Connect Laptop from different domain

I have a home network using a Linksys router. All my computers have DHCP
and are set to the same workgroup. I have a laptop from work that I want to
attach to the network.
It also is configured to use DHCP, but it's on the work domain. Whenever I
want to attach it, I have to change it from the work domain to my local
workgroup (I'm not running a DNS
server at home). I also have to change the proxy settings. This isn't SO
bad, except when I go back to work I have to add it back to the domain
(which means I have to get the network
people to drop it from the DNS server and then re-attach it).

Is there a simpler way of doing this? When I look at network neighborhood,
I can see the work domain in the Microsoft Network. But I can't see the
laptop in it.

If there's a set of pages I can read to set this up, that would be great.

Thanks

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> I have a home network using a Linksys router. All my computers have
> DHCP and are set to the same workgroup. I have a laptop from work
> that I want to attach to the network.
> It also is configured to use DHCP, but it's on the work domain.
> Whenever I want to attach it, I have to change it from the work
> domain to my local workgroup (I'm not running a DNS
> server at home). I also have to change the proxy settings. This
> isn't SO bad, except when I go back to work I have to add it back to
> the domain (which means I have to get the network
> people to drop it from the DNS server and then re-attach it).
>
> Is there a simpler way of doing this? When I look at network
> neighborhood, I can see the work domain in the Microsoft Network.
> But I can't see the laptop in it.
>
> If there's a set of pages I can read to set this up, that would be
> great.
>
> Thanks


I believe there's a 3rd party tool called Netswitcher that can do this. But
you will still need to be an admin to join the domain. Since you are admin,
and when you disjoin your machine, your machine account still exists. By
default a domain user account can add up to 10 machines to an AD domain. I
don't understand 'removing it from DNS' unless you mean from AD? I wouldn't
see needing that to be done.

Otherwise, what you're doing is the best bet, unless when you take it home,
just long on locally instead of disjoining it. You can still logon with
cached credentials. If you have any problems, then just logon locally. Put
your My Doc folder on the C drive so you can access it whether you log on
locally or with the domain account.

As for changing the network settings, since you have DHCP at home and at
work, I would just keep it that way. When you are home, it will acquire an
IP from your router.



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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory

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