Home Network - Mapping a Network Drive

[wklovell]

I have a laptop that has a standard ethernet card in it and I put a wireless card in it as well. When I hard wire it into the hub I can map my home computer on it as a drive and share the printers etc. However when I use the wireless card I can get to the net, but when I try to map a drive using the same share name it tells me its not found. Any ideas?

I thought that my linksys 4 port hub would treat an address that it accepts wirelessly and one that it accepts hard-wired the same way.

Thanks.

[DemonBob]

Is should, does your router support DHCP? It could be that its not assigning your laptop with an IP address, also make sure your laptop and home computer are one the same workgroup.

[wklovell]

Yep, it does support DHCP and its doing its thing like its supposed to. The two show up as having sequential IP addresses one above the other. That's what makes it so weird. The laptop gets out and I can surf the net just fine on the wireless connection. And I can both surf externally plus share printers etc. on the local machine if its hard wired.

This may or may not add a clue...

I can't see any other machine's regardless of configuration when I try to "add a network place" or even when I add the shared printer. It doesn't show any network places except the Microsoft Windows network (which is empty). When I do use the shared printer I have to enter the address by hand for it to work. It doesn't show up as one that I can select.

Any other ideas?

Thanks again,
Ken

[wklovell]

I just read your first reply more closely, and I think the workgroup piece may be the answer. Since the laptop is from work and is set up with the appropriate work network stuff, I didn't add it to the home work group. How do I do that?

Thanks,
Ken

[wklovell]

It appears that my problem may be partly because my laptop is from work and is part of a work domain that my home computer is not part of.

So, is it possible to have my laptop be part of BOTH a work domain and a home workgroup? My home computer is running Windows XP Home and the laptop is running Windows XP Professional.

Thanks,
Ken