Question : "The local device name is already in use." network drive error when connected via site-to-site VPN.

We recently had two Cisco ASA appliances installed in our company to form a VPN between our main office and satellite office. The VPN between the sites is not allowing our satellite office to stay connected to the network shares on a server in our main office. I can get the drives mapped and they work until the computer is shut down or restarted. I have restarted both ASA'a, both cable modems, and both servers to try and fix the issue. I can ping the NAS from the satellite office through the VPN just fine. Unfortunately, none of this fixed the problem.  The network is a static network with each network on a different IP scheme. The ASA'a are configured to allow traffic between sites with different network addresses. The servers are Windows 2003, and Windows 2003 Storage Server. We plan on running a program we built from a share on the server in the main office through the VPN to the satellite office so we can backup the data locally. So it is imperative that the shares stay connected. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Answer : "The local device name is already in use." network drive error when connected via site-to-site VPN.

You can setup a batch file to delete and re-map the connections which would make life easier perhaps?

net use x: /delete

net use y: /delete

net use z: /delete

net use x: \\server\share /persistent:yes

net use y: \\server\share /persistent:yes

net use z: \\server\share /persistent:yes

Replace x: y: and z: with your chosen drive letters and replace server and share with the relevant details.  Save it as a batch file on the desktop then run the batch file and hey presto.