hi_robb 0 Posted November 6, 2000 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 Share this post Link to post
CUViper 0 Posted November 7, 2000 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... Share this post Link to post
hi_robb 0 Posted November 7, 2000 Yep, I found the answer at long last http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q138/3/65.asp Dave Share this post Link to post
CUViper 0 Posted November 7, 2000 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... Share this post Link to post