Workstation dropping connection

[beernut]

Win 2003 server has a workstation (XP pro) that is always connected with files open (necessary). Seems daily the connection drops & I have to reestablish it. Thankfully no files get corrupted when the connection breaks. It used to work fine, then some time ago after doing a Win update on the server the problem started (don't know which update). It doesn't follow a pattern, like timing out.

Where can I look to ensure the connection never drops?

Thank you.

 

[dberg35]

Your fist step should be finding out why it drops. Once this is done then you won't need to ensure the connection. Sit at the pc and do a steady ping to the server and see if it drops. at the cmd prompt run this command "ping (the server IP)/t". If it drops try replacing the cable. This will a process of elimination.