"no logon servers" on Win2K box...

[VicAcid]

i've got two win2k machines on my home network, a desktop and a laptop. i'm trying to connect to a shared folder on the desktop box from the laptop, going thru explorer using UNCs and net neighborhood. when i try to explore any point of the desktop from the laptop, a dialog box pops up saying something like "couldn't access resource. there are no logon servers available." i can connect from the desktop to a share on the laptop without any problem, so i know my LAN is working.

any ideas how i could connect to the desktop from the laptop? i've checked the networking setup on both machines and they seem to be the same. is this a network user/group issue on the desktop box? that i haven't checked yet.

also, the desktop box is part of a workgroup, while the laptop is part of a domain (my office's domain). considering i can go from domain box->workgroup box, does this setup matter when going from workgroup box->domain box?

thanks in advance--
john

 

[Hoober]

The domain is your problem. The laptop is looking for the DC (Domain Controller) to validate the logon request to the W2K box. But since there isn't a DC on your home LAN the laptop doesn't know where to go to verify the settings.

 

[VicAcid]

thanks, hoober! i appreciate the info.

now, can you tell me if it's possible to set up a hardware profile (or some other kind of profile on win2k) that sets my laptop's net card to use a workgroup instead a domain controller (for when i'm connected to my home LAN versus my office network)?

thanks again!

 

[Woodie]

Somewhere there's another thread going with this type of setup...there some software that'll do it.

Also, you can connect from the workgroup to the domain by forcing a local user id:
DCN= Domain Computer Name
net use * \\DCN\sharename /userCN\localusername *

It'll prompt for the password for the localusername. Type it in, and away you go.

--Woodie