[hi_robb]

Lo there,

I have 3 machines at home all running Win2000 which are networked together.

I'm using standard BNC on every machine.

The network was put together ages and ages ago when I ran win95, and as all the cables are in the walls I don't really want to start changing to something else.

1st things 1st, installed on each machine is the following.

Client for Microsnot networks
TCP/IP
File and Printer sharing for Ms Networks.

I'm using the 10.0.0.x ip set for each machine.

I can see all computers on the network from each other machine. Network neighbourhood shows them all up etc etc.

The problem I have is when I map a network drive from one machine eg: \\machine_name\c$

It maps perfectly but, if i leave it for a wihle then goto My_Computer to access it again it shows a big red cross through it as though its lost the mapping.

Simply double clicking on it opens access again and the red cross vanishes. Question is why is that red X appearing after a while. I'v timed it and its not a fixed time thing its quite random.

While its a simple problem its driving me mad.

Anyone got an suggestions?

TIA

Dave

[CUViper]

That just indicates that it's not actually connected to the remote computer, as it hasn't used any of the resources in a while. It's perfectly normal...

[hi_robb]

Yep,

I found the answer at long last
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q138/3/65.asp



Dave

[CUViper]

hehe - from that page:

Quote:

This is approximately 8,171 years (not tested),

how the hell would you test that?

thanks for the link though, very useful...