Automount script on boot up

i'm trying to get an apple script to function as a login item with auto login on a reboot.
If i log out and log into the computer the script runs fine, however on boot it fails.
I have it saved as an application with all the check boxes unchecked.
all the script does is a mount volume command.
perhaps the script needs to be saved to a specific directory? i'm running the script with auto login turned on for the admin account.

i'm trying to get an apple script to function as a
login item with auto login on a reboot.
If i log out and log into the computer the script
runs fine, however on boot it fails.
It sounded like you try to mount a server volume.
It failed because network interface isn't ready, it may not get an IP address from your DHCP server yet.
Your may need a loop to check your machine for a valid IP address. You can use Unix ifconfig command for that, see ifconfig man page for details. A simple AS script would be:
do shell script "/sbin/ifconfig en0 | /usr/bin/grep inet" -- en0 is your build-in ethernet, en1 is AirPort (I think)
You need to put it in a repeat loop and determine whether the return data contains a valid IP

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