I have a notebook and a desktop. The notebook connects hardwired to a domain at the clients office and wirelessly to the network at home. The desktop is at the clients home and is part of a workgroup. By that, I mean in network identification it has a user name and is set up as part of a workgroup. There really is no workgroup because the desktop is the only computer that is set up this way. Previously the notebook was running W2000 and the desktop W98. The client could share the printer when he is at home and connected to the wireless network and the desktop is hard wired to the wireless access point. The client said that the configuration was the same as it is now. How he described it to me is that the notebook would have two separate printers installed and defined. The desktop would act as the host when he was in another room and he could print wirelessly.The printer is set up with a switchbox to be shared between the two pc?s and he prints direct when he is in the same room. His son in law set it up but does not remember how he did it. He was able to print his document from whichever pc he was using. Then his notebook was imaged and he has not been able to connect since. He then upgraded the W98 desktop to W2000. I found that the second parallel card was not installed and set up the printer on lpt1 and it works fine. But I still don?t know how to set up the two of pc?s on the home network. Both machines have TCP/IP IPX?SPX and NetBeui, Microsoft for networks and file and printer sharing. The printer is also shared.
I guess my question is this. Can the notebook be configured to be a part of the home workgroup without interfering with the domain that is set up on the notebook that he connects hardwired to at the office?