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Vista Wireless Mapped Drive Issue

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by dan

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I have a little bit of a strange issue happening. We recent started having wireless access at my company. we are running server 2003, and have a Linksys Wireless WRT110 router hooked up. Everything was running pretty smoothly until I hooked up a vista laptop. I cannot access mapped drives from the server through the wireless connection, if I hook it up wired it is not a problem, but as soon as i just go wireless I can not access the mapped drive... does anyone have any advice for this issue?

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by larryd4

Everything else works? Such as browsing the web, browsing the server share the share is on.

Try creating the mapping using the "net use" command from the laptop when its connected to the wifi. If you can confirm that other services work.

by dan

Thanks Larry For Replying,

There are only two of the laptops that we are having issues with, both are Vista Home Premium. We can search the Web just fine, but cannot get access to the mapped drives, if you click on them the compuer kind of hangs. As soon as you plug in the ethranet cord, the drive will open and you can view all the files. We have many XP laptops using the same wireless router, and we are experiencing no issues with them. I am not sure really what the "Net Use" is that you speak of. We cannot search the server on these laptops, until we plug in the cord. I am getting more and more baffled and frustrated with this. Why would it make a difference if the laptop is wireless, or if it is wired, if it doesn't make a difference on the XP Laptops? Thanks In Advance for anymore insight you can give us.

by larryd4

Um Vista Home?

Hmmm why is the Vista wireless security thing floating around my head..

Doesn't the Vista wireless config have to be told to trust the wireless network its using, to actually see the server shares.

But wait are you using WinServer2003 with AD?

by larryd4

Open a command line and type
net use

it should return the basic functionality of mapping a network drive by command line.

Atleast I don't think they eliminated that in Vista ;)

So if I wanted to map a network drive to the P drive label off the share \\server1\stuff.

I would enter on the command line

net use p: \\server1\stuff

by larryd4

Well the Vista Home machines are fine on the wired but fail on the wireless.

I assume when you switch them back and forth to test you reboot the laptop.

I was curious if the net use command would find the share and map the drive. I was thinking the browse service might be balking at the wireless network due to being active on the wired network.

by dan

Yeah it is winserver2003 with AD.

Yes I have restarted the computer when switching from wired to wireless, and still have the same result as when i do not restart.

I have looked and have done some searching, and have seen some people have issues with mapped drives when using vista, but am not finding any fixes. I am sure there is an easy fix but I am just not finding it.

by larryd4

I have to look at something but my Vista machine is home. We will not go to Vista in the office.

So I'll post back in an hour or two.

by dan

Thanks Alot Larry,

I will be checking off and on, am about to leave the office, but will be able to access the info at home.

Thanks Again,

Dan

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