Share between two PC's on different domains

[Bob]

My home PC is not a member of a Windows network domain, and is set up
for the default workgroup named "WORKGROUP", though there are no other
computers in this workgroup.

My work laptop is set up to attach to a Windows network domain
controlled by a domain controller.

I'd like to move several directories between the two, but not sure how
to explore one PC from the other. I cannot see the work PC if I browse
"My Network Places / Entire Network / Microsoft Windows Network /
workdomain" from my home PC, even though I can ping the work laptop and
even FTP to/from it.

Similarly, from my work laptop, I cannot see the home PC if I browse
"My Network Places / Entire Network / Microsoft Windows Network /
WORKGROUP" from my work PC.

Also, I tried specifying "WORKGROUP\\ip_addr_of_home_pc" from explorer
in work laptop but get no response, and
"WorkDomainName\\ip_addr_of_laptop" from explorer in home PC but no
response.

Do I need to change my home PC's workgroup name to match the domain
name of work?

Thanks,
-Bob
Andover, MA

 

[Leythos]

My home PC is not a member of a Windows network domain, and is set up
for the default workgroup named "WORKGROUP", though there are no other
computers in this workgroup.

My work laptop is set up to attach to a Windows network domain
controlled by a domain controller.

I'd like to move several directories between the two, but not sure how
to explore one PC from the other. I cannot see the work PC if I browse
"My Network Places / Entire Network / Microsoft Windows Network /
workdomain" from my home PC, even though I can ping the work laptop and
even FTP to/from it.

Similarly, from my work laptop, I cannot see the home PC if I browse
"My Network Places / Entire Network / Microsoft Windows Network /
WORKGROUP" from my work PC.

Also, I tried specifying "WORKGROUP\\ip_addr_of_home_pc" from explorer
in work laptop but get no response, and
"WorkDomainName\\ip_addr_of_laptop" from explorer in home PC but no
response.

Do I need to change my home PC's workgroup name to match the domain
name of work?

On the home computer, using Simple File Sharing, create a folder and
then share it, I'll call the shared folder "TEST" in this example. Make
sure that the SHARE permissions are FULL PERMISSION. Make sure that you
have a password for the user account on your home computer, you need to
have the password so that you can authenticate with it from the work
computer.

On the work computer, open a COMMAND Box (Start, run, CMD) and press
enter.

type NET USE * \\ip_of_home_computer\TEST /user:your_account
your_password

This will map the next drive letter from your work computer to the share
on the home computer.

One way to see if you properly shared the folder is to open a command
window and type:
"NET SHARE"
this should show all shared folders on your computer