That's interesting. So, if it detects a slow link the GPO "unapplies",
and the mapped drive stops working?

I shall take a look at that.

Kurt

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 3:57 PM, Joseph L. Casale
<jcas...@activenetwerx.com> wrote:
> Default behavior of slow link detection?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com
>> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 4:47 PM
>> To: ntsysadm <NTSysADM@lists.myitforum.com>
>> Subject: [NTSysADM] Odd problem with GPO-mapped drives and SSL VPN
>>
>> I've got a user in the field out of our AU office.
>>
>> We have a SonicWall SSL VPN to which he connects.
>>
>> We map a drive for him to the DFS share (\\example.com\au\share) via
>> GPO, but it doesn't work well while he's in the field.
>>
>> While in the field, if he opens a command prompt, and does a 'gpupdate
>> /force', the drive mapping works for a while, then he says it
>> disconnects after about an hour or so.
>>
>> When he's in the office, it's solid.
>>
>> While in the field, if he maps another drive letter to \\machine\share
>> that works either in or out of the office.
>>
>> I've not seen anything in particular in the event logs that seems
>> relevant, but I'm going to look again when he's free.
>>
>> Has anyone seen behavior like this, and can point me in the general
>> direction of an answer?
>>
>> I understand that drive mappings via GPO over a VPN connection are
>> problematic, because the GPO is applied at login, and before VPN
>> connection is made, but the fact that it fails after a 'gpupdate
>> /force' is truly weird.
>>
>> Kurt
>>
>


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