Lazius wrote:
> I have recently updated my Media Center to Vista and have a major problem
> accessing my music collection which is hosted in a Linux (SMB2) box through
> SMB.
>
> I can access the shares after removing the default to NTLMv2, however, when
> Media Player adds the music to library, at some point, the wireless
> connection will just be disabled.
>
> Same happens when listing folders of that server that contain many items or
> are nested.
>
> The event logs show loads of errors from Media Player and lots of info logs
> in the system log stating that TCP/IP has resumed normal operation.
>
> It's a major PITA and actually renders Vista completely useless for my MCE.
>
> Has anyone experienced similar issues? Is there a way to get into some XP
> compatibility mode as with XP, it worked perfectly?

When you say "SMB2" is that the name of the box or are you running an
older version of Samba on it? Make sure you have the latest version of
Samba. Since the connection is made wirelessly, have you experienced any
other disconnects with the wireless? What is the wireless hardware, both
your adapter and the router?

There have been a lot of compatibility problems between Vista and Samba
reported in the newsgroups, but we should determine that this is really
the culprit and not something else like older Sam the wireless drivers, etc.


Malke
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