WIN 2000 connectivity issues with my home XP Network

Jin;

Its a long shot, but have you tried connecting via IP?
IE: start--- run-- \\10.10.0.1 (IP of other computer)

Rob Rech
>-----Original Message-----
>I'd appreciate any help on the attched issue.
>
>I have a Win XP home office network with currently 2
PC's connected to my LAN. I have file sharing and
printer sharing setup with no issues. My challenge is
connecting my office Win 2000 laptop to my home network
to connect to the printers attached to these two
machines. I have no problems sharing my broadband modem
connected to my DLink router between these three
computers. However when I try to add a remote printer
(which is directly attached to one of my home machines)
onto my office laptop it gives me the message:
>
>"\\Family is not accessible." Family is the name of one
of my home PC's connecxted to my home workgroup. "There
are currentlyt no logon servers available to service this
logon request."
>
>My laptop was working before but has not since the
company changed domains. I can not change the config on
my office laptop since it can impact my abaility to
connect to my corporate network. Is there anything I can
do on my home network or systems to facilitate sharing
with my office laptop.
>
>I have run out of ideas. Any help woulf be apprecaited.
>
>Thanks/Jim
>.
>

Rob:

I did try that but got the same error message.

Thanks/jim

"Rob" wrote:

> Jin;
>
> Its a long shot, but have you tried connecting via IP?
> IE: start--- run-- \\10.10.0.1 (IP of other computer)
>
> Rob Rech
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I'd appreciate any help on the attched issue.
> >
> >I have a Win XP home office network with currently 2
> PC's connected to my LAN. I have file sharing and
> printer sharing setup with no issues. My challenge is
> connecting my office Win 2000 laptop to my home network
> to connect to the printers attached to these two
> machines. I have no problems sharing my broadband modem
> connected to my DLink router between these three
> computers. However when I try to add a remote printer
> (which is directly attached to one of my home machines)
> onto my office laptop it gives me the message:
> >
> >"\\Family is not accessible." Family is the name of one
> of my home PC's connecxted to my home workgroup. "There
> are currentlyt no logon servers available to service this
> logon request."
> >
> >My laptop was working before but has not since the
> company changed domains. I can not change the config on
> my office laptop since it can impact my abaility to
> connect to my corporate network. Is there anything I can
> do on my home network or systems to facilitate sharing
> with my office laptop.
> >
> >I have run out of ideas. Any help woulf be apprecaited.
> >
> >Thanks/Jim
> >.
> >
>