using my laptop on a work domain and home network

[Eric]

I have a laptop i use at work on the company domain.
At home i would like to be able to print to a printer hooked
to an XP machine on my local home network. I am an administrator
on the laptop and the home machine too. Both machines run XP
the home is xp media edition and the laptop is XP pro
I can't see any of the machines on my local network from the laptop.
My home network is only a workgroup, not a domain.
How can i fix that so at home i can print and access shares on my home pc
from my laptop?
Thanks
Eric

 

[David H. Lipman]

Before you do what I suggest -- Make sure you get it approved by your IT department and
Information Security officer !
Companies will NOT allow what I suggest because you may infect your notebook, hook it up to
the office Domain and infect the office network

Assuming you are on Comcast, you should have a Cable/DSL Router such as the Linksys BEFSR41
and it should have DHCP enabled. the XP desktop PC should already be connected to the
Router.

Let's assume that the notebook has an embedded NIC and that is used on the office Domain, it
will have an IP stack for your office. Get a PCMCIA NIC and when you bring home the
notebook, connect the PCMCIA NIC to the notebook and to the Router.

Create a local account on the notebook (with admin rights if you can) with the same name
and password that is on the WinXP Desktop at home. Then when you are at home, Don't logon
to the Domain. Logon to the notebook and use that account. Since the PCMCIA card has the
same subnet address as the XP PC and you are using the same account, you can share the
printer. For example, if you logon to the XP desktop PC at home as "eric", create a local
notebook account names "eric" and set it to use the same password as you use on the XP
desktop PC.

Dave



| I have a laptop i use at work on the company domain.
| At home i would like to be able to print to a printer hooked
| to an XP machine on my local home network. I am an administrator
| on the laptop and the home machine too. Both machines run XP
| the home is xp media edition and the laptop is XP pro
| I can't see any of the machines on my local network from the laptop.
| My home network is only a workgroup, not a domain.
| How can i fix that so at home i can print and access shares on my home pc
| from my laptop?
| Thanks
| Eric
|
|

 

[David H. Lipman]

Addendum:

In addition to what I already stated...
You may want to look into a HP JetDirect print-server and hang the printer off the
print-server. You would connect that to the Router and initially get a Dynamic address.
The you would Telnet into the print-server and give it a static IP address. Then the
notebook and the XP desktop can print to the printer by printing to the IP address. No
authentication would be needed and the XP desktop does not need to be running.

Dave



| Before you do what I suggest -- Make sure you get it approved by your IT department and
| Information Security officer !
| Companies will NOT allow what I suggest because you may infect your notebook, hook it up
to
| the office Domain and infect the office network
|
| Assuming you are on Comcast, you should have a Cable/DSL Router such as the Linksys
BEFSR41
| and it should have DHCP enabled. the XP desktop PC should already be connected to the
| Router.
|
| Let's assume that the notebook has an embedded NIC and that is used on the office Domain,
it
| will have an IP stack for your office. Get a PCMCIA NIC and when you bring home the
| notebook, connect the PCMCIA NIC to the notebook and to the Router.

 

[Eric]

Addendum:

In addition to what I already stated...
You may want to look into a HP JetDirect print-server and hang the printer
off the
print-server. You would connect that to the Router and initially get a
Dynamic address.
The you would Telnet into the print-server and give it a static IP
address. Then the
notebook and the XP desktop can print to the printer by printing to the IP
address. No authentication would be needed and the XP desktop does not
need to be running.

Dave



| Before you do what I suggest -- Make sure you get it approved by your IT
| department and Information Security officer !
| Companies will NOT allow what I suggest because you may infect your
| notebook, hook it up
to
| the office Domain and infect the office network
|
| Assuming you are on Comcast, you should have a Cable/DSL Router such as
| the Linksys
BEFSR41
| and it should have DHCP enabled. the XP desktop PC should already be
| connected to the Router.
|
| Let's assume that the notebook has an embedded NIC and that is used on
| the office Domain,
it
| will have an IP stack for your office. Get a PCMCIA NIC and when you
| bring home the notebook, connect the PCMCIA NIC to the notebook and to
| the Router.

I'll play with that, i dont have another nic to insert but maybe this kind
of thing will work with the existing one.
Eric

 

[David H. Lipman]

Get one. If you want to play, you have to pay.

Dave



|
| I'll play with that, i dont have another nic to insert but maybe this kind
| of thing will work with the existing one.
| Eric
|