Hi,
We run a Win 2000 server, and a drive on the server is shared by 15 computers. Most of the clients run Win 98. There is a problem with one particular 98 machine when it comes to mapping the shared drive on the server. It connects to the shared drive initially, when the computer is powered up. But then, the mapped drive seems to disconnect automatically in some time (when it is not used for about half an hour). It doesn't give any indication that it's been disconnected (meaning there is no red cross on the mapped drive icon), but when I click on it, it says that the mapped drive is not available and access is denied. When I manually disconnect, and then try to reconnect, it says that the network path is not found. I am forced to restart the computer every time this problem comes up. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please note that I have already checked the following things:
- TCP/IP is installed.
- Netbios over TCP/IP enabled.
- MS Client and file & printer sharing are checked
- All PCs have the same workgroup.
- All PCs have a unique computer name.
- ALL PCs have network shares defined.
- ALL NICS are on the same subnet (e.g. IP 192.168.0.* subnet mask 255.255.255.0).
- Autodisconnect on the server is set to -1
We run a Win 2000 server, and a drive on the server is shared by 15 computers. Most of the clients run Win 98. There is a problem with one particular 98 machine when it comes to mapping the shared drive on the server. It connects to the shared drive initially, when the computer is powered up. But then, the mapped drive seems to disconnect automatically in some time (when it is not used for about half an hour). It doesn't give any indication that it's been disconnected (meaning there is no red cross on the mapped drive icon), but when I click on it, it says that the mapped drive is not available and access is denied. When I manually disconnect, and then try to reconnect, it says that the network path is not found. I am forced to restart the computer every time this problem comes up. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please note that I have already checked the following things:
- TCP/IP is installed.
- Netbios over TCP/IP enabled.
- MS Client and file & printer sharing are checked
- All PCs have the same workgroup.
- All PCs have a unique computer name.
- ALL PCs have network shares defined.
- ALL NICS are on the same subnet (e.g. IP 192.168.0.* subnet mask 255.255.255.0).
- Autodisconnect on the server is set to -1