Mapping a drive to the IFS fails but works

My guess is that the DOS command is relying on some *DIRSRV in STRHOSTSVR
or STRTCPSVR - and the port number that the AS400 Windows Network
Neighborhood is using is now being blocked by a firewall. But yes, the
IP address and the DNS not giving the same results is wierd. I would
look toward your network and the not System i.

message: 2
date: Tue, 8 May 2012 12:54:18 -0400
from: daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
subject: Mapping a drive to the IFS fails but works

Here's a head-scratcher...

I've got a batch file on my PC that I haven't used in a long time that
maps a drive to the IFS. It used to work and now it doesn't. The command
to map the drive is:

net use w: \\as30\Root\ACH /user:DAPARNIN

The result is:

Enter the password for 'DAPARNIN' to connect to
System error 86 has occurred.

The specified network password is not correct.


My i password is not my network password. The i is at V5R4. The weird
thing is that if I replace the system name AS30 with the IP address, it
works. Our DNS should have the correct IP address because that is the
address that is returned when I ping AS30. Thoughts...?

Dave Parnin
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Nishikawa Cooper, LLC
(formerly Nishikawa Standard Company)
324 Morrow Street
Topeka, IN 46571
daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx