shared computer seems to be cutting itself off from network

[Guest]

We mapped a drive to a shared folder on a workstation within the LAN.
However, the computers that have the mapped drive can't seem to maintain the
existence of the drive (ie. the drive dissapears when you want to access it
from My Computer). We do set it to reconnect at logon so that's not the
issue. As well, the computer that has the shared file also hosts a network
printer. Everything works fine except when the user of that computer goes
away for a few minutes (ie. lunch) the computers monitor goes into a
screensaver mode (so it appears). When this happens, nobody on the LAN can
access the printer. All the settings dealing with "standby" and "hibernation"
are set to never. As soon as the mouse is jiggled the accessibility comes
back.

I would have to believe that these two issues are related somehow. It
appears that not only is it cutting itself off from the network at certain
times, it's also giving computers with mapped drives the false impression
that the drive doesn't exist (which in turn forces the computer to get rid of
the drive).

 

[jkat54]

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We mapped a drive to a shared folder on a workstation within the LAN.
However, the computers that have the mapped drive can't seem to
maintain the existence of the drive (ie. the drive dissapears when you
want to access it from My Computer). We do set it to reconnect at
logon so that's not the issue. As well, the computer that has the
shared file also hosts a network printer. Everything works fine except
when the user of that computer goes away for a few minutes (ie. lunch)
the computers monitor goes into a screensaver mode (so it appears).
When this happens, nobody on the LAN can access the printer. All the
settings dealing with "standby" and "hibernation" are set to never. As
soon as the mouse is jiggled the accessibility comes back.

I would have to believe that these two issues are related somehow. It
appears that not only is it cutting itself off from the network at
certain times, it's also giving computers with mapped drives the false
impression that the drive doesn't exist (which in turn forces the
computer to get rid of the drive).

Have you tried checking your advanced power management options in your
CMOS / BIOS Setup? Your motherboard may be powering down your ethernet
card or hard drives instead of windows.

 

[Guest]

Correct in principle, although the setting isn't in the BIOS -it's under the
Ethernet adaptor's properties in Control Panel.