Unable to map network drive

I am in high hopes that someone can help me here. I've got several Windows
98 machines that I am unable to map a network drive on. These machines seem
to have limitations on what shares it can see on the file server. In
explorer I can even hand type the path to what I know is a valid network
share and it just fails to see it.

I can get the windows 2000 machines to do this just fine. How can these
machines see one share, but not the other? It just doesn't make sense to me.

"Penny" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:505CEFB0-9B3C-4753-9E3C-(E-Mail Removed)...
| I am in high hopes that someone can help me here. I've got several
Windows
| 98 machines that I am unable to map a network drive on. These machines
seem
| to have limitations on what shares it can see on the file server. In
| explorer I can even hand type the path to what I know is a valid network
| share and it just fails to see it.
|
| I can get the windows 2000 machines to do this just fine. How can these
| machines see one share, but not the other? It just doesn't make sense to
me.
|

You may be having difficulties with consecutive connections. If prior
connections are not released, you will not be able to map the drives.
If you disable auto-disconnection and you are running a workgroup, you may
easily hit the limit (10 connections for workgroup).

This might help:
http://www.chicagotech.net/mapping.htm

An article which might help:
Q141941 Accessing Network Resources Without Mapping a Drive or Port
[KB141941]

You might also have issues with: permissions, network settings. firewalls,
and ports. Have you ensured that all is set correctly?

http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com/re...NETWORKING.htm

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Another issue, which this article might help with:
Q140709 How to Cache Your Windows NT Domain Password in Windows 95/98
{KB140709}

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On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:46:01 -0700, Penny
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I can get the windows 2000 machines to do this just fine. How can these
>machines see one share, but not the other? It just doesn't make sense to me.
>

iirc there is a limitation in win98 on the number of characters you
can use in share names. I think it's 12. I can't remember whether
spaces are okay or not.


Jim.

I was successfully able to get 1 of the 3 windows 98 machines mapped via
windows explorer but the other 2 just won't do it. I keep getting a message
saying that it can't find the share, retype or use the start/find.

I then trying using NET USE E:\\Usesinas01\Ank_Instrument_Data\GC\Public and
it tells me the syntax is incorrect, I then tried NET USE/? and it only sees
net, if I type net help it shows NET USE to be a valid command.

This is so frustrating. What am I missing here?

"James Egan" wrote:

>
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:46:01 -0700, Penny
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >I can get the windows 2000 machines to do this just fine. How can these
> >machines see one share, but not the other? It just doesn't make sense to me.
> >
>
> iirc there is a limitation in win98 on the number of characters you
> can use in share names. I think it's 12. I can't remember whether
> spaces are okay or not.
>
>
> Jim.
>
>

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:35:01 -0700, Penny
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I then trying using NET USE E:\\Usesinas01\Ank_Instrument_Data\GC\Public and
>it tells me the syntax is incorrect, I then tried NET USE/? and it only sees
>net, if I type net help it shows NET USE to be a valid command.
>
>This is so frustrating. What am I missing here?

iirc there is also a limitation which only lets you map a drive to
\\server\share

ie. you can't map to a subdirectory of a share point. In the above
example "Public" would have to be the share and you would map to
\\Usesinas01\public

Very inflexible, I know.



Jim.

For the record what you're saying is sort of correct, but it turns out I
guess there might be a limitation on the amount of letters. I was able to
share the directory directly below the share.



"James Egan" wrote:

>
> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:35:01 -0700, Penny
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >I then trying using NET USE E:\\Usesinas01\Ank_Instrument_Data\GC\Public and
> >it tells me the syntax is incorrect, I then tried NET USE/? and it only sees
> >net, if I type net help it shows NET USE to be a valid command.
> >
> >This is so frustrating. What am I missing here?
>
> iirc there is also a limitation which only lets you map a drive to
> \\server\share
>
> ie. you can't map to a subdirectory of a share point. In the above
> example "Public" would have to be the share and you would map to
> \\Usesinas01\public
>
> Very inflexible, I know.
>
>
>
> Jim.
>
>