loose network path ?

[Active8]

Hi i have small win98 network with 5 win98 "client´s" and 1 win98 "server" the clients must access a dos program who needs a drive letter to work proper, normally no problem, i have mapped the "c" to "f" (at clients) and everything works fine, but.. after some days some of the client cant find the network path !(drive F)when i look to the network neighberhood i can still see te "server" ,so the remedy each time is map te share (to F) again en then it works fine, but this is not the proper way i think.
Is this a WIN98 bug ? because i have see this problem also on another peer-to-peer networks running WIN98.

Oh, the used protocols are TCP/IP and the used network card are Realtec 10/100 mbit with 10/100mbit 8 ports HUB

Please help

[Kymera]

Are you manually mapping the drives when the user logs on, or are you running a batch file in the start-up with a net use statement. I have found that running the batch seems to be more stable than requesting that Win9x restore the connection. Have you considered moving to a client-server from peer-to-peer?

You might also check <a href="http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum3/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=35&t=000271">this link</a> for issues with realtek nics.

[Active8]

I do not manually map these, WIN98 maps it automaticly after loggin in.

I have already have a Client-Server envoirment, one of them is server the rest is client (not really client server ,sort of..)

Can you send a example of your script ?

Thanxs

[Higg]

<PRE>
X:\>net use ?
The syntax of this command is:


NET USE [devicename | *] [\\computername\sharename[\volume] [password | *]]
[/USER:[domainname\]username]
[[/DELETE] | [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]]

NET USE [devicename | *] [password | *]] [/HOME]

NET USE [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]
</PRE>

This is what WinNT says about using the "NET USE" command... try something appropriate to use in a batch-file and put that in the startup-directory

[Kymera]

I would create a batch file called login.bat and in it I would have something like this.
Server = your server name
Share = the sharename of the directory on the Server

@echo off
net use f: /delete
net use f: \\server\share

The first net use removes the network drive in case it wants to be persistant, then the next line remaps it. Pretty simple. Good luck.

[Active8]

Thanks for the replys , i think this will solve my problem :)