I have a fc3 (fully updated system) connecting to fc1 samba shares (also fully updated system) However get the following errors when using the shares. messages output from client Nov 28 12:34:07 localhost kernel: smb_get_length: Invalid NBT packet, code=c4 Nov 28 12:34:27 localhost kernel: smb_add_request: request [2fdf1080, mid=439] timed out! Nov 28 12:34:27 localhost kernel: smb_add_request: request [2fdf1c80, mid=441] timed out! Nov 28 12:35:03 localhost ntpd[2282]: synchronized to 80.190.241.157, stratum 2 Nov 28 12:35:03 localhost ntpd[2282]: kernel time sync disabled 0041 Nov 28 12:37:09 localhost ntpd[2282]: kernel time sync enabled 0001 At this point the drive read was fine then when i moved around the directory it all hung up again and logged the following. Nov 28 12:49:15 localhost kernel: smb_add_request: request [28a5ec80, mid=1217] timed out! Nov 28 12:49:15 localhost kernel: smb_add_request: request [28a5ed80, mid=1218] timed out! Nov 28 12:49:15 localhost kernel: smb_add_request: request [28b94e80, mid=1219] timed out! Nov 28 12:49:15 localhost kernel: smb_add_request: request [28a5eb80, mid=1220] timed out! Nov 28 12:49:45 localhost kernel: smb_add_request: request [28a5ec80, mid=1221] timed out! Nov 28 12:49:45 localhost kernel: smb_add_request: request [28a5ed80, mid=1222] timed out! Nov 28 12:49:45 localhost kernel: smb_add_request: request [28b94e80, mid=1223] timed out! Nov 28 12:50:15 localhost kernel: smb_add_request: request [28a5ec80, mid=1224] timed out! Nov 28 12:50:15 localhost kernel: smb_add_request: request [28a5ed80, mid=1225] timed out! Nov 28 12:50:15 localhost kernel: smb_add_request: request [28b94e80, mid=1226] timed out! Nov 28 12:50:15 localhost kernel: smb_receive_header: short packet: 0 output from server messages Nov 28 13:21:26 flandercan smbd[20425]: [2004/11/28 13:21:26, 0] lib/util_sock.c :write_socket_data(430) Nov 28 13:21:26 flandercan smbd[20425]: write_socket_data: write failure. Erro r = Broken pipe Nov 28 13:21:26 flandercan smbd[20425]: [2004/11/28 13:21:26, 0] lib/util_sock.c :write_socket(455) Nov 28 13:21:26 flandercan smbd[20425]: write_socket: Error writing 165 bytes to socket 23: ERRNO = Broken pipe Nov 28 13:21:26 flandercan smbd[20425]: [2004/11/28 13:21:26, 0] lib/util_sock.c :send_smb(647) Nov 28 13:21:26 flandercan smbd[20425]: Error writing 165 bytes to client. -1. any idea's? thanks flandercan