Laptop on a Domain

[Guest]

I currently have a laptop in a WorkGroup. I use Cisco VPN client to connect
to my office network. Yesterday I went to office and had the tech supp join
my laptop to the company domain.

When I bring the laptop back home, I rebooted my laptop and now I can't log
in. I get an error message when I try to log on to the domain. It says
something "Domain not found" I understand this is obvious since I am not
connected yet to the domain.

So what is the right way to do this? I want to work remotely and I want the
laptop in the domain.

Thanks in Advance.

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

You may have two options. Bring the laptop back to the office and logon the domain using your username. then disable the LAN connection and try to logon again. make sure the cached credentials works. Or have the administrator remove the domain and change it back to workgroup. When you access the office using VPN, logon using your domain username.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
I currently have a laptop in a WorkGroup. I use Cisco VPN client to connect
to my office network. Yesterday I went to office and had the tech supp join
my laptop to the company domain.

When I bring the laptop back home, I rebooted my laptop and now I can't log
in. I get an error message when I try to log on to the domain. It says
something "Domain not found" I understand this is obvious since I am not
connected yet to the domain.

So what is the right way to do this? I want to work remotely and I want the
laptop in the domain.

Thanks in Advance.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I currently have a laptop in a WorkGroup.
I use Cisco VPN client to connect
to my office network. Yesterday I went
to office and had the tech supp join
my laptop to the company domain.

When I bring the laptop back home, I
rebooted my laptop and now I can't log
in. I get an error message when I try to
log on to the domain. It says something
"Domain not found" I understand this is
obvious since I am not connected yet to
the domain.

So what is the right way to do this?
I want to work remotely and I want the
laptop in the domain.

You may have two options. Bring the laptop back
to the office and logon the domain using your
username. then disable the LAN connection and
try to logon again. make sure the cached
credentials works. Or have the administrator
remove the domain and change it back to
workgroup. When you access the office using
VPN, logon using your domain username.

Or...

Simply change the domain in the logon box to the name of the local computer
and log onto the computer using your old local credentials - which are
likely still on the machine.

The truth is that unless they have other securities in place - your system
never needs to be a member of the domain to access domain resources. You do
need domain credentials, but in most cases - that is all you need.

What do you believe you gained from domain membership?

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

Shenan,

thank you for the input.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com

I currently have a laptop in a WorkGroup.
I use Cisco VPN client to connect
to my office network. Yesterday I went
to office and had the tech supp join
my laptop to the company domain.

When I bring the laptop back home, I
rebooted my laptop and now I can't log
in. I get an error message when I try to
log on to the domain. It says something
"Domain not found" I understand this is
obvious since I am not connected yet to
the domain.

So what is the right way to do this?
I want to work remotely and I want the
laptop in the domain.

You may have two options. Bring the laptop back
to the office and logon the domain using your
username. then disable the LAN connection and
try to logon again. make sure the cached
credentials works. Or have the administrator
remove the domain and change it back to
workgroup. When you access the office using
VPN, logon using your domain username.

Or...

Simply change the domain in the logon box to the name of the local computer
and log onto the computer using your old local credentials - which are
likely still on the machine.

The truth is that unless they have other securities in place - your system
never needs to be a member of the domain to access domain resources. You do
need domain credentials, but in most cases - that is all you need.

What do you believe you gained from domain membership?