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PC loses mapped drive when modem dialled

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  • 11-03-2009 11:37am
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    lukin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭


    I have a server which has b'band but also has a modem which it has to use soemtimes to dial up (takes too long to explain).
    The other pcs in the network (5) have access to a mapped drive on the server.
    Whenever the dial-up connection is dialled on the server, one pc loses it's connection to the mapped drive.
    Once the server disconnects from the dial-up connection this particular pc has the mapped drive back again.
    The other pc's in the network are not connected in any way by the dial-up connection on the server. All PC's are on Windows XP.
    Any help would be great, thanks.


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    lukin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭lukin


    Solved: another pc in question had this problem and it was fixed by being given a static ip address.
    Someone had given this one had a static ip address too but it did not solve it.
    I changed the ip address to a different one and it was OK then. Dunno why it didn't give an error message if it had an ip address which was already used.


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