Disconnected from LAN?

vvarrior · Post by **vvarrior** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 5:27 pm

Hey we have a small company here and I only see it with one user because he leaves his computer on all the time. It disconnects him from the shared drives and wont allow him to use the shared printers after a period of i dunno 12 hours. Is there any way I can set something on the network like this this doesn't happen?

ErikD · Post by **ErikD** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:58 am

What kind of network and devices are we talking about? Is this a domain running Windows server, or just a peer-to-peer network?

Also are the shared drives on a PC that someone else is using and might be shutting down? Could it be power configurations putting the PCs that the drives and printers are connected to into sleep mode?

vvarrior · Post by **vvarrior** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:22 pm

ErikD wrote:What kind of network and devices are we talking about? Is this a domain running Windows server, or just a peer-to-peer network?

Also are the shared drives on a PC that someone else is using and might be shutting down? Could it be power configurations putting the PCs that the drives and printers are connected to into sleep mode?

windows 2003 server the shared drive is on the server I'll check the power configurations and let you know.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 1:01 pm

Has the server been promoted to a domain controller (DCPROMO, Active Directory)? Or just running in workgroup mode?

vvarrior · Post by **vvarrior** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:38 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Has the server been promoted to a domain controller (DCPROMO, Active Directory)? Or just running in workgroup mode?

it is promoted to a dc and i checked the power settings turn off hard disks is set to never but it is set to go on system standby.

ErikD · Post by **ErikD** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:01 am

A server should never really be going into standby mode. That is likely the cause of your problem, the server goes into standby and won't be taken out until someone does something on it.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:22 am

vvarrior wrote:it is promoted to a dc and i checked the power settings turn off hard disks is set to never but it is set to go on system standby.

Can you post the IP settings on the server, and an IPCONFIG /ALL from a workstation?

vvarrior · Post by **vvarrior** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:41 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Can you post the IP settings on the server, and an IPCONFIG /ALL from a workstation?

ya will do and I'll take it out of standby