Connecting to two different domains

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My laptop is currently configured to attach to my company's network
company.com. When I boot my XP laptop, I am prompted to log onto company.com
username and password even when i am not in the office. I sometimes work
from home, and would now also like the ability to log onto my home network
(home.com) when I am home (yet also still be able to log onto my company
network when I am in the company office.)

My home network has a windows 2003 server and one other client attached. It
gets its internet feed from a cable modem to a hub on which are my laptop,
server and other pc client. I tried setting up an alternate ip address - but
I definately set it it incorrectly because it had disasterous results (I had
to restore my previous settings to get it to boot properly).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Diane
 
Hi,
from home, and would now also like the ability to log onto my home network
(home.com) when I am home (yet also still be able to log onto my company
network when I am in the company office.)

Do you have Active Directory at home? Otherwise you cannot connect on
home.com domain. But you can choose from logon screen logon locally (on your
laptop name)
gets its internet feed from a cable modem to a hub on which are my laptop,
server and other pc client

Normal settings for network looks a little bit different..It should be a
firewall/router that connect the clients on internet... This router/firewall
keep you secure and also may give you the internal IP addresses (DHCP
server)
I definitely set it it incorrectly because it had disasterous results (I had
to restore my previous settings to get it to boot properly

Who assign you the IP adresses at home?

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I left out the firewall details - my netork is a little more complicated than
I explained (I have a cable modem & dsl modem going into a TWIN WAN - which
acts a firewall and for redundancy should either go down - it also add the
signals when they are both up for great bandwidth) ... but anyway ...

I have Active Directory Set-up on my Windows 2003 home server. I set-up the
server with AD and created usernames/passords. I am able to connect from
another separate pc I have on my home network and it works fine. THe TWIN
Wan assigns the IP addresses. I have a hub off the Twin Wan where I have my
laptop, other pc, a printer and the server plugged in.

Am I thinking too hard about this? CAn I just add a new user account with
the new domain name?
SInce I already
 
OK, thx for your reply.
Then, you should create a username on your AD server (if you already have
one you can use it as well). Plug your laptop on the network. Once you
receive the IP from the router, add the laptop in the home.com domain (right
click on my computer, computer name, click change, select domain, type the
domain name e.g home.com, type in the security box administrator/password
for the domain, reboot.. ta-dah!). Now you can select different domain on
the drop down list in the logon screen..

Hope that helps,
Regards

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Marian Gutu

MCP, MCSAs, MCSEs
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I don't want to change the domain I attach to, I want to be able to select
from two different domains to attach to. I want to logonto my work domain
and also log onto my home domain.

Under User Accounts, I see the option to add a new user/domain but I get an
error message "The trust relationship between this workstation and the
primary domain failed"
 
You don't need to change the domain you already attached. Logon locally,
then add the computer in the new domain (home.com).
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Windo...82b8966c-a6d9-49f7-9bd5-2990a7cc38c31033.mspx
In order to make it work on your domain, first you need to add the computer
in the domain...
for the The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary
domain failed error, check here:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Windo...959e5b87-255b-43d2-8bd4-51c0e779bcb01033.mspx
--
Marian Gutu

MCP, MCSAs, MCSEs
Be nice, society already sucks!

May the Force be with you!
http://www.google.com
 
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