Logon problems connecting 2000 laptop and XP stationary

[Martin Magnusson]

I'm trying to create a small home network, but I'm having problems
connecting my work laptop (which is on a domain) to the other computers
(which are in a workgroup).

The setup is as follows:

There are two computers running Win98 connected via a router. They are
set to use a workgroup (MHB), and they can communicate and share a PPPoE
Internet connection just fine. I recently connected another computer
running WinXP, and it uses the same workgroup and seems to work allright.

The problem is with my work laptop, running Win2000, that I also want to
connect. It is configured to use a domain, and I won't change that. Now,
all computers show up in the router's client list. However, when I try
to connect from the XP machine into the 2000 machine (by typing its IP
address in Windows Explorer), I get a dialog asking me for a username
and password. I enter "HOSTNAME/username" for the name (where HOSTNAME
is the name of the XP machine and username is the name I use to logon to
the laptop) and my regular password, but nothing happens. When I try to
connect from the Win2k laptop to the XP machine I just get an error
message saying something like "there are no logon servers available".

Any ideas as to what's going on?

/ martin

 

[Martin Magnusson]

More info:

Both computers have their firewalls disabled (for testing) and pinging
works. The XP version is XP Pro.

/ martin

 

[Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]]

Make sure all computers are in the same workgroup and that all useraccounts
exist on all computers (W2K/XP's). Got File- and printersharing loaded? Is
Netbios over TCP/IP enabled (Advanced properties of TCP/IP, tab WINS)?

 

[Martin Magnusson]

Make sure all computers are in the same workgroup

They are not in the same workgroup. Do they really have to be? In that
case, I guess I can't connect the laptop to the network, because the
laptop has to use my work place's domain.

Got File- and printersharing loaded? Is
Netbios over TCP/IP enabled (Advanced properties of TCP/IP, tab WINS)?

No. I'll check that and see if it helps.

/ martin

 

[Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]]

How about changing the workgroupname on your homecomputers to match it with
your workplace computer?