February 13, 2008 at 1:47 am #371491
    cepheusfilms
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    Hello,

    Agreed, but why would the speed on the Tiger client be normal while the Leopard client now has a one minute penalty.

    Weird.

    C

    February 14, 2008 at 5:24 am #371516
    khiltd
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    If nothing changed it wouldn’t be a new version. The fact that 10.4 clients seem to get along better with a 10.4 server shouldn’t really present that big of a mystery. While the Leopard Finder does seem slower to log in to anything initially, I have not had any of the 10+ minute hangs which always resulted when a mounted share disappeared from the network to date.

    February 18, 2008 at 9:19 am #371552
    rup
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    [QUOTE][u]Quote by: khiltd[/u][p]Same thing happens to me when accessing public shares over Bonjour, only the delay is not quite as lengthy; maybe 10-20 seconds. I think Leopard’s Finder is simply killing some aspect of the connection when you navigate elsewhere.[/p][/QUOTE]

    My impression is that Leopard’s Finder has difficulties displaying QuickLook previews of remote files and/or folders. just trying browsing a folder filled with aliases, and you will see how slowly they display ! (even slower over 802.11a/b).

    Rup

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