Win7 loses connection to network shares after resume unless server specified using FQDN
- by Szonja Zemkó
My Win7 client has a connection to a Linux server and its shared folders. The problem occurs when the computer wakes up after a sleep and then one of the shared folders is not accessible. I receive the following message: Error code: 80070035, The network path was not found.
I have problem with one specific folder only. When I restart the computer this problematic folder is accessible again. When I log off before sleep the folder is accessible after wakeup. If I try to access the folder by using the FQDN of the server or the server IP it is also accessible. As a temporary solution I mapped the folder to a network drive using the FQDN and it's working fine but it's inconvenient since every other folder is accessible on the server.
To summarize:
\server\problematicshare no longer works after resume (the Samba server sees my client connect, then disconnects a few seconds later while I receive the above error message)
\server\othershare works after resume
\fqdn.of.server\problematicshare always works
\ip.of.server\problematicshare always works
once the problem manifests, I'm no longer able to restart the "Workstation" service (it is not responding)
restarting the "Computer Browser" service has no apparent effect
the event log doesn't contain anything that seems relevant
"ping server" works
