Trying to Connect work laptop at home

[untruehero]

Hi everyone,

I have a work laptop and I'm trying to connect it to my home network. I can get it to work if i disable all the settings for the work network but that is a pain. it has a defualt gateway and a preferred dns server set up. aslo dhcp is enabled in case that means anything. from what i read it sounded like i could just go into alternate configuration and make sure it says obtain an ip address automatically. well that didnt work. under status and support of the local connectiong it is still saying my defualt gateway is the work one. i am running the laptop through a router at home. can someone please help thanks.

scott

[bailey]

did you try making a NEW connection for use at home, it will then give you 2 seperate lan connections, one for work and one for home.

but then I am assuming that you have xp-pro installed

[untruehero]

hey bailey, it is XP Prof. but when i try to make a new connection it says im already says im set up for that type of connection and wont let me make one.

[bailey]

ok then try this option:
create a new user, and log on as that user , then see if you can create a new lan connection.

I normall only need to change the workgroup name, to use another lan connection

[untruehero]

it wont let me make a new user because something with the domains...they have it set up with two logins one for the buisness and one for just this computer i tried deleting the ip settings for just this computer but it deletes it for all login names.

[spyder003]

Have you tried just logging on to the computer name and setting it up that way?

[untruehero]

it's because of the domain.... which i deleted...and now i cant get it back because im not on the domain...Im not sure where to go from here...