XP box loses network connnection

[Barna8us]

Exact same problem with a couple of XP boxes on a W2k AD network.
Haven't been able to figure it out yet and am tired of telling users
to reboot. Any suggestions are appreciated.


"Brian Guenther" <brian@aqua15.com> wrote in message news:<083101c3340f$1b9fd800$a301280a@phx.gbl>...

> I am having an on-going issue with 2 workstations (both
> XP Pro SP1) that are connecting to a MS Small Business
> Server 2000 (SBS2K) one-server domain through wired,
> switched fast ethernet. (CAT5)
> After approx. 4-6 hours of being logged into the domain
> and complete inactivity, the XP boxes lose its network
> connection to the SBS2K server, for no apparent reason.
> to elaborate, I try to access a share/network resource,
> and it asks me to re-authenticate, so it seems like I'm
> losing my authentication token at some point.
> The problem is always fixed by rebooting, but obviously
> this isn't a cure, and naturally reset all the network
> communication threads. I've already looked into the
> network adapter properties and made some adjustments
> there (e.g. was set to disconnect to save power-that
> wasn't the fix, though), and I've run out of ideas.
> If anybody can shed light on this, please let me know or
> leave your post here at your earliest convenience.
> Thanks a million in advance.
> Cheers,
> Brian G.
> [email]brian@aqua15.com[/email]

[GTS]

I ran into a similar problem. Although I didn't get it fully resolved, it
appeared that it might relate to IP lease time (where DHCP is in use, no AD
however). Running ipconfig /release then ipconfig /renew seemed to
reestablish a connection without rebooting. I would be interested in
knowing if you find the same.

(As a temporary message I put this in a batch file with a desktop shortcut
in one case, to at least spare the user the reboot while I dig into it
further.)

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"Barna8us" <notachance2@volcanomail.com> wrote in message
news:501da04c.0307050527.579909aa@posting.google.c om...

> Exact same problem with a couple of XP boxes on a W2k AD network.
> Haven't been able to figure it out yet and am tired of telling users
> to reboot. Any suggestions are appreciated.
>
>
> "Brian Guenther" <brian@aqua15.com> wrote in message

news:<083101c3340f$1b9fd800$a301280a@phx.gbl>...

> > I am having an on-going issue with 2 workstations (both
> > XP Pro SP1) that are connecting to a MS Small Business
> > Server 2000 (SBS2K) one-server domain through wired,
> > switched fast ethernet. (CAT5)
> > After approx. 4-6 hours of being logged into the domain
> > and complete inactivity, the XP boxes lose its network
> > connection to the SBS2K server, for no apparent reason.
> > to elaborate, I try to access a share/network resource,
> > and it asks me to re-authenticate, so it seems like I'm
> > losing my authentication token at some point.
> > The problem is always fixed by rebooting, but obviously
> > this isn't a cure, and naturally reset all the network
> > communication threads. I've already looked into the
> > network adapter properties and made some adjustments
> > there (e.g. was set to disconnect to save power-that
> > wasn't the fix, though), and I've run out of ideas.
> > If anybody can shed light on this, please let me know or
> > leave your post here at your earliest convenience.
> > Thanks a million in advance.
> > Cheers,
> > Brian G.
> > [email]brian@aqua15.com[/email]