John Li wrote:
> This may have been an old problem but I did not find solutions
> anywhere on the net.
>
> I would like to connect the laptop from work to share files with my
> home computers. The laptop is running XP SP1 with VPN.

Is it a member of a domain at work?

> My home
> computers run WIN2000 and I have a home network with wireless. I can
> access the internet from the work laptop through my home network, but
> not be able to share files with my home PCs.

If you're on a domain with your laptop, it's a lot easier not to bother
sharing anything on the laptop w/the other PCs - do it the other way around
(access your home PCs from your laptop) for any file transfer, etc.

Do not under any circumstances change your work laptop's domain membership.
You don't need to, and you will make a lot of trouble for yourself if you do
this.

I can not see the home
> network from the work laptop besides connection.

Can you ping each home PC by IP address? By name, if you connect, power on,
& wait a bit?
>
> One time I used a command and the connection worked. I do not
> remomber the exact command I used but it is something like this from
> "cmd" window:
>
> net use\\computername/ipc$ passwork usename

Close, but no cigar:

net use x: \\computername\sharename /user:computername\username <enter>
or net use x: \\computerIPaddress\sharename ...etc

net use /? <enter> in a command line will show you all the parameters you
can user.

>
> Plesae help me to find the right command and thank you very much.

This may have been an old problem but I did not find solutions
anywhere on the net.

I would like to connect the laptop from work to share files with my
home computers. The laptop is running XP SP1 with VPN. My home
computers run WIN2000 and I have a home network with wireless. I can
access the internet from the work laptop through my home network, but
not be able to share files with my home PCs. I can not see the home
network from the work laptop besides connection.

One time I used a command and the connection worked. I do not
remomber the exact command I used but it is something like this from
"cmd" window:

net use\\computername/ipc$ passwork usename

Plesae help me to find the right command and thank you very much.

Thank you very much for your answers.

Here are some specifics that may help you to help me.

1) Yes, the laptop is on a domain. At home I just have workgroup.

2) Yes, I have learnt that lessons before of messing aroound with
domain names. I will not change anything on the laptop.

3)Yes, I pinged the IP address of the home PC and it worked fine. But
it did not work when I am pinging from the home PC to the laptop (100%
loss).

4) I tried your command and made the laptop to think. But it pompted
me with a password. It did not work regardless what I typed in.

Here is what I use:
net use x: \\180.156.1.105\Lihmw /USER:FORD-IGGBN\johnl

180.156.1.105 --- the IP address of the home PC.
Lihmw - the name of my home network
FORD-IGGBN -- is the name of the laptop
johnl -- is my username at work (on the laptop)

I tried to use the help on the command "NET" over the weekend and
could not figure out what is in and what is out.

Look forward to your response.


On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 10:21:59 -0500, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>John Li wrote:
>> This may have been an old problem but I did not find solutions
>> anywhere on the net.
>>
>> I would like to connect the laptop from work to share files with my
>> home computers. The laptop is running XP SP1 with VPN.
>
>Is it a member of a domain at work?
>
>> My home
>> computers run WIN2000 and I have a home network with wireless. I can
>> access the internet from the work laptop through my home network, but
>> not be able to share files with my home PCs.
>
>If you're on a domain with your laptop, it's a lot easier not to bother
>sharing anything on the laptop w/the other PCs - do it the other way around
>(access your home PCs from your laptop) for any file transfer, etc.
>
>Do not under any circumstances change your work laptop's domain membership.
>You don't need to, and you will make a lot of trouble for yourself if you do
>this.
>
>I can not see the home
>> network from the work laptop besides connection.
>
>Can you ping each home PC by IP address? By name, if you connect, power on,
>& wait a bit?
>>
>> One time I used a command and the connection worked. I do not
>> remomber the exact command I used but it is something like this from
>> "cmd" window:
>>
>> net use\\computername/ipc$ passwork usename
>
>Close, but no cigar:
>
>net use x: \\computername\sharename /user:computername\username <enter>
>or net use x: \\computerIPaddress\sharename ...etc
>
>net use /? <enter> in a command line will show you all the parameters you
>can user.
>
>>
>> Plesae help me to find the right command and thank you very much.
>

John Li wrote:
> Thank you very much for your answers.
>
> Here are some specifics that may help you to help me.
>
> 1) Yes, the laptop is on a domain. At home I just have workgroup.
>
> 2) Yes, I have learnt that lessons before of messing aroound with
> domain names. I will not change anything on the laptop.

Good!
>
> 3)Yes, I pinged the IP address of the home PC and it worked fine. But
> it did not work when I am pinging from the home PC to the laptop (100%
> loss).

Firewall enabled?
Does it even matter? You don't really need to access anything on your laptop
from your desktop, do you? Easier not to bother with this. Do everything the
other way around.
>
> 4) I tried your command and made the laptop to think. But it pompted
> me with a password. It did not work regardless what I typed in.

You need to use the password for the credentials you use on the remote PC
>
> Here is what I use:
> net use x: \\180.156.1.105\Lihmw /USER:FORD-IGGBN\johnl
>
> 180.156.1.105 --- the IP address of the home PC.
> Lihmw - the name of my home network

No - this would have to be a share. \\server\share. Share a folder. Are you
really using public IP addresses on your home network? Bad idea - get a
small gateway/router/firewall appliance that does NAT. Use private addresses
& DHCP on that device so your home network gets autoconfigured with the
right IP addresses.

> FORD-IGGBN -- is the name of the laptop
> johnl -- is my username at work (on the laptop)

This won't work. You'd have to use a local account on the laptop ...as I
said, do not mess around with this; it should not be necessary as long as
you can access shares *from* the laptop.
>
> I tried to use the help on the command "NET" over the weekend and
> could not figure out what is in and what is out.
>
> Look forward to your response.

Pull back. What's the desktop name? Let's presume it's DESKTOP. Can you ping
DESKTOP by name from the laptop? We've already established you can ping by
IP address.

On the laptop, try

net use x: \\DESKTOP\share /userESKTOP\username <enter>

You should be prompted for the password for that account. After you enter it
get authenticated, you can use any other shares on the DESKTOP, including
printers, provided the shares are set up right.



>
>
> On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 10:21:59 -0500, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> John Li wrote:
>>> This may have been an old problem but I did not find solutions
>>> anywhere on the net.
>>>
>>> I would like to connect the laptop from work to share files with my
>>> home computers. The laptop is running XP SP1 with VPN.
>>
>> Is it a member of a domain at work?
>>
>>> My home
>>> computers run WIN2000 and I have a home network with wireless. I
>>> can access the internet from the work laptop through my home
>>> network, but not be able to share files with my home PCs.
>>
>> If you're on a domain with your laptop, it's a lot easier not to
>> bother sharing anything on the laptop w/the other PCs - do it the
>> other way around (access your home PCs from your laptop) for any
>> file transfer, etc.
>>
>> Do not under any circumstances change your work laptop's domain
>> membership. You don't need to, and you will make a lot of trouble
>> for yourself if you do this.
>>
>> I can not see the home
>>> network from the work laptop besides connection.
>>
>> Can you ping each home PC by IP address? By name, if you connect,
>> power on, & wait a bit?
>>>
>>> One time I used a command and the connection worked. I do not
>>> remomber the exact command I used but it is something like this from
>>> "cmd" window:
>>>
>>> net use\\computername/ipc$ passwork usename
>>
>> Close, but no cigar:
>>
>> net use x: \\computername\sharename /user:computername\username
>> <enter>
>> or net use x: \\computerIPaddress\sharename ...etc
>>
>> net use /? <enter> in a command line will show you all the
>> parameters you can user.
>>
>>>
>>> Plesae help me to find the right command and thank you very much.

John Li wrote:
> Success. Thank you very much, -John

Glad to hear it!

>
> On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:37:31 -0500, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> John Li wrote:
>>> Thank you very much for your answers.
>>>
>>> Here are some specifics that may help you to help me.
>>>
>>> 1) Yes, the laptop is on a domain. At home I just have workgroup.
>>>
>>> 2) Yes, I have learnt that lessons before of messing aroound with
>>> domain names. I will not change anything on the laptop.
>>
>> Good!
>>>
>>> 3)Yes, I pinged the IP address of the home PC and it worked fine.
>>> But it did not work when I am pinging from the home PC to the
>>> laptop (100% loss).
>>
>> Firewall enabled?
>> Does it even matter? You don't really need to access anything on
>> your laptop from your desktop, do you? Easier not to bother with
>> this. Do everything the other way around.
>>>
>>> 4) I tried your command and made the laptop to think. But it
>>> pompted me with a password. It did not work regardless what I
>>> typed in.
>>
>> You need to use the password for the credentials you use on the
>> remote PC
>>>
>>> Here is what I use:
>>> net use x: \\180.156.1.105\Lihmw /USER:FORD-IGGBN\johnl
>>>
>>> 180.156.1.105 --- the IP address of the home PC.
>>> Lihmw - the name of my home network
>>
>> No - this would have to be a share. \\server\share. Share a folder.
>> Are you really using public IP addresses on your home network? Bad
>> idea - get a small gateway/router/firewall appliance that does NAT.
>> Use private addresses & DHCP on that device so your home network
>> gets autoconfigured with the right IP addresses.
>>
>>> FORD-IGGBN -- is the name of the laptop
>>> johnl -- is my username at work (on the laptop)
>>
>> This won't work. You'd have to use a local account on the laptop
>> ...as I said, do not mess around with this; it should not be
>> necessary as long as you can access shares *from* the laptop.
>>>
>>> I tried to use the help on the command "NET" over the weekend and
>>> could not figure out what is in and what is out.
>>>
>>> Look forward to your response.
>>
>> Pull back. What's the desktop name? Let's presume it's DESKTOP. Can
>> you ping DESKTOP by name from the laptop? We've already established
>> you can ping by IP address.
>>
>> On the laptop, try
>>
>> net use x: \\DESKTOP\share /userESKTOP\username <enter>
>>
>> You should be prompted for the password for that account. After you
>> enter it get authenticated, you can use any other shares on the
>> DESKTOP, including printers, provided the shares are set up right.
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 10:21:59 -0500, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>>> John Li wrote:
>>>>> This may have been an old problem but I did not find solutions
>>>>> anywhere on the net.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to connect the laptop from work to share files with
>>>>> my home computers. The laptop is running XP SP1 with VPN.
>>>>
>>>> Is it a member of a domain at work?
>>>>
>>>>> My home
>>>>> computers run WIN2000 and I have a home network with wireless. I
>>>>> can access the internet from the work laptop through my home
>>>>> network, but not be able to share files with my home PCs.
>>>>
>>>> If you're on a domain with your laptop, it's a lot easier not to
>>>> bother sharing anything on the laptop w/the other PCs - do it the
>>>> other way around (access your home PCs from your laptop) for any
>>>> file transfer, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Do not under any circumstances change your work laptop's domain
>>>> membership. You don't need to, and you will make a lot of trouble
>>>> for yourself if you do this.
>>>>
>>>> I can not see the home
>>>>> network from the work laptop besides connection.
>>>>
>>>> Can you ping each home PC by IP address? By name, if you connect,
>>>> power on, & wait a bit?
>>>>>
>>>>> One time I used a command and the connection worked. I do not
>>>>> remomber the exact command I used but it is something like this
>>>>> from "cmd" window:
>>>>>
>>>>> net use\\computername/ipc$ passwork usename
>>>>
>>>> Close, but no cigar:
>>>>
>>>> net use x: \\computername\sharename /user:computername\username
>>>> <enter>
>>>> or net use x: \\computerIPaddress\sharename ...etc
>>>>
>>>> net use /? <enter> in a command line will show you all the
>>>> parameters you can user.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Plesae help me to find the right command and thank you very much.

Get www.Netswitcher.com I swear by it.

"Father Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:41f9c77e$0$74577$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Get www.Netswitcher.com I swear by it.


This is the easiest answer to networking problems
http://www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Blair Malcolm

Blair wrote:

>
> "Father Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:41f9c77e$0$74577$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Get www.Netswitcher.com I swear by it.
>
>
> This is the easiest answer to networking problems
> http://www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm
>
> Blair Malcolm

Do you even read the questions? This isn't about setting up a home
network; the OP wanted to know how to easily switch network profiles
when he's on the road.

The answer that Father Dan gave was a good one. Another good product
that I think is a little more polished than Netswitcher is Globesoft's
Multinetwork Manager. Or the laptop mftr. may have even included
network switching software and the OP may not be aware of it.
Thinkpads, for instance, have Access IBM.

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"