I have 2 x MacBook Pro's (OSX 10.6.7) that access files stored on a 64-bit and a 32-bit Windows 7 PC.
The MBP clients can connect to the Windows shares and transfer files with no problem.
However, after a day or so, the shares become unresponsive. If you click on the server name under "SHARED" in Finder, you get a "Connecting..." status message. Once this happens neither PC can be accessed.
In Terminal, the network shares show as mounted. If you try to access the mounts, e.g. "ls /Volumes/data", the command hangs and cannot be ctrl/C'd.
The shares cannot be unmounted, eg. sudo umount -f /Volumes/data" hangs as well.
The only way to restore access to the Windows computers is to reboot the MBP's.
Any suggestions on how to prevent this happening, diagnose the cause, or restore service without a reboot would be much appreciated.
