Slow Network Finder

[gortonsfi]

Has anyone else noticed Finder in OS X (I run 10.3.6) taking a long(ish) time to find other machines in the workgroup? Granted, not long to me would be seeing them within 1.5 seconds of me opening the network browser :lol: Does anyone know what causes that? Am I the only one?

Thanks in advance

[kc0arf]

Hello,

The delay is going to depend on a few things, such as the speed of your network, and the protocols associated with it. For example, I think Appletalk packets time out after 30 - 45 seconds. I remember the days of OS 9 looking and waiting for a server before the connection timed out. Just had to sit there and wait. Appletalk was designed in the day that networks were *not* reliable, such as dialups and phonenet, where delays and confusion were part of the expected interference.

I am noticing OS X taking time resolving DNS names. Seems that the timeout is too short or something. Not good.

Have a good one,

Christian