NET USE disconnect

svenmonet · 09-04-2008, 12:28 AM

(I posted this yesterday on sysinternals but didn't get a reply. I would appreciate any suggestions on where the best place to post a message like this is)

I'm not quite sure why it happens (or when) but I keep having a NET USE command disconnect. It only happens on certain machines using a MS network environment. The printer is shared on a server by the various machines on the network.

NET USE LPT2: \\server\hplaser /PERSISTENT:YES

This works fine but after a number of hours or days it is disconnected. I have to NET USE LPT2: /delete and start again.

Any thoughts?

NeilF · 09-04-2008, 12:55 PM

sounds like a intermittent nic/switch port failure. check out the physical connection aspects.

ThePistonDoctor · 09-08-2009, 09:27 AM

Just an update on this: it was a registry key. It can be changed using the command NET CONFIG /SERVER autodisconnect:-1

This turns off the autodisconnect feature. Alternatively, the -1 is the number of minutes, so -1 is off, anything else will autodrop the connection after the specified number of minutes.

Edit: just realized I didn't start this thread. Haha sorry about bringing this one back from the dead. My bad :)

09-04-2008, 12:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
svenmonet Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP	NET USE disconnect (I posted this yesterday on sysinternals but didn't get a reply. I would appreciate any suggestions on where the best place to post a message like this is) I'm not quite sure why it happens (or when) but I keep having a NET USE command disconnect. It only happens on certain machines using a MS network environment. The printer is shared on a server by the various machines on the network. NET USE LPT2: \\server\hplaser /PERSISTENT:YES This works fine but after a number of hours or days it is disconnected. I have to NET USE LPT2: /delete and start again. Any thoughts?

09-04-2008, 12:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
NeilF Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 180 OS: win xp, vista, linux	Re: NET USE disconnect sounds like a intermittent nic/switch port failure. check out the physical connection aspects.

09-08-2009, 09:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
ThePistonDoctor Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 58 OS: XP	Re: NET USE disconnect Just an update on this: it was a registry key. It can be changed using the command NET CONFIG /SERVER autodisconnect:-1 This turns off the autodisconnect feature. Alternatively, the -1 is the number of minutes, so -1 is off, anything else will autodrop the connection after the specified number of minutes. Edit: just realized I didn't start this thread. Haha sorry about bringing this one back from the dead. My bad :)