hi guys
hope you can help. I have a wireless work xp laptop that I use in a wireless network at home, and also to access my office via a vpn connection (cisco vpn client) with a domain account. all works fine. i also have a pc which is connected directly to my adsl gateway. its a standalone machine, part of a workgroup with the same name as the domain on the laptop. my question is how can I see/copy files between the 2. they both have correct ip addresses (both with a 192.168.1.x address with the same subnet and dns addresses, the gateway/router being the dns server). i added the server details to each others hosts file, no luck. This is when it is NOT connected to the VPN.
both machines are xp. I have disabled firewall on the pc (sp2) and there is no firewall on the laptop (sp1).
I am in a position where i can now ping the pc from the laptop, and see the c drive. i can also copy files from the pc to the laptop. however, i cannot even ping the laptop from the pc, let alone copy files. and if i try to copy files to the pc from hte laptop, i get access denied messages.
to me its an authentication issue (one a domain machine, one a standalone). i just don't know how to get around it. can anyone help?
Cheers
hope you can help. I have a wireless work xp laptop that I use in a wireless network at home, and also to access my office via a vpn connection (cisco vpn client) with a domain account. all works fine. i also have a pc which is connected directly to my adsl gateway. its a standalone machine, part of a workgroup with the same name as the domain on the laptop. my question is how can I see/copy files between the 2. they both have correct ip addresses (both with a 192.168.1.x address with the same subnet and dns addresses, the gateway/router being the dns server). i added the server details to each others hosts file, no luck. This is when it is NOT connected to the VPN.
both machines are xp. I have disabled firewall on the pc (sp2) and there is no firewall on the laptop (sp1).
I am in a position where i can now ping the pc from the laptop, and see the c drive. i can also copy files from the pc to the laptop. however, i cannot even ping the laptop from the pc, let alone copy files. and if i try to copy files to the pc from hte laptop, i get access denied messages.
to me its an authentication issue (one a domain machine, one a standalone). i just don't know how to get around it. can anyone help?
Cheers