Problem connecting to network drves

15 Oct 2006 6:56 PM

Maincat

Hi all,

Four machine LAN, XP Pro, Home, Win98SE. Also, a NAS.

When I boot up a workstation, it sometimes takes a few minutes for it to see
the NAS. Sometimes, it can be instant. Can anyone tell me why this might
be?

I guess that Windows tries to connect when booting up and if it doesn't get
a response for some reason waits a period of time before trying again. If
that's the case, where is the time setting (in the Registry?).

Thanks,
Steve

16 Oct 2006 8:13 AM

Ian

I'm assuming this NAS uses standard SMB shares. Most do, but some don't.

If so this is a standard feature of the way Windows Networking operates.
Shares are found by a polling process which takes a few minutes.

You can get around it in several ways:

Make an LMHOSTS entry for the computer. (Use the #PRE directive)

Use a batch file or shortcut to make the connection. (see the NET USE
commandline documentation for more info)

Connect using its IP address instead of its name, for example:

NET USE H: \\10.10.10.23\sharename /user:username

16 Oct 2006 3:57 PM

Maincat

Thanks for your reply - will try that.

Regards,
Steve

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"Ian" <I**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm assuming this NAS uses standard SMB shares. Most do, but some don't.
>
> If so this is a standard feature of the way Windows Networking operates.
> Shares are found by a polling process which takes a few minutes.
>
> You can get around it in several ways:
>
> Make an LMHOSTS entry for the computer. (Use the #PRE directive)
>
> Use a batch file or shortcut to make the connection. (see the NET USE
> commandline documentation for more info)
>
> Connect using its IP address instead of its name, for example:
>
> NET USE H: \\10.10.10.23\sharename /user:username
>
>