Network disconnects when idle

[Tom]

I hafe a cable modem connected to a Netgear RT314
router. Four computers are connected, with Win2000,
WinME, and Win XP as operating systems. All worked fine
until I upgraded one of the Win ME computers to XP. That
computer now disconnects from the network / or my ISP
whenever it has been idle for an hour or so. I thought
it was my network card, Linsksys LNE100TX v4, which had
no WinXP dirves, so I replaced the network card to a
Linksys LNE100TX v5, with the WinXP drivers correctly
installed. No improvement.
The connections are restored if I reboot, but I would
prefer not to have to do that.
Any suggestions?

 

[yellowpike]

Hi Tom
Open the connection properties and click configure.
On the Power Management tab, remove the check next to
"Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power"
and choose OK.
This should do the trick.

Happy Independence Day!
yellowpike

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

is it red x? this may help quoted from
http://www25.brinkster.com/ChicagoTech
Why some mapped network drives show a red x

SYMPTOMS: You find that the network drive mapping may be disconnected after
15 minutes of inactivity and Windows Explorer may display a red "X" on the
icon of the mapped drive. However, if you double-click it reconnects
quickly.

RESOLUTION: by default, idle connections will be dropped after 15 minutes.
To modify idle time, at a command prompt using net config server
/autodisconnect: minutes. For example, to set the Autodisconnect value to
30 minutes, you would run the following command line: net config server
/autodisconnect:30. If you would like to turn Autodisconnect off, do net
config server /autodisconnect:-1.

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http://www25.brinkster.com/ChicagoTech

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