Tiger Server 10.4.11 – Leopard Client 10.5.2 – AFP Sharing Problem through L2TP VPN

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