LS-WTGL/R1-V3 Disconnects

[rgvrr]

   

I just installed a LS-WTGL/R1-V3 on my network and am having problems with the mapped drive disconnecting. I am using a windows workgroup, no passwords.

 

I am running windows 7, 64 bit,, LS-WTGL/R1-V3 is firmware 3.09.

 

Some other things:

 

Set Static IP to 192.168.1.76

changed name to "Linkstation"

power switch is set to on, not auto

 

I can map to \\Linkstation\share or "\\192.168.1.76\share"  but in either case, it shows disconnected with the red X after a time. Right now I have it mapped with IP and if i click, i connects right away.

 

Two other things to note.,,, My old Linksys NAS stays coonected, as does my FreeNAS.

 

Thanks

John Stewart

[Kameran]

have you had issues since you have mapped to the ip address?  Also are there any firewall or antivirus programs that you can disable to see if that would help.

[rgvrr]

   

Yes, still disconnects with IP. I could disable AVG firewall, but my other NAS boxes disappear. I am going to fire up an XP laptop and see if that drops too.

 

 

 

 

[rgvrr]

   

OK, here is an update to my problem. Nothing is broken :-)

 

Here is the condition,,,

 

1. My explorer was "pinned" to my taskbar

2. I closed explorer by clicking x in upper right corner.

3. Samba times out unused connection and I get red x when I reopen exploer.

 

4. Older version of FreeNAS and LINKSYS NAS not timing out.

5. When I upgraded FreeNAs I got the same condition as Linkstation !!!!

6 Also noticed if I simply minmized explorer it would nut time out.

7.  If I put a shortcut for explorer on desktop you dont notice that they have timed out

 

So, needless to say, it was a question of understanding how newer os works and how newer samba must work.

 

Thanks