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Disconnect network Drive

I need some help...
I have a mapped drive which I mapped to my users using a batch file. (active directory)
The users see the mapped drive after they login, but after about 20 mins of not browsing the mapped drive, the drive disconnects. When the user's click this drive it takes about 30 or so seconds before they can browse it again.
Any idea why its dropping the connection? see attached
This is not just a problem for one user.. its for multiple users
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Darius Ghassem

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larry urban

Try adding this to the registry of the clients:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]

"KeepAliveTime"=dword:00300000
"KeepAliveInterval"=dword:00001000

What this will do is send a keep alive packet every 5 minutes to the server you are mapped to making the connection live and not idle.

MrMay

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Just a follow up .... it looks like on some user's workstations it does not disconnect, but when I click the drive it still takes about 30 seconds or so before i can browse it.... what would cause that.... ????

Darius Ghassem

Same problem could cause it or you antivirus software

MrMay

ASKER

if I go into

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]

there is no "KeepAliveTime" or "KeepAliveInterval"

I'm on windows xp.

larry urban

"""if I go into

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]

there is no "KeepAliveTime" or "KeepAliveInterval"

I'm on windows xp. """

you need to add them. (as Dwords)

Darius Ghassem

Run the Fixit

MrMay

ASKER

I just tried the Fixit....
It ran and did its thing... but I still see the 30 or so second pause/delay.
I guess it didn't fix it.
Any other suggestions????
We have a Novell client that maps other drives. We are not experiencing any problems with those drives. This is the first drive that we are mapping to a windows server... could the novel client be causing this???

Darius Ghassem

Could be. Have you rebooted after making changes?

MrMay

ASKER

Hello everyone... thank you so much for all the suggestions, but nothing has worked so far.
Any other suggestions?
My workstations are windows xp and the file server is server 2008.

Darius Ghassem

Uninstall AV for testing