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Connect Win2K Pro laptop from work to Win2K Pro at home

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I've used Direct Cable Connection for file sharing. However, it's too slow. Beside, I have all of the networking components,10Mbps hub, 10/100 NICs, 10Mbps PCMCIA,and Cat 5 cables. I want to use them and I am a greenhorn on networking.

My work laptop to set up to connect to a domain at work. It seems that I need to upgrade my home PC to Win2K Server and set up a Domain Controller so that I can connect my work laptop to it. I don't have admin rights on my work laptop. Can I set up my laptop to connect to join a new domain?

Alternatively, can I use a cross-over cable to connect the two Win2K Pro machines? If yes, please tell me how.

I understand there is also a USB option. However, I think it only go up to 7Mbps. If I can set up the 10Mbps hub, I will upgradethe hub and PCMCIA to 10/100.

Thanks in advance.
 
If you don't have admin rights on the laptop, I think you'll have a lot of difficulty setting things up. Upgrading the home PC to server won't help. Crossover cabling might be all you need for hardware, but to set up a peer-to-peer home network, you need to assure identical logons and workgroups. I think you need admin rights to do that. Check out http://www.practicallynetworked.com/. Good Luck!!!
 
When you say admin rights, is that rights on the network or on the "local machine"? If you have admin privledges on the local machine then you might be able to setup a workgroup for your home network. You wouldn't even have to upgrade your other machine. I believe USB will give you 12Mbps, but that will only work for file transfer, no sharing printers or internet connections.
 
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