Domain and peer to peer on same laptop

[Guest]

I have a user who uses the office Server 2003 domain when physically in the
office but needs to connect to his home peer to peer network when working at
home on his XP Pro laptop. Is this possible? His computer is set up for the
domain under his office login. What is the best solution for making both
networks available to this user? Is it possible to have both types of
networks on the same computer?

 

[Malke]

I have a user who uses the office Server 2003 domain when physically
in the office but needs to connect to his home peer to peer network
when working at home on his XP Pro laptop. Is this possible? His
computer is set up for the domain under his office login. What is the
best solution for making both networks available to this user? Is it
possible to have both types of networks on the same computer?

From MVP Lanwench:

You don't need to change to a workgroup just to access resources on it.
You shouldn't play with your laptop's network settings at all. Once
you've logged in using your domain account (using cached credentials),
and have an IP address on the home network, you can map drives, use
printers, whatnot, very easily - one way, in a command line:

net use x: \\computername\sharename /user:computername\username <enter>

MS KB article about the Net Use command - http://tinyurl.com/3bpnj

Malke

 

[Chuck]

I have a user who uses the office Server 2003 domain when physically in the
office but needs to connect to his home peer to peer network when working at
home on his XP Pro laptop. Is this possible? His computer is set up for the
domain under his office login. What is the best solution for making both
networks available to this user? Is it possible to have both types of
networks on the same computer?

Shaun,

If you have a laptop that's a member of a domain, it will connect to a home
network when necessary. There are several issues to be aware of.
1) Logical network connectivity. Does he have DHCP, to assign network
configuration, at both locations?
2) Domain / workgroup resource visibility. When he connects to his home
network, and runs Windows Explorer, he will see the other computers (if there
are any) under My Network Places - Entire Network - Microsoft Windows Network -
(name of home workgroup). The other computers, most likely, won't be able to
see the laptop.
3) Logging on to the laptop. Will he have a local userid to use when using the
laptop and not connected to the domain?

See this article for more information:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/have-laptop-will-travel.html>

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