I have the same problem on a NT 4.0 domain. Users connecting to a 2k server get random disconnects and they must reboot to retain the mapping. I don't think it has anything to do with you being in mixed mode. I have been completely unsuccessful in finding the problem. The only thing I notice relative to the problem is the one drive people are dropping is the user drive assigned in the users account profile. All mappings through a logon script remain attached. I came across a setting on a 3com NIC that allows power management to shutdown the NIC. It may be that because the NIC is being shut down it is not reconnecting to the network share, hence the reboot fixing the problem. I am going to test this theory today.
Ed -----Original Message----- From: Tony Woods [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 1:00 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: Mapped drive access failures... Hello All... I've got an interesting one, I think. I have a mixed-mode AD with two DC's and two NT 4 BDC's. This was performed as an inplace upgrade (built a new server as BDC, promoted it to PDC then upgraded to AD). The old PDC which I'll call NTFS3 is now, obviously, a BDC. I've manually mapped drives on this server to an outside drive array. I then have the users map their drives to this box (\\NTFS3\DriveF, \\NTFS3\DriveG ...etc) via VB logon scripts. The problem I encounter is that every so often, a user can't access their drives. If I log them out and then back, they're accessible again. It's as if it times out or something. There's nothing in the Event logs on the server or the workstations (all XP or Win2K pro). Anyone seen something like this before? Over the weekend, I added WINS to my DC and put the WINS address in the IP properties on all the servers but it's still doing it. I haven't added it to the workstations yet but do you think I might have to until I've gotten rid of NT 4 and gone full native mode? Thanks in advance, Tony Tony Woods MCSE, CNA Microserve Victoria, BC, Canada (250) 744-3247 http://www.microserve.ca ------------------------------------- Tony Woods MCSE, CNA Microserve Victoria, BC, Canada (250) 744-3247 http://www.microserve.ca ------------------------------------- ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% *****This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you have received this email in error please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Stainsafe Inc. or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.***** ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
