Re: laptops connect at work but not at home?

In news:5EB8F4DB-EF49-4E7F-A700-B0B7E9D606C6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
mikeindo <mikeindo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted this:
> Firstly, I also posted this into the Broadband Networking and Group
> Policy forums, as it might apply there too. The summary is that
> users' WinXP Pro laptops work fine on our office network but not at
> home, whether they're using dial-up or broadband.
>
> Now here are the details: Initially these laptops belonged to an OU
> on our W2K domain with other office PCs (which have static IPs) and
> the laptops (using DHCP) were used successfully at their homes. Then
> I specified 2 internal DNS servers in the OU's GPO, and that's about
> when the laptops started failing to connect at home. Cable-modem
> users were actually able to ping IP addresses on the Internet, but
> not FQDNs. Convinced then it was strictly a DNS issue, I removed the
> DNS servers from the laptops' Registries (NameServer key under
> HKLM\software\policies\microsoft\WindowsNT\DNSclient) and seemed to
> work on one laptop but, strangely, not the rest! So then I moved
> these laptops into their own OU without any DNS servers set (since
> they get DNS server settings via DHCP anyway), refreshed policy on DC
> and laptops, but still didnt work! Now the cable-modem users can't
> even ping IP addresses. I even removed one laptop from the OU
> altogether, refreshed, and still doesnt work! Meanwhile,
> connectivity at work remains intact...
>
> Other pertitent info: Users log into their laptops at home using the
> same profile as at work (DC info apparently cached), but even logging
> in as another profile (a local one) didnt work. Running ipconfig
> /all in either profile shows FQDN still as
> 'computername.domainname.com', but as said before, it worked at home
> like this before the GPO edit.

In Help and support, Tools, Advanced system information, there is a tool for
checking applied policies.
Carefully look through the policy report for any entry that can cause this.



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