Networked Home Directory

[Brian24]

I seem to be having an issue with a Home directory being set to the XServe that is hosting the network. On a seperate admin machine (DP 450 G4 384MB) the login and directory access are fairly expedient, but on a standard student machine (700 G4 128MB RAM eMac) it takes about 6-8 minutes to log in and access the home directory. I am fairly sure it can’t be the RAM, and I have checked cables and switches and noticed no difference when they have used the same of each. The only thing I can come up with is that there must be a problem with the eMac itself. Both are running the latest flavor (10.2.6) of Jaguar as is the server. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

[Cabbage]

I had a similar problem with an eMac. Change the settings on your switch/router they probably aren’t set correctly. After I did this on the eMac’s port everything was running like normal.

[Brian24]

Which switch settings were the problem for you? I am running a Cisco 1900 series, what are you running? Thanks for the input!

[Brian24]

The url is already an IP rather than a DNS name. Considering I am running this in a corner of the Windows network, might the reverse be true, I think I will check and get back to you.

[Brian24]

I figured this one out. My associate failed to enable the custom path authentication so we were going through NetInfo. Once the custom path was enabled in Authorization we were good to go. Still doesn’t really explain the speed differentiation though. Anyone have any theories?

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