Domain & Workgroup with Winxp?

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I shuttle my notebook between office and home.

In office, I need the notebook to logon to the office lan with domain
setting (eg. Domain: myoffice.com).

When back home, my home lan is on workgroup (eg. HomeLan). When the
notebook is back home, I can logon to the notebook's winxp logon (wireless)
but cannot see the other computer in the workgroup. My other client wired
pc at home is 192.168.2.199 and my notebook (wireless) is 192.168.2.110.

How do I set the notebook to be able to logon to the workgroup at home and
be able to logon to the office domain in the office?

Regards
Walter Wu
 
MeNmyself said:
I shuttle my notebook between office and home.

In office, I need the notebook to logon to the office lan with domain
setting (eg. Domain: myoffice.com).

When back home, my home lan is on workgroup (eg. HomeLan). When the
notebook is back home, I can logon to the notebook's winxp logon (wireless)
but cannot see the other computer in the workgroup. My other client wired
pc at home is 192.168.2.199 and my notebook (wireless) is 192.168.2.110.

How do I set the notebook to be able to logon to the workgroup at home and
be able to logon to the office domain in the office?

Regards
Walter Wu
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I am not certain that I understand the question but I think that your
problem can be solved by setting up a "Alternative Configuration". Go
control panel/network connections/right click your connection/highlight
"Internet Protocol(TCP/IP)/click on Properties/click on "Alternate
Configuration". Setup the specs on your home network(no domain). I have
not used this feature and I may be mistaken, but I believe that when your
computer is unable to find a domain controller, it will revert to the
alternative configuration.

Dave H.
 
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