Connecting to a shared Windows drive

[tres]

Hi all,

Just bought my first Mac of any kind - an older Macbook pro.

So far, loving Snow Leopard, and learning lots about OS X

Question for you - I managed to connect to a shared folder on my Windows 7 machine easy enough, and it works fine for a while, as I copy files from/to the Macbook.

But every time, a few minutes into the transferring, it loses connection.
But, I can't then re-connect to the W7 machine? No prompt for username/password etc, just says it can't connect.

Only way to restore connection is to restart both machines, and then reconnect via smb.

Any thoughts?
I've tried wired and wireless methods

 

[Biz.Kid09]

The windows machine going to sleep or locking? I know PC's at my school do that and they require a password when you shake the mouse or similar? So maybe thats stopping the connection? Try changing the settings in power options or control panel etc

 

[DTWD]

Also check that (for whatever reason) they aren't getting a new DHCP lease at either end.

Try running a ping at the same time as the copy (ping TARGET /t for a constance ping on a PC) and watch for any dropped packets.

 

[tres]

PC isn't going to sleep, checked all the power settings, thank you
Will restart all and try a ping