RE: Mapped Network Drive causes system hang when in offline mode
- From: shannon <shannon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:03:00 -0800
This issue has now been resolved. Previously the hostname I was using for
the Acer Laptop was ACER-ASPIRE. When I tried to access the drive and I
wasn't connected, it started looking for 192.168.100.99 which leading out to
the internet somewhere. I tried commenting the entry out but it turns out it
was resolving ACER-ASPIRE to another address that resided on the Internet.
I changed my hostname to SW-ACER-NTBK in an effort to select something a
little more unique but I didn't test all scenarios properly... It turns out,
if I comment the hosts file entry out and reboot, the machine instantly
realises that it can't resolve SW-ACER-NTBK and immediately shows me the
folders I want to see...
Problem solved.
"shannon" wrote:
I have two laptops and a PC - My new laptop is an IBM Thinkpad T60 running XP.
Pro with SP2 as is my PC (IBM ThinkCentre running XP Pro SP2) and I have
recently reformatted my old laptop (Acer Aspire 2001) and reimaged the
machine which contains XP Home SP2. All updates have been applied to all
machines so they are all current.
The problem I am having is with Mapped Netowrk Drives.
Tha first issue is with the Acer Aspire - When at home, I have connected the
two via a crossover cable and assigned Alternate IP Addresses as follows:
Acer Aspire - 192.168.100.99
Thinkpad T60 - 192.168.100.98
Both have a gateway of 192.168.100.100.
I have then added an entry into my hosts file on the Thinkpad T60 as follows:
192.168.100.99 SW-ACER-NTBK
I have then accessed the Acer from Start > Run using:
\\SW-ACER-NTBK
On the AcerI have shared the "SharedDocs" folder for unrestricted access and
then Mapped the drive to the Thinkpad T60 as Drive M:
e.g.
M:\ (\\SW-ACER-NTBK\SharedDocs)
This works fine and I have then Made a number of files "Offline" so that I
can access them remotely when needed.
When I am connected to the Acer, everything works fine, I can access files
quickly and without issue at teh drop of a hat. I can do that same when I
disconnect the cable by accessing the offline versions of the file. The
problem comes after reboot - If I am not connected to the Acer and I try to
access the M:\ drive for anything, explorer on the T60 simply locks up and
hangs for over 1 minute...After that minute the Offline files icon appears in
the taskbar with the standard bubble - "You are now working offline...." and
I can freely and easily access the M:\ quickly and easily as much as I like
until I reboot again and the same problem re-occurs.
I've tried commenting out the host file entry thinking that maybe it is
spending to long trying to find 192.168.100.99 and hoping that if it can't
resolve SW-ACER-NTBK it will return quicker but this is not the case.
When I have used offline files and a mapped network drive with the PC
(fromthe Acer) it has always been instant with no delay at all (perhaps 1-2
seconds but nothing of concern) - It has only started happening since I got
the T60. I have mapped the PC to my N:\ (\\SW-IBM-PC\HDD) but have not
initiated offline files on this machine.
The properties of the M:\ drive (SW-ACER-NTK) when disconnected is:
File System: *NT5CSC
The properties of the N:\ drive (SW-IBM-PC) when disconnected is:
File System: NTFS
What is it that is taking so long? Has anyone experienced this type of
delay before?
Any assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks
Shannon
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