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From: Paul C. Charleston on 10 Jan 2006 16:25
I have 3-4 laptops running XP Pro which all are part of 2003 domain.
Periodically the users want to be able to share files when they are together
working at a client site. I have worked out the networking logistical issues
by using a wireless router with DHCP. All the computers get IP address and
can ping each other.

When I try to map a drive between two machines the only way it will work is
if I use the primary user login credentials from the machine I am trying to
connect to.

Is there a way to get around this? Can domain memebers work in a peer to
peer fashion when they are not connected to the domain?

Also, this must be as simple as possible for support reasons.
From: Max on 10 Jan 2006 17:16
logon to the local computer rather than to the domain - click on the scroll
down box

"Paul C. Charleston" wrote:

> I have 3-4 laptops running XP Pro which all are part of 2003 domain.
> Periodically the users want to be able to share files when they are together
> working at a client site. I have worked out the networking logistical issues
> by using a wireless router with DHCP. All the computers get IP address and
> can ping each other.
>
> When I try to map a drive between two machines the only way it will work is
> if I use the primary user login credentials from the machine I am trying to
> connect to.
>
> Is there a way to get around this? Can domain memebers work in a peer to
> peer fashion when they are not connected to the domain?
>
> Also, this must be as simple as possible for support reasons.
From: Richard G. Harper on 10 Jan 2006 18:11
Although Max's suggestion will work it won't be simple - or in any case it
will be as "simple" as any peer-to-peer network will be. But if you're
disconnected from the domain you lose all the central security and user
management features, and there's no easy way to replace those services.

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"Paul C. Charleston" <PaulCCharleston(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>I have 3-4 laptops running XP Pro which all are part of 2003 domain.
> Periodically the users want to be able to share files when they are
> together
> working at a client site. I have worked out the networking logistical
> issues
> by using a wireless router with DHCP. All the computers get IP address
> and
> can ping each other.
>
> When I try to map a drive between two machines the only way it will work
> is
> if I use the primary user login credentials from the machine I am trying
> to
> connect to.
>
> Is there a way to get around this? Can domain memebers work in a peer to
> peer fashion when they are not connected to the domain?
>
> Also, this must be as simple as possible for support reasons.


From: Ian on 10 Jan 2006 18:14
Basically, No. The reason is that the domain-controller provides
authentication, so when it's not accesible no sharing works. Although
user-logons are cached, sharing-credentials are not.

If the machines were taken out of the domain they could workgroup, and -
perhaps surprisingly - they could still have limited access to the domain, by
providing a separate authentication. However this separate authentication
would not provide full domain-membership benefits.

The other isue here is that taking the computer out of the domain means a
change of user-account, and associated loss of settings, etc. so you
wouldn't want to do that on a regular basis.

This is an area I need to look-into as it affects our laptop-users. At the
moment that's the best answer I can give you.


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