I know that there are utilities that will switch your settings - designed
specifically for your situation. However, I can't give you any leads on them
since I never used any. Perhaps another lister will point us to the exact
program.

Another way around it is to use a CMD window and execute the NET USE command
to mount a shared resource. This assumes that your laptop and home computer
are on the same IP network (address range). If they both use DHCP, you
should have no trouble. Just find out what the IP address of the sharing
machine is and type in something like this: NET USE J:
\\192.168.0.27\MyShares
This assumes that the IP address is that of the computer that has a shared
resource named "MyShares" on it. That share will appear as drive J: on you
laptop. To end the access, type "NET USE J: /d" - this will disconnect you
from the other computer.

Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> Is there some easy way to share files over an Ethernet hub if the two
> connected computers are not part of the same workgroup or domain?
> 
> I often bring my laptop home from work and want to do some 
> file transfers,
> but my home PC and my work laptop are configured such that my 
> home PC is
> part of a home network and has a workgroup name that does not match my
> laptop (which is part of a domain at work).
> 
> It is too much effort to go through changing domains or 
> workgroup names etc
> each time I want to do a file transfer.
> 
> Can I do it some other way? I have an Ethernet hub and two separate IP
> addresses from my ISP. Both the laptop and my PC are running XP pro.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Michael

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