Re: Sharing a drive on differnet workgroups
- From: "Dave Harry" <DaveHarry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:27:34 +1100
Try \\192.168.1.100 or \\<computername>.
It should work regardless of workgroups or domains.
AFAIK, <computername> must be unique regardless of workgroup name
HTH
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Dave Harry
"Bob" <tsreyb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have several gig on my work laptop that needs copying to my home
> desktop. The laptop runs XP Pro, and is set up for connection to my
> work's NT domain, named "XYZ". My home PC is a standalone unit running
> XP MCE, which was initially configured for a workgroup named "ABC".
>
> The two machines can ping each other, and even I can FTP between them.
>
> Is there a way for my home PC to access my laptop's shared drive? Using
> Explorer, I cannot connect to it specifying "\\XYZ\192.168.1.100"
> (192.168.1.100 being the IP Address is assigned to my laptop at home
> via DHCP)
>
> Ideally, I'd like to avoid changing either of the computers to a
> domain/workgroup matching the other. But if it must be done, I guess
> the home PC is the best candidate for a change, since that would be
> less impactful.
>
> Thanks,
> -Bob
> Andover, MA
>
.
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