Disconnected Network Drive

i am trying to map a network drive befor login. to do this i am using this service. autoexnt.exe i am running this batch script:
@echo off
net use Y: \\academic\Academic password /USER:college.edu\username /PERSISTENT:NO

when i login the drive appears to be mapped but disconnected. but the name of the map is "Disconnected Network Drive( Y: )" and the state is "Disconnected Network Drive" but when i click on it, the drive opens just fine.

i'm at a loss..why is this happening?

still didnt fix the problem

because i need it for a vpn connection? (my boss told me to find out how to do it and didnt exactly give me the full explanation)

already did, i'm totally stumped. i just dont understand why it keeps displaying it as disconnected when its reallly not

berea.edu

Did you try with the IP address instead of name? Supmthin like:

[code:1:0d2f1f1772]net use Y \\192.168.1.23\Academic /USER:college.edu\username /PERSISTENT:NO password

[/code:1:0d2f1f1772]

Wild guess from a wild man. I have better luck with IPs than names on mapped drives.