2 School Domains - Please Help!!

14 Feb 2007 5:10 PM

Tom

Hello,
I have a school that has 2 buildings separated by several blocks and they
each have a Windows 2003 Server network. We have several teachers that need
to use their laptops in both buildings and connect to both networks. They
connect wirelessly to both schools, but can they choose between both domains
on their login. It shows that it is searching for available domains, but
only the currently connected domain shows up. What are our options? Thanks
in advance for the help.
Tom

14 Feb 2007 6:18 PM

Chuck

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:10:35 -0800, Tom <T**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hello,
>I have a school that has 2 buildings separated by several blocks and they
>each have a Windows 2003 Server network. We have several teachers that need
>to use their laptops in both buildings and connect to both networks. They
>connect wirelessly to both schools, but can they choose between both domains
>on their login. It shows that it is searching for available domains, but
>only the currently connected domain shows up. What are our options? Thanks
>in advance for the help.
>Tom

Tom,

What AD structure do the domains have? A properly setup AD policy should allow
for this.

If that's not possible, look at a multiple configuration manager for the
laptops.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/have-laptop-will-travel.html#ComplexSolutions>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/have-laptop-will-travel.html#ComplexSolutions

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15 Feb 2007 6:01 PM

Tom

I'm not sure what AD structure is set up. I assumed that I could choose to
login to multiple domains if I had once joined them. Thanks for the help.
Tom

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"Chuck" wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:10:35 -0800, Tom <T**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >I have a school that has 2 buildings separated by several blocks and they
> >each have a Windows 2003 Server network. We have several teachers that need
> >to use their laptops in both buildings and connect to both networks. They
> >connect wirelessly to both schools, but can they choose between both domains
> >on their login. It shows that it is searching for available domains, but
> >only the currently connected domain shows up. What are our options? Thanks
> >in advance for the help.
> >Tom
>
> Tom,
>
> What AD structure do the domains have? A properly setup AD policy should allow
> for this.
>
> If that's not possible, look at a multiple configuration manager for the
> laptops.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/have-laptop-will-travel.html#ComplexSolutions>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/have-laptop-will-travel.html#ComplexSolutions
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck mvps org.
>

15 Feb 2007 11:53 PM

Chuck

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:01:15 -0800, Tom <T**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

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>"Chuck" wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:10:35 -0800, Tom <T**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Hello,
>> >I have a school that has 2 buildings separated by several blocks and they
>> >each have a Windows 2003 Server network. We have several teachers that need
>> >to use their laptops in both buildings and connect to both networks. They
>> >connect wirelessly to both schools, but can they choose between both domains
>> >on their login. It shows that it is searching for available domains, but
>> >only the currently connected domain shows up. What are our options? Thanks
>> >in advance for the help.
>> >Tom
>>
>> Tom,
>>
>> What AD structure do the domains have? A properly setup AD policy should allow
>> for this.
>>
>> If that's not possible, look at a multiple configuration manager for the
>> laptops.
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/have-laptop-will-travel.html#ComplexSolutions>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/have-laptop-will-travel.html#ComplexSolutions

>I'm not sure what AD structure is set up. I assumed that I could choose to
>login to multiple domains if I had once joined them. Thanks for the help.
>Tom

Well, you can only join one domain at a time. If the domains have trust
relationships, you'll have the ability to be authenticated thru either the
trusted or the trusting domain. That's where the AD structure becomes relevant.

If you can't use AD, then the configuration managers may provide a workaround.

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.