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by gene_guy

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Why do the mapped drives sometimes have a red X on them. I know that this means they lost their connection, but when I click on them I am connected to the shared drive. Why does this happen and how can I fix it?
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by jbane

There are many reasons why it could happen, but the most likely is network congestion while windows was checking if the connection was still live. If the connection did not return a responce then Win would show that the connection is broken. Win showing that the connection is down is not a problem if you are recconnected as soon as you click on it. The problem lies with what is causing the disconnect. Either network congestion, OS error(either end of the connection), User intervention(forcible disconnect), or improper configuration. It is hard to say where the problem is comming from. This will require a lot more information about your network. But I would first check for congestion as the cause. Does it only disconnect at a certian time of day? Only when certian apps are running? Do you have a lot of users on the same segment? Does the far end of the connection have a lot of transactions going on? These are just places to start, you may discover some very interesting factsabout your network.

by m.graft

To my knowledge this happen when you map to a server that requires a and before submitting the connection. This is at least what I could conclude form doing that. But still I?m not 100% sure if this the only reason?

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