SMB Alternative W7 -> OSX

[ric1287]

So I'm sick of having to restart this stupid macbook to clear the SMB issues connecting to a Windows 7 box, are their any alternatives that work the same? All i need to do is be able to view a file share on a W7 box and stream media from within the browser/finder window.

I set up FTP but it's too slow (streaming media from Windows to OSX over gig LAN). I'll take anything that's not the shitty samba Apple uses in OSX.

 

[lokiju]

Why are you restarting your Mac? Can't you just command k and close all existing connections? You can install other apps that will support other file transfer protocols on the Windows box but SMB is the only native protocol support other than HTTP and FTP.

You can enable IIS on the Win7 box and then enable directory browsing and then navigate to it from your Mac through a web browser and can copy and stream that way.

You could do something like dropbox also, which supports LAN sync.

There are some patches that likely apply to Win7 as I know they also apply to Windows Server 2008 R2 and they're basically the same OS. They're not found under Windows Update however and have to be downloaded and install manually. They're designed specifically to address issues with communication between Macs and Windows.

Also, what versions of OS X are you running?