Hello, I have just set up a redhat 7.1 Linux server with a samba-2.2.1a rpm. Performance through network neighbourhood is very slow. 30sec's + to open directories, however If we mapped a network drive to a share, the performance is great. All of the client machines are windows 2000, we also have a novell server on the same network which is also used for file sharing. If I can remove this odd speed issue I think the novell server can be removed. Could the novell server be interfering. Sorry If this has been answered time & time again. I've spent some time on this and not got very far. Any Suggestions would be most appreciated Steve Goodliff