We have set up a home network and have a wireless router. Everything is
working perfectly with our daughter's system in her room and with my
husband's laptop when he brings it home from work. Everyone can print to
the printer that is connected to our desktop system.
My husband just got a new laptop. He can connect to the network via the
wireless router, but we cannot seem to connect him to the printer. Have we
just forgotten how to do that?? When we try to "add a printer" and do a
search, we do not have the option to "search for available printers." What
steps do we need to take to enable him to print from his new laptop via
the wireless network connection like he used to be able to do on his old
laptop?
"BK" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:ubXlOphgHHA.284@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Using XP-Media Edition.
>
> We have set up a home network and have a wireless router. Everything is
> working perfectly with our daughter's system in her room and with my
> husband's laptop when he brings it home from work. Everyone can print to
> the printer that is connected to our desktop system.
>
> My husband just got a new laptop. He can connect to the network via the
> wireless router, but we cannot seem to connect him to the printer. Have
> we just forgotten how to do that?? When we try to "add a printer" and do
> a search, we do not have the option to "search for available printers."
> What steps do we need to take to enable him to print from his new laptop
> via the wireless network connection like he used to be able to do on his
> old laptop?
>
I tried searching "network places" and our home network did not show up. So
I have to add a new network connection to the laptop? My husband's new
laptop was set up at work and was joined to the domain and the network
there. If I add a new network connection to our home network, will that
interfere with his work related stuff?
"Don Schmidt" <Don Retired Engineer@PNB.1987> wrote in message
news:132dk5511nnqpbc@corp.supernews.com...
> Try searching your "Network Places".
>
>
> --
> Don
> Quid pro quo.
>
>
> "BK" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:ubXlOphgHHA.284@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Using XP-Media Edition.
>>
>> We have set up a home network and have a wireless router. Everything is
>> working perfectly with our daughter's system in her room and with my
>> husband's laptop when he brings it home from work. Everyone can print
>> to the printer that is connected to our desktop system.
>>
>> My husband just got a new laptop. He can connect to the network via the
>> wireless router, but we cannot seem to connect him to the printer. Have
>> we just forgotten how to do that?? When we try to "add a printer" and
>> do a search, we do not have the option to "search for available
>> printers." What steps do we need to take to enable him to print from his
>> new laptop via the wireless network connection like he used to be able to
>> do on his old laptop?
>>
>
>
> I tried searching "network places" and our home network did not show up.
Go to Wireless Connections in Start-Connect to-Show all connections and Show
all available networks. You then need to set up a second wireless network.
Presumably your wireless at home is secure?
Having multiple networks shouldn't cause a problem. It wouldn't be any
different than going on a trip and connecting to every motel network along
the way.
Try looking in Network Connections (Control Panel) and see if your home
network shows up there. It's been awhile since I connected up what was my
laptop (daughter confiscated it - she's a sophomore in high school).
--
Don
Vancouver, USA
"BK" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>I tried searching "network places" and our home network did not show up.
>So I have to add a new network connection to the laptop? My husband's new
>laptop was set up at work and was joined to the domain and the network
>there. If I add a new network connection to our home network, will that
>interfere with his work related stuff?
>
>
>
>
>
> "Don Schmidt" <Don Retired Engineer@PNB.1987> wrote in message
> news:132dk5511nnqpbc@corp.supernews.com...
>> Try searching your "Network Places".
>>
>>
>> --
>> Don
>> Quid pro quo.
>>
>>
>> "BK" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:ubXlOphgHHA.284@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Using XP-Media Edition.
>>>
>>> We have set up a home network and have a wireless router. Everything is
>>> working perfectly with our daughter's system in her room and with my
>>> husband's laptop when he brings it home from work. Everyone can print
>>> to the printer that is connected to our desktop system.
>>>
>>> My husband just got a new laptop. He can connect to the network via the
>>> wireless router, but we cannot seem to connect him to the printer.
>>> Have we just forgotten how to do that?? When we try to "add a printer"
>>> and do a search, we do not have the option to "search for available
>>> printers." What steps do we need to take to enable him to print from
>>> his new laptop via the wireless network connection like he used to be
>>> able to do on his old laptop?
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
*DON'T* change the laptop's network settings and *do* *not* try to join
the laptop to your home network! If you do the laptop will be disjoined
from the work domain and the trust relationship with the domain will be
destroyed! After that your husband will not be able to reconnect to his
work domain and the only way he will be able to logon to the laptop will
be by logging on with the built-in administrator account. To rejoin the
domain your husband will then have to ask the domain administrator to
rejoin the laptop to the domain.
Your husband can use the home network's resources by connecting to them
with the NET USE command, or you can rename the home network to match
the domain's name. See here: http://www.chicagotech.net/workgroupnet.htm
Many companies have policies that allow employees to use their laptops
at home. If the company allows this your husband should asks the guys
in the IT department for help and advice.
John
BK wrote:
> I tried searching "network places" and our home network did not show up. So
> I have to add a new network connection to the laptop? My husband's new
> laptop was set up at work and was joined to the domain and the network
> there. If I add a new network connection to our home network, will that
> interfere with his work related stuff?
>
>
>
>
>
> "Don Schmidt" <Don Retired Engineer@PNB.1987> wrote in message
> news:132dk5511nnqpbc@corp.supernews.com...
>
>>Try searching your "Network Places".
>>
>>
>>--
>>Don
>>Quid pro quo.
>>
>>
>>"BK" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>news:ubXlOphgHHA.284@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Using XP-Media Edition.
>>>
>>>We have set up a home network and have a wireless router. Everything is
>>>working perfectly with our daughter's system in her room and with my
>>>husband's laptop when he brings it home from work. Everyone can print
>>>to the printer that is connected to our desktop system.
>>>
>>>My husband just got a new laptop. He can connect to the network via the
>>>wireless router, but we cannot seem to connect him to the printer. Have
>>>we just forgotten how to do that?? When we try to "add a printer" and
>>>do a search, we do not have the option to "search for available
>>>printers." What steps do we need to take to enable him to print from his
>>>new laptop via the wireless network connection like he used to be able to
>>>do on his old laptop?
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
Why is this different than going from motel to motel on a trip? Seems you
would be linking onto a network in both cases.
--
Don
Vancouver, USA
"John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:unbcfjngHHA.2640@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> *DON'T* change the laptop's network settings and *do* *not* try to join
> the laptop to your home network! If you do the laptop will be disjoined
> from the work domain and the trust relationship with the domain will be
> destroyed! After that your husband will not be able to reconnect to his
> work domain and the only way he will be able to logon to the laptop will
> be by logging on with the built-in administrator account. To rejoin the
> domain your husband will then have to ask the domain administrator to
> rejoin the laptop to the domain.
>
> Your husband can use the home network's resources by connecting to them
> with the NET USE command, or you can rename the home network to match
> the domain's name. See here: http://www.chicagotech.net/workgroupnet.htm
>
> Many companies have policies that allow employees to use their laptops at
> home. If the company allows this your husband should asks the guys in the
> IT department for help and advice.
>
> John
>
> BK wrote:
>
>> I tried searching "network places" and our home network did not show up.
>> So I have to add a new network connection to the laptop? My husband's
>> new laptop was set up at work and was joined to the domain and the
>> network there. If I add a new network connection to our home network,
>> will that interfere with his work related stuff?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Don Schmidt" <Don Retired Engineer@PNB.1987> wrote in message
>> news:132dk5511nnqpbc@corp.supernews.com...
>>
>>>Try searching your "Network Places".
>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>Don
>>>Quid pro quo.
>>>
>>>
>>>"BK" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>>news:ubXlOphgHHA.284@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>>Using XP-Media Edition.
>>>>
>>>>We have set up a home network and have a wireless router. Everything is
>>>>working perfectly with our daughter's system in her room and with my
>>>>husband's laptop when he brings it home from work. Everyone can print
>>>>to the printer that is connected to our desktop system.
>>>>
>>>>My husband just got a new laptop. He can connect to the network via the
>>>>wireless router, but we cannot seem to connect him to the printer.
>>>>Have we just forgotten how to do that?? When we try to "add a printer"
>>>>and do a search, we do not have the option to "search for available
>>>>printers." What steps do we need to take to enable him to print from
>>>>his new laptop via the wireless network connection like he used to be
>>>>able to do on his old laptop?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
When you go to a motel you still logon with your domain credentials.
You don't change your domain and you don't logon to the motel's network.
If you change the domain to a workgroup you will no longer be able to
long to the laptop except with the built-in Administrator account, and
you will not be able to logon to the domain until the machine is
rejoined to the domain.
John
Don Schmidt wrote:
> John,
>
> Why is this different than going from motel to motel on a trip? Seems you
> would be linking onto a network in both cases.
>
>
Hmmmm! I don't ever actually "add a new network connection" when at a
hotel or anyplace with a wireless router. Any my husband's new laptop
connects at home through our wireless router without any problem. All we
want to do is enable him to print to the printer like he used to be able
to do on his old laptop.
"Don Schmidt" <Don Retired Engineer@PNB.1987> wrote in message
news:132ejgm1c73pafb@corp.supernews.com...
> Having multiple networks shouldn't cause a problem. It wouldn't be any
> different than going on a trip and connecting to every motel network along
> the way.
>
> Try looking in Network Connections (Control Panel) and see if your home
> network shows up there. It's been awhile since I connected up what was my
> laptop (daughter confiscated it - she's a sophomore in high school).
>
>
> --
> Don
> Vancouver, USA
>
>
> "BK" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:eAWD80igHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>I tried searching "network places" and our home network did not show up.
>>So I have to add a new network connection to the laptop? My husband's new
>>laptop was set up at work and was joined to the domain and the network
>>there. If I add a new network connection to our home network, will that
>>interfere with his work related stuff?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Don Schmidt" <Don Retired Engineer@PNB.1987> wrote in message
>> news:132dk5511nnqpbc@corp.supernews.com...
>>> Try searching your "Network Places".
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Don
>>> Quid pro quo.
>>>
>>>
>>> "BK" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ubXlOphgHHA.284@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> Using XP-Media Edition.
>>>>
>>>> We have set up a home network and have a wireless router. Everything
>>>> is working perfectly with our daughter's system in her room and with
>>>> my husband's laptop when he brings it home from work. Everyone can
>>>> print to the printer that is connected to our desktop system.
>>>>
>>>> My husband just got a new laptop. He can connect to the network via
>>>> the wireless router, but we cannot seem to connect him to the printer.
>>>> Have we just forgotten how to do that?? When we try to "add a
>>>> printer" and do a search, we do not have the option to "search for
>>>> available printers." What steps do we need to take to enable him to
>>>> print from his new laptop via the wireless network connection like he
>>>> used to be able to do on his old laptop?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
I agree that I do not want to "add a network connection" and change the
laptop's settings from work. The laptop has no problem connecting via the
wireless router to our home network so that he can have web access. The
only thing that doesn't seem to be working like it did on his old laptop is
that he cannot print from his new laptop to our home printer.
Any specific places I should be looking on his new laptop for boxes to
check???
"John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:unbcfjngHHA.2640@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> *DON'T* change the laptop's network settings and *do* *not* try to join
> the laptop to your home network! If you do the laptop will be disjoined
> from the work domain and the trust relationship with the domain will be
> destroyed! After that your husband will not be able to reconnect to his
> work domain and the only way he will be able to logon to the laptop will
> be by logging on with the built-in administrator account. To rejoin the
> domain your husband will then have to ask the domain administrator to
> rejoin the laptop to the domain.
>
> Your husband can use the home network's resources by connecting to them
> with the NET USE command, or you can rename the home network to match
> the domain's name. See here: http://www.chicagotech.net/workgroupnet.htm
>
> Many companies have policies that allow employees to use their laptops at
> home. If the company allows this your husband should asks the guys in the
> IT department for help and advice.
>
> John
>
> BK wrote:
>
>> I tried searching "network places" and our home network did not show up.
>> So I have to add a new network connection to the laptop? My husband's
>> new laptop was set up at work and was joined to the domain and the
>> network there. If I add a new network connection to our home network,
>> will that interfere with his work related stuff?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Don Schmidt" <Don Retired Engineer@PNB.1987> wrote in message
>> news:132dk5511nnqpbc@corp.supernews.com...
>>
>>>Try searching your "Network Places".
>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>Don
>>>Quid pro quo.
>>>
>>>
>>>"BK" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>>news:ubXlOphgHHA.284@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>>Using XP-Media Edition.
>>>>
>>>>We have set up a home network and have a wireless router. Everything is
>>>>working perfectly with our daughter's system in her room and with my
>>>>husband's laptop when he brings it home from work. Everyone can print
>>>>to the printer that is connected to our desktop system.
>>>>
>>>>My husband just got a new laptop. He can connect to the network via the
>>>>wireless router, but we cannot seem to connect him to the printer.
>>>>Have we just forgotten how to do that?? When we try to "add a printer"
>>>>and do a search, we do not have the option to "search for available
>>>>printers." What steps do we need to take to enable him to print from
>>>>his new laptop via the wireless network connection like he used to be
>>>>able to do on his old laptop?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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