You can increase a value of TCPIP Port Timeout from default 5s . Go to Preferences -> Notes ports , select TCPIP, then press Options button and enter value. Do not increase it too much. Tune it +- 1-2s will be reasonable. With big timeout you can get an unwanted client awaitnig of server response then server became n/a

You can try disable LAN0 (if enabled), and use TCPIP only.

Sorry, I'm possible pointed to wrong direction...TCPIP Port Timeout affect on connections between client and server, but not between parts of client.

... in this context. However, thanks for feedback.

I know about thos statement in "Installing Notes in a shared network directory" chapter:

... "Shared network installation is not supported for Lotus Notes standard configuration."...

However, this is different situation as the data dir's are no local PC. My question is about networked client DATA directory. Is this the same scenario?

We ran into the problem years ago when we had local install and user data on a share so user can roam from pc to pc.   We then started having network issues with the users share and IBM answer is we do not supported user data that is not on the local harddrive.    You can try using windows roaming or try setting the user up as a roaming users and most needed local files will be copied down from the specified domino server as notes starts up.

I do still see the timeouts, but they don't freeze the Notes client. They do throw off gobs of dialogs when the disconnect occurs.

Normally I've seen crashes when the DLLs aren't local, or the TEMP directory's not local.

If your connection issues are minor, how minor is the work to fix them?

I have heard from IBM'rs that there are many customers that do run Notes off a networked drive, and I have worked where a department chose to run Notes this way. Some customers believe that it is simpler to provision the client from a networked drive than from local. Before roaming became available, it may also have been useful in providing a backup for user files like the bookmark.nsf.

Title:    Is running Client Notes.ini and/or Notes Data directory on a File Server a supported configuration?
Doc #:    1086958
URL:    http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21086958