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This is an FYI. For months, users running peer-to-peer (P2P) programs using
central server mapped drives (aka network drives) would periodically
disconnect. This wreaks havoc with many programs including Outlook, ACT!, and
other P2P programs. But the shared drived always appeared under My Computer.
This went on with me trying almost anything. I found nothing on the net
describing effective solutions. Finally found the problem.
We have a corp router running DHCP. We put a wifi router (which needs its
own DHCP for new wifi connections) on the net connecting the routers together
(not using the WAN). We ensured the DCHP servers did not overlap. This broke
the reliable operation of the net. When we pulled the wifi router off the
local subnet, everything became reliable again. After months of people
crashing dozens of times per day.
In the future, I recommend only a single router DHCP per subnet. Wifi
routers should be connected with the WAN to the LAN, and the wifi should get
its own subnet. Best practices anyway as firewall exists between the wifi
subnet and the corp LAN.
Argggg.
central server mapped drives (aka network drives) would periodically
disconnect. This wreaks havoc with many programs including Outlook, ACT!, and
other P2P programs. But the shared drived always appeared under My Computer.
This went on with me trying almost anything. I found nothing on the net
describing effective solutions. Finally found the problem.
We have a corp router running DHCP. We put a wifi router (which needs its
own DHCP for new wifi connections) on the net connecting the routers together
(not using the WAN). We ensured the DCHP servers did not overlap. This broke
the reliable operation of the net. When we pulled the wifi router off the
local subnet, everything became reliable again. After months of people
crashing dozens of times per day.
In the future, I recommend only a single router DHCP per subnet. Wifi
routers should be connected with the WAN to the LAN, and the wifi should get
its own subnet. Best practices anyway as firewall exists between the wifi
subnet and the corp LAN.
Argggg.