Slow file access to windows shares

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stretch

Hi

We are experiencing slow access to files stored on a Windows 2000 (sp4)
fileshare.

We are connecting remotely with a Cisco VPN client over dialup. All other
applications work as expected such as ftp, Outlook, outlook attachments. If
we double click a file on a shared folder of the server it takes 2-3 minutes
to open a 25k file.

I have done some troubleshooting and found out the following:

Double clicking a file (eg excel spreadsheet) transmits/receives 500 packets
(140k worth of data)

Copying the same file to the desktop transmits/recieves 70 packets (30k of
data)

So why the huge difference? How do we make opening a file more efficient?

Thanks
stretch
 
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