Networking domain and non-domain PCs together

26 Jul 2006 11:26 AM

Frank

Hi,

I have a laptop supplied to me by my employer, running XP Pro. This is part
of a corporate domain so when I log in I have to specify a domain name.
I have my own PC at home running XP Pro which is not part of a domain but a
local workgroup.

I understamd that I cannot network these two machines together and share
resources i.e data and a printer due to the fact that one is part of a domain
and one isn't.

Is there anyway around this limitation bearing in mind I am not allowed to
do anything to the company laptop that could compromise it.

Thanks

Frank

26 Jul 2006 2:59 PM

Malke

Frank wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a laptop supplied to me by my employer, running XP Pro. This is
> part of a corporate domain so when I log in I have to specify a domain
> name. I have my own PC at home running XP Pro which is not part of a
> domain but a local workgroup.
>
> I understamd that I cannot network these two machines together and share
> resources i.e data and a printer due to the fact that one is part of a
> domain and one isn't.
>
> Is there anyway around this limitation bearing in mind I am not allowed to
> do anything to the company laptop that could compromise it.

Are you asking how to use your home network resources from your
domain-member laptop? Most certainly you can do this.

From MVP Lanwench - 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>

MS KB article about the Net Use command - http://tinyurl.com/3bpnj

Also:
Managing One Windows XP-based Laptop for the Office and Home by MVP Charlie
Russel - http://tinyurl.com/cpy9q
http://winhlp.com/wxdomainworkgroup.htm - MVP Hans-Georg Michna

Malke

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26 Jul 2006 3:01 PM

Robert L [MS-MVP]

You should be able to access workgroup using the domain computer. This link may help,

workgroup networking faqs How can I use domain laptop to access a peer-to-peer network. My W2K pro laptop is in the work domain and W2K pro home PC is in a workgroup. ...
www.chicagotech.net/workgroupnet.htm

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com

"Frank" <Fr***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6F626667-20FC-4842-B3D1-E3E771F24284@microsoft.com...
Hi,

I have a laptop supplied to me by my employer, running XP Pro. This is part
of a corporate domain so when I log in I have to specify a domain name.
I have my own PC at home running XP Pro which is not part of a domain but a
local workgroup.

I understamd that I cannot network these two machines together and share
resources i.e data and a printer due to the fact that one is part of a domain
and one isn't.

Is there anyway around this limitation bearing in mind I am not allowed to
do anything to the company laptop that could compromise it.

Thanks

Frank

26 Jul 2006 4:41 PM

Frank

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"Robert L [MS-MVP]" wrote:

> You should be able to access workgroup using the domain computer. This link may help,
>
> workgroup networking faqs How can I use domain laptop to access a peer-to-peer network. My W2K pro laptop is in the work domain and W2K pro home PC is in a workgroup. ...
>       www.chicagotech.net/workgroupnet.htm
>
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>   "Frank" <Fr***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6F626667-20FC-4842-B3D1-E3E771F24284@microsoft.com...
>   Hi,
>
>   I have a laptop supplied to me by my employer, running XP Pro. This is part
>   of a corporate domain so when I log in I have to specify a domain name.
>   I have my own PC at home running XP Pro which is not part of a domain but a
>   local workgroup.
>
>   I understamd that I cannot network these two machines together and share
>   resources i.e data and a printer due to the fact that one is part of a domain
>   and one isn't.
>
>   Is there anyway around this limitation bearing in mind I am not allowed to
>   do anything to the company laptop that could compromise it.
>
>   Thanks
>
>   Frank

Thanks for the quick replies. I will tray this and letyou know what happens.

Frank

26 Jul 2006 9:23 PM

Ian

You can access shares on the workgroup computer from the domain-member one,
but not the reverse.

That is because the domain-member computer refers all requests for
share-access to the domain-controller. Since it can't access the controller,
it will refuse the request.

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