I have a laptop running XP Pro which I use at my office to
connect to Server2003. I want to be able to use the laptop
on my home network as well which is currently a 2 machine
XP Pro network. How can I do it easily please without
having to do a major reconfiguration on my office laptop?
Mark,
You have two problems to consider - connectivity and authentication.
For connectivity - are you using DHCP (autoconfiguration) in both locations? If
so, no problem. Alternate Configuration (TCP/IP Properties) will let you define
a static ip address if you don't have DHCP in one location. If no DHCP server
in either, then you'll have to make your home network match your work network.
Or try one of these programs, that let you store multiple network configurations
and switch between them easily:
NetSwitcher
http://www.netswitcher.com
MultiNetwork Manager
http://www.globesoft.com/mnm_home.html
Mobile Net Switch
http://www.mobilenetswitch.com
For authentication - are you using workgroup authentication (peer to peer) at
home? If so, add a local userid on the laptop. When you're at work, use
whatever userid you currently use. When you go home, use the home userid.
Whatever you do, don't go changing from domain to workgroup. You do not have to
join a workgroup to use workgroup authentication. No matter what membership
(domain or workgroup) a computer is using, looking under Network Neighborhood
(My Network Places) - Entire Network - Microsoft Windows Network will show all
computers on the network. And a local userid on the client, matching one on the
"server", will always get you access to the "server" (other computer with
shares).
Cheers,
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
