[AccessD] OT - Mapping dialup drive with broadband

David Emerson davide at dalyn.co.nz
Thu Mar 13 17:54:00 CST 2003


I tried on my WXP machine and a dos window opened and then closed again 
before I could see anything.  What is supposed to happen?

David

At 13/03/2003, you wrote:
>Depends on your OS.  In 9x, run 'winipcfg' for nt based, ipconfig.
>
>For ipconfig, using 'ipconfig /all' displays all information..including 
>WINS and DNS
>
>Drew
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Emerson [mailto:davide at dalyn.co.nz]
>Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 8:42 PM
>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
>Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT - Mapping dialup drive with broadband
>
>Aha!.  Where do I find those settings so that I can check?
>
>David
>
>At 12/03/2003, you wrote:
>>Sounds like the broadband connections changed their DNS or WINS settings, 
>>so they can't resolve the computer names anymore.
>>
>>Drew
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: David Emerson [mailto:davide at dalyn.co.nz]
>>Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 2:59 PM
>>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com; ACCESS-L at PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
>>Subject: [AccessD] OT - Mapping dialup drive with broadband
>>
>>Cross post AccessD, AccessL
>>This is slightly related as my users can't synchronise unless we can get 
>>them connected :(
>>Previously my users had normal modems and were able to dial into a server 
>>and map drives ok.
>>Two of them have connected to broadband lines.  Now when they disconnect 
>>the broadband connection and use their modems to connect to the server 
>>they are able to make a connection but are not able to map drives. The 
>>error they get is -
>>
>>"The following error occurred while trying to connect F: to 
>><file://\\OAServer\OAServer>\\OAServer\OAServer
>>  The computer or sharename could not be found. Make sure you typed it 
>> correctly, and try again."
>>
>>Does anyone know of any issues with broadband (or similar high speed 
>>connections) that interfere when going back to normal 56k modems?
>>Regards
>>David Emerson
>>DALYN Software Ltd
>>25b Cunliffe St, Johnsonville
>>Wellington, New Zealand
>>Ph/Fax (877) 456-1205
>
>Regards
>
>David Emerson
>DALYN Software Ltd
>25b Cunliffe St, Johnsonville
>Wellington, New Zealand
>Ph/Fax (877) 456-1205

Regards

David Emerson
DALYN Software Ltd
25b Cunliffe St, Johnsonville
Wellington, New Zealand
Ph/Fax (877) 456-1205 
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