Mapping a Windows shared folder

I need to create a script to map a Windows shared folder. My script looks like:

$User = "domain\user"
$PWord = ConvertTo-SecureString -String "password" -AsPlainText -Force
$Credential = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $User, $PWord
New-PSDrive -Name M -PSProvider FileSystem -Root \\192.168.1.1\c$ -Credential $Credential -persist

It works fine if there is no problem while accessing the shared folder.

How can I improve my script so that:

• If the mapping works fine I get a confirmation
• If the mapping fails in a given amopunt of time (let's say, 30 seconds) I get an error and the script goes on
• If the mapping fails I get a return code to understand the reasons because it failed

Can anybody please help?

Regards

marius

I made a test based on what I read on page 332 of the "Mastering Powershell" pdf manual:

My script looks like:

New-PSDrive -Name N -PSProvider FileSystem -Root \\192.168.1.1\c$ -Credential $Credential -persist -ErrorVariable mioerrore -erroraction SilentlyContinue

$mioerrore[0].exception.message