Connecting a laptop to a desktop, which is in a domain

[GreenGhost]

Hi,

All I want is to access a desktop from my laptop. The desktop has a fixed IP, XP Pro. The laptop has Vista Home, so I won't be joining the domain anyway. I don't have an IP for this laptop. I have a switch at hand, and the desktop has a dual nic.

I went to the TCP/IP props of the 2nd desktop nic and defined a fixed IP 10.10.10.10. I used 10.10.10.11 in the laptop. I can ping the desktop from the laptop, but it doesn't work the other way around. The laptop doesn't find any other computer. I don't know what else I must do. Do Vista and XP computers see each other?

Is there a way to make this work? I just wanted to have my own cublicle-wide network and avoid all the hassle.

 

[Fardringle]

If your company policy permits you to have a personal computer connected to the office network, then have the office IT personnel do it for you. They'll make sure everything works and won't interfere with other computers and applications on the network.

If the company policy doesn't allow you to do this, then don't do it.

 

[kevnich2]

All I can say is that if an employee on my network ever ATTEMPTED to do this, I would have that person's network access stripped and recommend that he be shown the door. Something like what your doing can severely cripple a network. You DO NOT just plug in a hub and start assigning network IP's to your own computers on a company network.