questions about workgroups

I was wondering the limits of workgroups. I have two
offices connected via a bridged T1 and they are on the
same subnet and workgroup. If I wanted to put one office
on a seperate subnet, how would that affect the
workgroup? Is there a way to keep the one office on the
same workgroup, so the user doesn't notice a difference?

On Mon, 17 May 2004 06:46:53 -0700, "Jason"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I was wondering the limits of workgroups. I have two
>offices connected via a bridged T1 and they are on the
>same subnet and workgroup. If I wanted to put one office
>on a seperate subnet, how would that affect the
>workgroup? Is there a way to keep the one office on the
>same workgroup, so the user doesn't notice a difference?

Jason,

You can have a workgroup spanning multiple subnets. Just as you can have
multiple workgroups in the same subnet.

Workgroups are simply ways to group computers, and control what resources will
be seen directly under Network Neighborhood / My Network Places. As long as the
routers connecting your subnets don't block file sharing, you can have computers
on multiple subnets in the same workgroup.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

>-----Original Message-----
>On Mon, 17 May 2004 06:46:53 -0700, "Jason"
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I was wondering the limits of workgroups. I have two
>>offices connected via a bridged T1 and they are on the
>>same subnet and workgroup. If I wanted to put one
office
>>on a seperate subnet, how would that affect the
>>workgroup? Is there a way to keep the one office on the
>>same workgroup, so the user doesn't notice a difference?
>
>Jason,
>
>You can have a workgroup spanning multiple subnets. Just
as you can have
>multiple workgroups in the same subnet.
>
>Workgroups are simply ways to group computers, and
control what resources will
>be seen directly under Network Neighborhood / My Network
Places. As long as the
>routers connecting your subnets don't block file sharing,
you can have computers
>on multiple subnets in the same workgroup.
>
>Cheers,
>Chuck
>Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a
bad thing.
>.
>Ok, thank you. But I do need a router right?

On Mon, 17 May 2004 10:01:44 -0700, "Jason"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>On Mon, 17 May 2004 06:46:53 -0700, "Jason"
>><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>I was wondering the limits of workgroups. I have two
>>>offices connected via a bridged T1 and they are on the
>>>same subnet and workgroup. If I wanted to put one
>office
>>>on a seperate subnet, how would that affect the
>>>workgroup? Is there a way to keep the one office on the
>>>same workgroup, so the user doesn't notice a difference?
>>
>>Jason,
>>
>>You can have a workgroup spanning multiple subnets. Just
>as you can have
>>multiple workgroups in the same subnet.
>>
>>Workgroups are simply ways to group computers, and
>control what resources will
>>be seen directly under Network Neighborhood / My Network
>Places. As long as the
>>routers connecting your subnets don't block file sharing,
>you can have computers
>>on multiple subnets in the same workgroup.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Chuck
>>Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a
>bad thing.
>>.
>>Ok, thank you. But I do need a router right?

To connect multiple subnets, you will need at least one router, yes. If the two
locations are connected by a T1, you would need a router at either end of the
T1.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.