XP drops network connections

[Matt]

We run XP on a very small office network. We have a file
and print server that is running 2000 Server. On a very
regular basis the xp machines loose the connections to
printers and mapped drives. The other PC's on the
workgroup cannot be seen. The only way to get the
connections back is by typing the destination address in
at the command prompt. Can anyone help in resolving this
problem please.

[Mike Mastro]

Matt,

Try the following - at one of the affected XP computers add your W2K server
and IP address to the hosts file located
in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts. There should be an example
record in there for you to follow. In case there isn't, here is an
example. Let's say you have a server called MATT with an IP address of
10.0.0.1 there should be a record like this in there:

MATT 10.0.0.1

Then, reboot that machine and see if it loses the connection to the network.
If it works, you should be able to make the same change for each machine.
Of course, if you ever change the IP address of the server, you'll have to
update each machine. Oh yeah....if this works and you want to know the
details of the problem, I'll tell you then.

Good luck,

Mike


"Matt" > wrote in message
...
> We run XP on a very small office network. We have a file
> and print server that is running 2000 Server. On a very
> regular basis the xp machines loose the connections to
> printers and mapped drives. The other PC's on the
> workgroup cannot be seen. The only way to get the
> connections back is by typing the destination address in
> at the command prompt. Can anyone help in resolving this
> problem please.

[Lawrence Ernest]

I would like to know why, we are having the same problem
(XP Pro)
>-----Original Message-----
>Matt,
>
>Try the following - at one of the affected XP computers
add your W2K server
>and IP address to the hosts file located
>in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts. There
should be an example
>record in there for you to follow. In case there
isn't, here is an
>example. Let's say you have a server called MATT with
an IP address of
>10.0.0.1 there should be a record like this in there:
>
>MATT 10.0.0.1
>
>Then, reboot that machine and see if it loses the
connection to the network.
>If it works, you should be able to make the same change
for each machine.
>Of course, if you ever change the IP address of the
server, you'll have to
>update each machine. Oh yeah....if this works and you
want to know the
>details of the problem, I'll tell you then.
>
>Good luck,
>
>Mike
>
>
>"Matt" > wrote in message
...
>> We run XP on a very small office network. We have a
file
>> and print server that is running 2000 Server. On a very
>> regular basis the xp machines loose the connections to
>> printers and mapped drives. The other PC's on the
>> workgroup cannot be seen. The only way to get the
>> connections back is by typing the destination address
in
>> at the command prompt. Can anyone help in resolving
this
>> problem please.
>
>
>.
>