Why is SMB from a Windows 7 64-bit to OS X Server so slow when using DNS vs IP?
- by chuboy
When I connect my 64-bit Windows 7 to a OS X server using \servername, my transfer rates are around 400KB/s.
However, when I do the same thing using \192.168.0.10 (which is the IP of the server), transfer rates jump to 30MB/s.
All of this happens via a gigabit ethernet cable with my wireless disabled
I heard Samba itself "doesn't use DNS", but if that's the case, how am I able to connect to the server in the first place?