I have used my laptop at one of our work sites, and after giving myself the same user name and password as on the network I can succesfully connect to the network and work as usual. We also have ysite (different IP range and different Server name) for which I have the same user name and password. I expected to be able to connect to this network, but I am unable to see any of the network, no IP address is passed to my laptop and the mapped drives still show the drives from our first site. Is there a simple solution to this?, should I give myself a different user name and password at the second site and create this user as a new user on my laptop
Thanks for any help
Terry

Hi,

Are you using DHCP to obtain the I.P address ?
Take a look in your eventlogs (eventvwr) for error
messages.

Open a DOS prompt and type ipconfig /renew.
See if you get an error message

Some DHCP networks use MAC address filtering whereby you
have to give the nework Admin your network card's MAC
address to 'allow' it on the network. Ask them.

Regards,

Tim

>-----Original Message-----
>I have used my laptop at one of our work sites, and after
giving myself the same user name and password as on the
network I can succesfully connect to the network and work
as usual. We also have ysite (different IP range and
different Server name) for which I have the same user name
and password. I expected to be able to connect to this
network, but I am unable to see any of the network, no IP
address is passed to my laptop and the mapped drives still
show the drives from our first site. Is there a simple
solution to this?, should I give myself a different user
name and password at the second site and create this user
as a new user on my laptop?
>Thanks for any help.
>Terry
>.
>

Each domain/server gives out user acounts various
SID's/RID's, etc. Your user account resolves to a unique
number. Therefore, on 2 separate networks/servers, your
useranme will resolve to 2 completely different numbers.

Clear up your IP situation, if there is one. You must be
able to see the server on the network.

When you connect to network shares, you should connect as
Domain Name (or Server name)\username. ie. MyDomain\DMC

Hope this helps you.

>-----Original Message-----
>I have used my laptop at one of our work sites, and after
giving myself the same user name and password as on the
network I can succesfully connect to the network and work
as usual. We also have ysite (different IP range and
different Server name) for which I have the same user name
and password. I expected to be able to connect to this
network, but I am unable to see any of the network, no IP
address is passed to my laptop and the mapped drives still
show the drives from our first site. Is there a simple
solution to this?, should I give myself a different user
name and password at the second site and create this user
as a new user on my laptop?
>Thanks for any help.
>Terry
>.
>