Accessing CIFS shares from an OS X machine incredibly slow
- by Aron Rotteveel
This is a longshot, because this issue seems over-reported and unanswered on the internet (see references below), but it is about time this issue is permanently solved.
The facts:
Server: Windows Server 2008, acting as a file server
Client: OS X Lion 10.7.3.
Method of connecting: directly via IP through Finder: smb://192.168.1.100/share
The problem:
The initial connection attempt takes about a minute.
After the connection is made, it takes one more minute to show the directories in Finder.
After navigating to any other directory, it takes several seconds/minutes to parse the directory, seemingly based on the size of the contents.
Actually, my entire Finder has this problem after connecting. When using Finder to show my desktop, it can literally take up to a minute to load.
Obviously, this is not right. I have no clue how to fix this and would appreciate any help I can get. I am unsure about other relevant information I can provide, but if there is any, please let me know so I can update the post.
I seem to be not the only one having this problem:
Most importantly, an apple.stackexchange.com entry. Unsolved and unanswered.
Several users on the Apple support forums.
Users on EduGeek.
