I want to connect to two different workgroups, How?

[Guest]

I have an HP laptop running XP Home. At home I connect to my other PC running W2K and the internet using my wireless connection without a problem

At the school where I work I am able to connect to the W2K server and the internet no problem through the LAN connection

My problem? I want to be able to have the ability to connect to either system without manually changing the WORKGROUP name each time and then restarting the PC. They both have different workgroup names as you might expect. Also I would llike to configure Internet Explorer to work on either system again without having to manually changing the configuration. At home it is through direct LAN but at scholl it is through a proxy server

Any help would be greatly appreciated as it is really annoying always having to restart the PC after changing the network settings.

 

[Chuck]

I have an HP laptop running XP Home. At home I connect to my other PC running W2K and the internet using my wireless connection without a problem.

At the school where I work I am able to connect to the W2K server and the internet no problem through the LAN connection.

My problem? I want to be able to have the ability to connect to either system without manually changing the WORKGROUP name each time and then restarting the PC. They both have different workgroup names as you might expect. Also I would llike to configure Internet Explorer to work on either system again without having to manually changing the configuration. At home it is through direct LAN but at scholl it is through a proxy server.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as it is really annoying always having to restart the PC after changing the network settings.

George,

The workgroup that you're a member of is purely to control what computers /
shares you can see directly under My Network Places in Windows Explorer. Look
under Entire Network - Microsoft Windows Network. You should be able to see all
of the workgroups and computers physically connected to any network to which you
are connected, at any time, regardless of what workgroup you are currently a
member. So, if you're a member of your workgroup at work, when you're connected
to your home network, you will see your home computers under Entire Network -
Microsoft Windows Network.

As to the network configuration (home / work), do you have a DHCP server at
either site?

If you have DHCP at both sites, by doing an "ipconfig /release" followed by
"ipconfig /renew" whenever connecting, you should pick up the proper settings
for that site.

If you have DHCP at one site, but not the other, you can setup (Local Area
Connection - Properties - TCP/IP - Properties) to "Obtain an IP address
automatically" and "Obtain DNS server address automatically", then, under
Alternate Configuration, enter fixed addressing information for the other site.

And George, please don't contribute to the spread of email address mining
viruses. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a bit
safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the
internet - never post your address unmunged.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.