XigmaNAS

I'm not sure if this is the proper place for this or not. I'm fairly new to NAS4free but am slowly getting it set up properly I think. The issue I see is that it takes up to a minute for network discovery to see the NAS. My other PCs show up much faster. I do not currently have anything directly mapped on my PC (will do that today). The system consists of an Asus E45M1 M pro mobo/cpu combo, a 4 gb stick of ram, nas4free is running off of an 8gb USB stick. This is in a Silverstone TJ08-B mid tower. I have 4 older drives in it for now (2 1tb, 2 750 GB) I had to cut costs somewhere on building it initially. I don't have any performance issues. I came from a Dlink DNS323 that was horribly slow. This system is soo much faster serving media to my TV. If anyone has an idea on the network discovery I'd appreciate it.
Thanks,
Brian

try to change the Services/CIFS/Local Master Browser setting

By default, Windows name resolution is total crap. Seriously, I have been paid well to fix Windows nameing issues. If you want to brows, you need a WINS server, and you need it defined in your DHCP server. Alternatively, you need nas4free to be browsmaster, and give it the credentials to keep it. But still, you have to force a browser election each time you come on, so it will be anything but fast. But if you statically map a drive to the IP address, you will find it much faster. Go into a file windows and type \\192.168.1.250 (or whatever it is now) and hit enter. See how much quicker it was?

not really. dns is enough, if u enable DNS for Windows Name Resolution check box in Advanced TCP/IP Configuration.
win8 doesnt need wins at all.

@blackgold
check ur subnet masks

It will only check DNS after broadcast times out or fails...