Re: W2K Laptop Networking Questions

From: absolutezero273c (absolutezero273c_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/23/04 

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 07:57:02 -0700

Serverguy,

Thanks for the post.

We are using DHCP on the rest of the network. Just not on the laptops. I had originally set the ip addresses to renew each time they logged on to the network so there would be no delay in their connectivity when trevelling between offices. However, that created a problem when the laptop users try to connect out in the field ( out side of either office). They would not always be able to see each other and I wouldn't be able to tell them what IP address they needed to connect to another laptop. So for now they are all set static and I have reserved ip addressese in each subnet for each nic.

I realize that I should also be able to assign 2 ip address to one nic. But I tried that and had issues. My guess is it was getting hungup on which was primary and secondary and would never get to the secondary ip address which was to represent the subnet in the remote office.

I have a user who came from a different company who is telling me that they never had any problem with these issues and it was all done seemlessly.

They are not technical enough to offer ANY insight. Yet it makes me wonder if there is an answer to all of this or if this is simply what they recall of the previous networking environment.

I have been looking into this and haven't been able to find a solution for this scenario.

"serverguy" wrote:

> For number 3, if you have DHCP and DNS centralized, it should be no problem
> logging onto the same domain from different subnets. Actually, DHCP doesn't
> even need to be centralized - not sure what your problem is with this. Are
> you not using DHCP?
>
> Other than that, I would suggest some sort of colaboration software (MS
> Sharepoint server) or maybe Citrix or a VPN solution.
>
> "absolutezero273c" <absolutezero273c@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:1031E17A-ACB4-46DC-B684-E8B9B4ECAB48@microsoft.com...
> > G'Day, all.
> >
> > I was unable to find what I needed by googleing. Perhaps I am searching
> with the wrong words and was wondering if I might get direction from this
> group.
> >
> > Issue:
> > I have employees that go out into the field together that require the
> ability to "hub" or network together.
> >
> > I had implemented a software called Multi-Network Manager which but it
> doesn't seem to fit the bill so it has been removed from all laptops.
> >
> > At first I thought I could just have them use their cached network account
> but when we tried that it prompts some of them for a logon server. Others
> it does not.
> >
> > If I have them logon locally then they can't always browse to network
> neighborhood and find the other computers as some tell me they have done.
> >
> > We are currently trying a solution that requires a reg hack that allows us
> to share their network profile to their local profile. I believe this may
> be solving the problem of allowing them to use items and data in their
> network profile, but it does nothing, I believe, to relieve the networking
> issues.
> >
> > Objectives:
> > 1. laptop users need to have access to "domain" when in the office and the
> "workgroup" when out of the office.
> >
> > 2. laptop users need access to their cached network profile for access to
> their software and data while they are both on the domain and in the
> workgroup.
> >
> > 3. laptop users need access to 2 different subnets of the domain (main
> office and remote office) without having to manually make the changes.
> Also, will need to connect to each other as referred to in number 1.
> >
> > Is there a quick and dirty solution that would allow me to meet these 3
> requirements?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any assistance or direction.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
>
>
>

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