Network & shared drive access terribly slow!

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Joe2
Posts: 4
Joined: 27. Aug 2009, 00:07
Primary OS: Ubuntu other
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: Windows XP, Linux

Network & shared drive access terribly slow!

Post by Joe2 »

Hi,

I am running Windows 7 Ultimate (64 Bit) on a Mac OSX (10.6) host. VB version 3.2.8. Just one network adapter active, NAT mode, intel Pro/1000 adapter emulation.

Whenever I access shared folders (via \\VBOXSVR) it takes FOREVER to get any results. Not just the first time I access the drive, every command takes at least a minute or two to execute ... changeing to subdirectories, opening files or saving files, everything!

It is the same with connections to a webDAV drive. Takes several minutes to even get logged in!

Any idea what could be causing this? It is a serious show stopper!

Cheers

Joe
tiernan
Posts: 1
Joined: 17. Nov 2010, 17:37
Primary OS: MS Windows 7
VBox Version: OSE other
Guest OSses: XP, Ubuntu

Re: Network & shared drive access terribly slow!

Post by tiernan »

I had a similar problem with an XP guest on a Windows 7 host. I had to disable Windows networking in the guest to get it to work correctly; with it disabled the shared folders are fast like it should be but you won't be able to access any samba shares. You can do this easily by disabling the 'Workstation' service and it might help in your situation as well.

Hope this helps
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