"Steveg" wrote:

> I have a laptop on wireless DHCP. 2 user accounts on it. I want to use one
> for office network, and another one to log in to home network. All running XP
> home edition on wireless. How can I specify different network names to
> different user accounts?
> Thanks a lot, this will save me a lot of time. currently I have to change
> network name every time when I need to switch, which require a reboot.

"M. Rajesh" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Please visit this link
>
> http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/OazSwitchNetConfig.asp
>
> download the file and install it on your laptop. configure the configuration
> for both home and office.
>
> now when you are at these 2 different places you wil just have to select any
> one of these 2 values and activate it. that will automatically configure the
> network and save you trouble.
> --
> Regards
> M. Rajesh
> www.winxpsolution.com.
> MeraWindows Administra***@www.merawindows.com
>
>
> "Steveg" wrote:
>
> > I have a laptop on wireless DHCP. 2 user accounts on it. I want to use one
> > for office network, and another one to log in to home network. All running XP
> > home edition on wireless. How can I specify different network names to
> > different user accounts?
> > Thanks a lot, this will save me a lot of time. currently I have to change
> > network name every time when I need to switch, which require a reboot.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> In news:A3A87372-F909-4A9E-B9B4-61AADFB2E99F@microsoft.com,
> Steveg <Ste***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> > I have a laptop on wireless DHCP. 2 user accounts on it. I want to
> > use one for office network, and another one to log in to home
> > network. All running XP home edition on wireless. How can I specify
> > different network names to different user accounts?
> > Thanks a lot, this will save me a lot of time. currently I have to
> > change network name every time when I need to switch, which require a
> > reboot.
>
> I'm presuming each location has DHCP, right? I'm not quite sure what you
> mean by 'change network name.'
>
> 1. If you mean you're changing your workgroup name, you really don't need to
> bother (either natively or with third party software). A workgroup is just a
> sort of organizational concept, rather than any sort of security feature.
> You can easily access resources in Workgroup2 while your computer is part of
> Workgroup1. The same is true for Windows domains, but since you're using XP
> Home, your computer cannot belong to a domain, so this is not relevant. You
> can map drives, access \\computername shares, etc.....you may be prompted to
> provide credentials.
>
> 2. If you're talking about the wireless access point, and Windows wireless
> connectivity, you might see whether your laptop mfr. has included any sort
> of management software for it. IBM, Dell certainly do....you can set up
> location profiles that specify the access point, and also other options such
> as which printer to use as default, etc.
>
>
>

>
> Regards,
> Steve
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> In news:A3A87372-F909-4A9E-B9B4-61AADFB2E99F@microsoft.com,
>> Steveg <Ste***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>> I have a laptop on wireless DHCP. 2 user accounts on it. I want to
>>> use one for office network, and another one to log in to home
>>> network. All running XP home edition on wireless. How can I specify
>>> different network names to different user accounts?
>>> Thanks a lot, this will save me a lot of time. currently I have to
>>> change network name every time when I need to switch, which require
>>> a reboot.
>>
>> I'm presuming each location has DHCP, right? I'm not quite sure what
>> you mean by 'change network name.'
>>
>> 1. If you mean you're changing your workgroup name, you really don't
>> need to bother (either natively or with third party software). A
>> workgroup is just a sort of organizational concept, rather than any
>> sort of security feature. You can easily access resources in
>> Workgroup2 while your computer is part of Workgroup1. The same is
>> true for Windows domains, but since you're using XP Home, your
>> computer cannot belong to a domain, so this is not relevant. You can
>> map drives, access \\computername shares, etc.....you may be
>> prompted to provide credentials.
>>
>> 2. If you're talking about the wireless access point, and Windows
>> wireless connectivity, you might see whether your laptop mfr. has
>> included any sort of management software for it. IBM, Dell certainly
>> do....you can set up location profiles that specify the access
>> point, and also other options such as which printer to use as
>> default, etc.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> In news:AD6CD4A6-FEAA-46D2-B478-060530FFD688@microsoft.com,
> Steveg <Ste***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> > Thank you for your reply.
> >
> > Maybe I didn't make it clear. I run the network setup wizard
>
> You really never need to do that - I haven't once run that wizard for any
> network I've set up.
>
> >and named
> > office network as OFFICE and Homenetwork as my name.
>
> This is just the workgroup name.
>
> > Everyday I go
> > home, I will use the same laptop as the one I use at work. but with
> > different user name. When I bring the laptop back from sleep and log
> > on with the home username, it recoganize the network WORKGROUP name
> > as OFFICE. the laptop can't communicate with the home network and
> > vise versa.
>
> Yes it can :)
>
> > Then I right click on my computer and properties and computer name
> > and change. and rename the Workgroup box to my home network workgroup
> > name. then click
> > ok and it require a reboot. after the reboot, I can communicate with
> > the home network. Then the next morning I go to work, I do the same
> > thing in my office, change names and reboot. it happens to me
> > everyday since i started to do some work at home. It's kind of
> > annoying. I just want to make my life easier.
>
> You don't need to change your workgroup name to access resources in a
> workgroup. Honest. There is no security built into a workgroup. If you
> browse the entire network I bet you see the other workgroup.   If you are
> really annoyed with this, you could name your home network OFFICE too, you
> know!
>
> You can map drives, you can share printers, etc, with computers in a
> different workgroup. Make sure you can ping them by name (if you have the
> Windows firewall enabled, set an exception for this, and for file/print
> sharing).
>
>
> net use x: \\computername\sharename will map a drive, for example.
>
>
>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Steve
> >
> > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
> >
> >> In news:A3A87372-F909-4A9E-B9B4-61AADFB2E99F@microsoft.com,
> >> Steveg <Ste***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> >>> I have a laptop on wireless DHCP. 2 user accounts on it. I want to
> >>> use one for office network, and another one to log in to home
> >>> network. All running XP home edition on wireless. How can I specify
> >>> different network names to different user accounts?
> >>> Thanks a lot, this will save me a lot of time. currently I have to
> >>> change network name every time when I need to switch, which require
> >>> a reboot.
> >>
> >> I'm presuming each location has DHCP, right? I'm not quite sure what
> >> you mean by 'change network name.'
> >>
> >> 1. If you mean you're changing your workgroup name, you really don't
> >> need to bother (either natively or with third party software). A
> >> workgroup is just a sort of organizational concept, rather than any
> >> sort of security feature. You can easily access resources in
> >> Workgroup2 while your computer is part of Workgroup1. The same is
> >> true for Windows domains, but since you're using XP Home, your
> >> computer cannot belong to a domain, so this is not relevant. You can
> >> map drives, access \\computername shares, etc.....you may be
> >> prompted to provide credentials.
> >>
> >> 2. If you're talking about the wireless access point, and Windows
> >> wireless connectivity, you might see whether your laptop mfr. has
> >> included any sort of management software for it. IBM, Dell certainly
> >> do....you can set up location profiles that specify the access
> >> point, and also other options such as which printer to use as
> >> default, etc.
>
>
>
>

>  I can't figure out why. so I had to
> rename my computer workgroup just yesterday.
> I will rename my home network as office too.  Maybe this is the
> simplist solution.
>
> Thank you lanwench, very much. At least you guys gave me a working
> solution.
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> In news:AD6CD4A6-FEAA-46D2-B478-060530FFD688@microsoft.com,
>> Steveg <Ste***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>> Thank you for your reply.
>>>
>>> Maybe I didn't make it clear. I run the network setup wizard
>>
>> You really never need to do that - I haven't once run that wizard
>> for any network I've set up.
>>
>>> and named
>>> office network as OFFICE and Homenetwork as my name.
>>
>> This is just the workgroup name.
>>
>>> Everyday I go
>>> home, I will use the same laptop as the one I use at work. but with
>>> different user name. When I bring the laptop back from sleep and log
>>> on with the home username, it recoganize the network WORKGROUP name
>>> as OFFICE. the laptop can't communicate with the home network and
>>> vise versa.
>>
>> Yes it can :)
>>
>>> Then I right click on my computer and properties and computer name
>>> and change. and rename the Workgroup box to my home network
>>> workgroup name. then click
>>> ok and it require a reboot. after the reboot, I can communicate with
>>> the home network. Then the next morning I go to work, I do the same
>>> thing in my office, change names and reboot. it happens to me
>>> everyday since i started to do some work at home. It's kind of
>>> annoying. I just want to make my life easier.
>>
>> You don't need to change your workgroup name to access resources in a
>> workgroup. Honest. There is no security built into a workgroup. If
>> you browse the entire network I bet you see the other workgroup.
>> If you are really annoyed with this, you could name your home
>> network OFFICE too, you know!
>>
>> You can map drives, you can share printers, etc, with computers in a
>> different workgroup. Make sure you can ping them by name (if you
>> have the Windows firewall enabled, set an exception for this, and
>> for file/print sharing).
>>
>>
>> net use x: \\computername\sharename will map a drive, for example.
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>>>
>>>> In news:A3A87372-F909-4A9E-B9B4-61AADFB2E99F@microsoft.com,
>>>> Steveg <Ste***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>>>> I have a laptop on wireless DHCP. 2 user accounts on it. I want to
>>>>> use one for office network, and another one to log in to home
>>>>> network. All running XP home edition on wireless. How can I
>>>>> specify different network names to different user accounts?
>>>>> Thanks a lot, this will save me a lot of time. currently I have to
>>>>> change network name every time when I need to switch, which
>>>>> require a reboot.
>>>>
>>>> I'm presuming each location has DHCP, right? I'm not quite sure
>>>> what you mean by 'change network name.'
>>>>
>>>> 1. If you mean you're changing your workgroup name, you really
>>>> don't need to bother (either natively or with third party
>>>> software). A workgroup is just a sort of organizational concept,
>>>> rather than any sort of security feature. You can easily access
>>>> resources in Workgroup2 while your computer is part of Workgroup1.
>>>> The same is true for Windows domains, but since you're using XP
>>>> Home, your computer cannot belong to a domain, so this is not
>>>> relevant. You can map drives, access \\computername shares,
>>>> etc.....you may be prompted to provide credentials.
>>>>
>>>> 2. If you're talking about the wireless access point, and Windows
>>>> wireless connectivity, you might see whether your laptop mfr. has
>>>> included any sort of management software for it. IBM, Dell
>>>> certainly do....you can set up location profiles that specify the
>>>> access point, and also other options such as which printer to use
>>>> as default, etc.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> In news:83BD5118-3031-44DA-BF3D-08FFD9B1CC7A@microsoft.com,
> Steveg <Ste***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> > I went home and try to use resources on another computer at home with
> > office network name, didn't work.
>
> What did you try?
>
> Can you ping the other computer?
>
> Can you map a drive to a share on it if you provide credentials? (If you
> create an identical account/password on the home computer, as you use for
> the work computer, you shouldn't even need to do the latter bit)
>
>
>
> >  I can't figure out why. so I had to
> > rename my computer workgroup just yesterday.
> > I will rename my home network as office too.  Maybe this is the
> > simplist solution.
> >
> > Thank you lanwench, very much. At least you guys gave me a working
> > solution.
> >
> > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
> >
> >> In news:AD6CD4A6-FEAA-46D2-B478-060530FFD688@microsoft.com,
> >> Steveg <Ste***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> >>> Thank you for your reply.
> >>>
> >>> Maybe I didn't make it clear. I run the network setup wizard
> >>
> >> You really never need to do that - I haven't once run that wizard
> >> for any network I've set up.
> >>
> >>> and named
> >>> office network as OFFICE and Homenetwork as my name.
> >>
> >> This is just the workgroup name.
> >>
> >>> Everyday I go
> >>> home, I will use the same laptop as the one I use at work. but with
> >>> different user name. When I bring the laptop back from sleep and log
> >>> on with the home username, it recoganize the network WORKGROUP name
> >>> as OFFICE. the laptop can't communicate with the home network and
> >>> vise versa.
> >>
> >> Yes it can :)
> >>
> >>> Then I right click on my computer and properties and computer name
> >>> and change. and rename the Workgroup box to my home network
> >>> workgroup name. then click
> >>> ok and it require a reboot. after the reboot, I can communicate with
> >>> the home network. Then the next morning I go to work, I do the same
> >>> thing in my office, change names and reboot. it happens to me
> >>> everyday since i started to do some work at home. It's kind of
> >>> annoying. I just want to make my life easier.
> >>
> >> You don't need to change your workgroup name to access resources in a
> >> workgroup. Honest. There is no security built into a workgroup. If
> >> you browse the entire network I bet you see the other workgroup.
> >> If you are really annoyed with this, you could name your home
> >> network OFFICE too, you know!
> >>
> >> You can map drives, you can share printers, etc, with computers in a
> >> different workgroup. Make sure you can ping them by name (if you
> >> have the Windows firewall enabled, set an exception for this, and
> >> for file/print sharing).
> >>
> >>
> >> net use x: \\computername\sharename will map a drive, for example.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Steve
> >>>
> >>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> In news:A3A87372-F909-4A9E-B9B4-61AADFB2E99F@microsoft.com,
> >>>> Steveg <Ste***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> >>>>> I have a laptop on wireless DHCP. 2 user accounts on it. I want to
> >>>>> use one for office network, and another one to log in to home
> >>>>> network. All running XP home edition on wireless. How can I
> >>>>> specify different network names to different user accounts?
> >>>>> Thanks a lot, this will save me a lot of time. currently I have to
> >>>>> change network name every time when I need to switch, which
> >>>>> require a reboot.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm presuming each location has DHCP, right? I'm not quite sure
> >>>> what you mean by 'change network name.'
> >>>>
> >>>> 1. If you mean you're changing your workgroup name, you really
> >>>> don't need to bother (either natively or with third party
> >>>> software). A workgroup is just a sort of organizational concept,
> >>>> rather than any sort of security feature. You can easily access
> >>>> resources in Workgroup2 while your computer is part of Workgroup1.
> >>>> The same is true for Windows domains, but since you're using XP
> >>>> Home, your computer cannot belong to a domain, so this is not
> >>>> relevant. You can map drives, access \\computername shares,
> >>>> etc.....you may be prompted to provide credentials.
> >>>>
> >>>> 2. If you're talking about the wireless access point, and Windows
> >>>> wireless connectivity, you might see whether your laptop mfr. has
> >>>> included any sort of management software for it. IBM, Dell
> >>>> certainly do....you can set up location profiles that specify the
> >>>> access point, and also other options such as which printer to use
> >>>> as default, etc.
>
>
>
>

>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> In news:83BD5118-3031-44DA-BF3D-08FFD9B1CC7A@microsoft.com,
>> Steveg <Ste***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>> I went home and try to use resources on another computer at home
>>> with office network name, didn't work.
>>
>> What did you try?
>>
>> Can you ping the other computer?
>>
>> Can you map a drive to a share on it if you provide credentials? (If
>> you create an identical account/password on the home computer, as
>> you use for the work computer, you shouldn't even need to do the
>> latter bit)
>>
>>
>>
>>>  I can't figure out why. so I had to
>>> rename my computer workgroup just yesterday.
>>> I will rename my home network as office too.  Maybe this is the
>>> simplist solution.
>>>
>>> Thank you lanwench, very much. At least you guys gave me a working
>>> solution.
>>>
>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>>>
>>>> In news:AD6CD4A6-FEAA-46D2-B478-060530FFD688@microsoft.com,
>>>> Steveg <Ste***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>>>> Thank you for your reply.
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe I didn't make it clear. I run the network setup wizard
>>>>
>>>> You really never need to do that - I haven't once run that wizard
>>>> for any network I've set up.
>>>>
>>>>> and named
>>>>> office network as OFFICE and Homenetwork as my name.
>>>>
>>>> This is just the workgroup name.
>>>>
>>>>> Everyday I go
>>>>> home, I will use the same laptop as the one I use at work. but
>>>>> with different user name. When I bring the laptop back from sleep
>>>>> and log on with the home username, it recoganize the network
>>>>> WORKGROUP name as OFFICE. the laptop can't communicate with the
>>>>> home network and vise versa.
>>>>
>>>> Yes it can :)
>>>>
>>>>> Then I right click on my computer and properties and computer name
>>>>> and change. and rename the Workgroup box to my home network
>>>>> workgroup name. then click
>>>>> ok and it require a reboot. after the reboot, I can communicate
>>>>> with the home network. Then the next morning I go to work, I do
>>>>> the same thing in my office, change names and reboot. it happens
>>>>> to me everyday since i started to do some work at home. It's kind
>>>>> of annoying. I just want to make my life easier.
>>>>
>>>> You don't need to change your workgroup name to access resources
>>>> in a workgroup. Honest. There is no security built into a
>>>> workgroup. If you browse the entire network I bet you see the
>>>> other workgroup.
>>>> If you are really annoyed with this, you could name your home
>>>> network OFFICE too, you know!
>>>>
>>>> You can map drives, you can share printers, etc, with computers in
>>>> a different workgroup. Make sure you can ping them by name (if you
>>>> have the Windows firewall enabled, set an exception for this, and
>>>> for file/print sharing).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> net use x: \\computername\sharename will map a drive, for example.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Steve
>>>>>
>>>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In news:A3A87372-F909-4A9E-B9B4-61AADFB2E99F@microsoft.com,
>>>>>> Steveg <Ste***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>>>>>> I have a laptop on wireless DHCP. 2 user accounts on it. I want
>>>>>>> to use one for office network, and another one to log in to home
>>>>>>> network. All running XP home edition on wireless. How can I
>>>>>>> specify different network names to different user accounts?
>>>>>>> Thanks a lot, this will save me a lot of time. currently I have
>>>>>>> to change network name every time when I need to switch, which
>>>>>>> require a reboot.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm presuming each location has DHCP, right? I'm not quite sure
>>>>>> what you mean by 'change network name.'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. If you mean you're changing your workgroup name, you really
>>>>>> don't need to bother (either natively or with third party
>>>>>> software). A workgroup is just a sort of organizational concept,
>>>>>> rather than any sort of security feature. You can easily access
>>>>>> resources in Workgroup2 while your computer is part of
>>>>>> Workgroup1. The same is true for Windows domains, but since
>>>>>> you're using XP Home, your computer cannot belong to a domain,
>>>>>> so this is not relevant. You can map drives, access
>>>>>> \\computername shares, etc.....you may be prompted to provide
>>>>>> credentials.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2. If you're talking about the wireless access point, and Windows
>>>>>> wireless connectivity, you might see whether your laptop mfr. has
>>>>>> included any sort of management software for it. IBM, Dell
>>>>>> certainly do....you can set up location profiles that specify the
>>>>>> access point, and also other options such as which printer to use
>>>>>> as default, etc.