Home Network no longer works after domain change

[Joel]

I have a Win 2K Pro machine that has been configured for
our company's network for years. I also have 2 home
computers running Win 98. For years I have been able to
establish file and print sharing between them without a
problem.

Last week the company restructured the domains and of
course updated all of our computers. After this update,
my work computer, when on my home network, can no longer
access either of my Win98 machines. When attempting to
map to a network drive on them I get the following error:

"there are currently no logon servers available to service
the logon request"

Of course the two Win98 machines can see each other just
fine. But now the Win2K machine can see the Win98
machines in the network neighborhood but can't map their
shares.

If I change the configuration of my Win2K machine from
being a member of the work domain to my home workgroup and
reboot, all is fine, but then I can't log into my office.

This seems such a simple thing, but I can't figure it
out. Any suggestions?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a Win 2K Pro machine that has been configured for
our company's network for years. I also have 2 home
computers running Win 98. For years I have been able to
establish file and print sharing between them without a
problem.

Last week the company restructured the domains and of
course updated all of our computers. After this update,
my work computer, when on my home network, can no longer
access either of my Win98 machines. When attempting to
map to a network drive on them I get the following error:

"there are currently no logon servers available to service
the logon request"

Of course the two Win98 machines can see each other just
fine. But now the Win2K machine can see the Win98
machines in the network neighborhood but can't map their
shares.

If I change the configuration of my Win2K machine from
being a member of the work domain to my home workgroup and
reboot, all is fine, but then I can't log into my office.

This seems such a simple thing, but I can't figure it
out. Any suggestions?

You should ask your network administrator for
assistance. He may have made some changes
that are incompatible with your home network.

 

[Joel]

Unfortunately they simply say - We are responsible for
networking at work, we do not support your home
configurations. You need to figure out home solutions on
your own. Gotta love it.

Joel

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Unfortunately they simply say - We are responsible for
networking at work, we do not support your home
configurations. You need to figure out home solutions on
your own. Gotta love it.

Well, you can't really blame them, can you? They have to support the
machine, not you, right? I don't mean to sound snippy, honest.

W/r/t your problem - if they've still let you have local admin rights on
this PC (which they have, or you wouldn't be able to change your computer
from a domain to a workgroup config, and which you don't need to do), it
doesn't seem likely that you won't be able to do this.

You can ping a 98 PC by name? What if you change the workgroup name at home
to match the domain name on the W2k computer? Can you map a drive 'blind' as
in

net use x: \\win9xcomputername\sharename ?
or
net use x: \\ipaddressofwin9x\sharename ?

From http://www.chicagotech.net/workgroupnet.htm:

"How can I use domain laptop to access a peer-to-peer network?
My W2K pro laptop is in the work domain and W2K pro home PC is in a
workgroup. I want to use the shared printer on the workgroup PC to print
from my domain PC. I get "No login server available..." when trying to
connect to the home PC from the work PC. I can log into my work PC locally,
but then I have to use a new profile and log on/off, etc. Is there anyway
for me to be able to print through the workgroup PC without having to log
out of my domain profile?

A: You may have two options: 1) try that: create a workgroup name to match
your domain name first and test all connect on the home network, then join
the laptop to the domain. You should be able to logon the domain at work
and home, and the laptop can access the workgroup resources too. 2) logon
domain user on the domain laptop (even the workgroup is different), use
command net use \\workgroupcomputer /user:administrator, (here administrator
is workgroup computer local administrator), the enter workgroup computer
administrator password. You should be able to access the workgroup
resources."

 

[try this]

rename your workgroup on the two 98 machines to the
domain name without the .com suffix. In other words, if
your domain membership is with chapstix.com then rename
your w98 machines workgroup to chapstix this MIGHT
let your leave your work machine with the domain
configuration and still allow mapping to the 98 boxes.