Shared Disk disconnect

[Paul R]

I use a Windows 2000 Pro SP4 PC to share a physical disk across a Local
Ethernet network of a mix of Windows 2000 PRO and Windows XP Home SP2 PC
clients, with some Windows 98 SE machines also connected to the Network
(shared ADSL broadband access via Netgear wireless router).

Every day, when users switch on the client PC's, the share on the 'server'
cannot be accessed. Rebooting the 'server' re-establishes access to the
disk share.

Can anyone point me to a reason why the share drops/disconnects overnight?

(Note1: Occasionally the shared disk (server) is accessible first thing in
the morning, but then 'dissappears' early morning, returning only after
rebooting the 'server'.
Note 2: I have moved all the sharing PC's to fixed IP addresses, and the
disk share to use the IP address of the 'server' but with no change in the
observed problem.
Note 3: I can always ping the 'server', even when not able to connect to the
share.)

Observations appreciated.

Paul R

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

two possible reasons, autodisconnection or server hardware settings. check these pages may help,

connectivity
Resolution: you may need to do these two to disable autodisconnection. 1) You
may want to disable autodisconnection by using "net server /disconnect:-1" on ...
www.chicagotech.net/connectivity.htm

connectivity issues
Try to disable autodisconnection feature first. 2. If disabling autoconnection
doesn't fix the problem and other workstations don't have the same issue, ...
www.chicagotech.net/connectivity2.htm




Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
I use a Windows 2000 Pro SP4 PC to share a physical disk across a Local
Ethernet network of a mix of Windows 2000 PRO and Windows XP Home SP2 PC
clients, with some Windows 98 SE machines also connected to the Network
(shared ADSL broadband access via Netgear wireless router).

Every day, when users switch on the client PC's, the share on the 'server'
cannot be accessed. Rebooting the 'server' re-establishes access to the
disk share.

Can anyone point me to a reason why the share drops/disconnects overnight?

(Note1: Occasionally the shared disk (server) is accessible first thing in
the morning, but then 'dissappears' early morning, returning only after
rebooting the 'server'.
Note 2: I have moved all the sharing PC's to fixed IP addresses, and the
disk share to use the IP address of the 'server' but with no change in the
observed problem.
Note 3: I can always ping the 'server', even when not able to connect to the
share.)

Observations appreciated.

Paul R