Problems with work computer on home network

[Edward Lee]

I've got a laptop that I bring home from work. It runs XP Pro and is joined
to a domain. At home, I've got two XP pro machines networked through a
wireless router/switch. When I bring the laptop home, it can only connect to
these two computer by IP address, not by computer name. My workgroup at home
uses the same name as my work domain.

What am I missing?

Thanks,
Edward Lee

 

[Malke]

I've got a laptop that I bring home from work. It runs XP Pro and is
joined to a domain. At home, I've got two XP pro machines networked
through a wireless router/switch. When I bring the laptop home, it can
only connect to these two computer by IP address, not by computer
name. My workgroup at home uses the same name as my work domain.

Here's how to use your work laptop on your home network (from MVP
Lanwench):

Note - you don't need to change to a workgroup just to access resources
on it. You shouldn't play with your laptop's network settings at all.
Once you've logged in using your domain account (using cached
credentials), and have an IP address on the home network, you can map
drives, use printers, whatnot, very easily - one way, in a command
line:

net use x: \\computername\sharename /user:computername\username <enter>

And here's an MS KB article about the Net Use command -
http://tinyurl.com/3bpnj

Malke