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XP/2000 Domain & Workgroup Networking

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by dukes

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I am having difficulty trying to switch between the Domain at the office and my workgroup at home. Win 2k on one laptop XP Pro on the other, so far I have not been successful with eather system. I have connected to the domain with both systems. I have also connected to my router when at home with both systems. I have not yet been able to log on as the home user and then connect to the router after having been connected to the domain at the office. When at home I need to connect to my router for internet access and workgroup. When at the office I need to log in to the Domain. I have tried using two different login names and associated settings but no real luck. If I connect to the Domain I can't get back to the workgroup when at home. Is this nubie leaving out important steps? Or is this just not something I should be trying to do?

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by dukes

Thanks so much for this help. I have downloaded the pgm. and will try tomarrow.

by deadly ernest

try setting up an alternate network configuration, on the Xp you access this by 'Control Panel', 'Network Connections', right click the local area network icon and select 'Properties', select 'Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)' and click the properties button.

This opens a window with two tabs 'General' and 'Alternate Configuration'. Set up the general for the domain account settings, then set up the 'Alternate Configuration' for the work group setting (using a static IP address for the work group is usually best). Thus the system should recognise either or both connections and repsond to them. I have a PC set up this way at home.

A similar set up can also be done for the W2K machine.

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