Re: home network on office computer w/d...

Chuck wrote: 
On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:38:35 -0600, ab <nospam-007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Chuck wrote:

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 23:34:39 -0600, ab <abhi_nav@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

wrote:


Chuck wrote:


On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:13:52 -0600, ab <abhi_nav@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

wrote:



Hi,

I am new to the networking world. I have my office laptop which is 

part

of a domain. I also have another laptop at home and a desktop at 

home. I

have wireless internet through a router at home. Now, I want to 

setup a

home network to transfer files easily between the three computers. How
can I do this? I will really appreciate if someone can point me in the
right direction. a google search yielded:

1. Something about choosing workgroup over domain, but my laptop is
already part of a domain. Can I have both?

thanks,


Do you have wireless Internet working for the office laptop, when 

it's at home?

That's the key. Start with this article, which should cover the 

physical

connectivity issues.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/have-laptop-will-travel.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/have-laptop-will-travel.html

Now, the office laptop can work just as well being a domain member, and
accessing your home workgroup, as joining the workgroup. You won't 

see the

other computers in Network Neighborhood, but they will be there. 

There are

several other connects that you may need to know about, though, so 

read this

article too.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/windows-networking.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/windows-networking.html

And please - save yourself (and your LAN admin) a lot of work. 

Don't go joining

the laptop to the workgroup. If you do that, you'll have to rejoin 

the domain

when you take the laptop back to your office.


okay, unfortunately by the time I read your message, I had already
messed up my network such that it lost the domain. My sys admin was king
enough to explain me and config my domain again.

Another question: I have a wireless card on my notebook. My modem goes
through a router. I want to connect my desktop to the laptop (with the
domain) through a network cable such that I dont have to bring the cable
from the modem to the desktop. Now sure how to do this.


First, learn the difference between physical connection (using either 

Ethernet

or WiFi), and Windows Networking / file sharing authentication using 

domain

membership.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/windows-networking.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/windows-networking.html


<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html>

http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html

Now, how do you intend to use the wireless card on the notebook? 

What will it

connect to?


Okay, let me restate the whole thing along with what I have learnt from
the two links above.

There are two things that I want to accomplish:

1. Access internet from my desktop by using a network cable connected to
a notebook which connects to the internet using wireless router. I
thought this would be possible by simply connecting the two computer via
a network cable but...

2. Setup a small wireless home network to share files between 2
notebooks and the desktop.


Now, what do I have:

one notebook win xp part of a domain, XYZ. Simple file sharing is turned
on.
another notebook win xp, workgroup  XYZ
one desktop with xp home, workgroup XYZ

I understand that each computer will have a different ip address
assigned to it by the router.


I read somewhere that I can setup a ICS. I tried sharing my wireless
network on the notebook Network properties>advanced tools>settings. Maybe
I did not enable all the options needed, but after connecting the
notebook to the desktop via a network cable, I could nont access the
network (internet) from the desktop while it was working fine on the
notebook. The network cable port on the notebook was lighted red, while
it was green on the desktop.

This is all I have. How to proceed? I really appreciate your help. 


OK, I'm starting (just) to get the picture.

You have a total of 3 computers, a router, and a broadband modem.  There are 3
possible scenarios to connect them.
1) Connect the router to the modem, and connect all 3 computers to the router.
2) Connect the router to the modem, computers 1 and 2 to the router, and the 3rd
computer to computer 1, thru a second connection.
3) Connect computer 1 to the modem, connect the router to a second connection on
computer 1, and connect computers 2 and 3 to the router.

Scenario #1 is the simplest by far.  Scenario #2 is used when computer #3 can't
connect to the router. Scenario #3 is used when the modem doesn't have an
Ethernet port (either USB, or PPP/serial).  When scenarios #2 and 3 are
necessary, computer #1 runs ICS to share the Internet connection.

Both scenarios #2 and 3 are hella more work than scenario #1, in the long run.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/ics-is-ok-but-you-can-do-better.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/ics-is-ok-but-you-can-do-better.html

Which scenario describes your network?  Let's start there.  First, get the
physical layout described, then we have to mix in the domain issue.

Currently, I have all three computers connected to the modem individually. The workgroup on two of them is the same as the domain on one. Now, do I have to share specific folders in order to see these computers on the others?
.

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