Issues accessing Middfiles from VPN

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Issues Accessing Middfiles from VPN

Users complain of slowness browsing and opening files from Middfiles over VPN

  • Add user to VPNMTU group, and have user "refresh connection" on global protect app.

MacOS specific recommendations:

  • change connection string to smb://middfiles.middlebury.edu  instead of cifs://

If connection issues still exists, make changes to turn off multichannel smb: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212277

Also make this change to SMB browsing: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208209

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