I have Windows 7 64-bit connecting to a hybrid Windows/samba network.
On boot, Win7 takes 1 - 2 minutes to negotiate a DHCP lease; set to a static, it takes about the same amount of time to connect. Other Vista and XP PCs connect in seconds. I have tried:
On boot, Win7 takes 1 - 2 minutes to negotiate a DHCP lease; set to a static, it takes about the same amount of time to connect. Other Vista and XP PCs connect in seconds. I have tried:
- Replacing the switch
- Enabling Spanning Tree Protocol and Fastport on the switch
- Replacing the DHCP server/gateway
- Updating the Win7 NIC drivers
- Selectively disabling components in startup (removing the Nero components helped a bit)
- Disabling IPv6 and Link Layer Topology drivers in Local Area Connection properties
- Changing from one firewall (Forticlient) to another (COMODO) - both 64-bit
