cross domain shareing

Dr Zoidberg

Dr Zoidberg

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Hoping to find an easy solution to this one :)

All our main PC's are set up on the network under a domain (lets call it Domain1)

We have a CNC machine with computer onboard connected to a hub along with a stand alone PC connected to a piece of measuring hardware,
The PC talks to the CNC to make corrections.
These are both in a seperate domain from the rest of the netwrok,(lets call it Domain2)

The standalone PC has been set up with a drive share and is visible to some users in domain1

I need to make the drive from the CNC machine also visiable to these users in domain1.
I have set up a share as i normally would and it is visible to the standalone in domain2 but not to users in domain1

Is there anything very differant that needs to be done to make a share work across differant domains ? or have i possibly missed something simple ?

Anything anyone can suggest will be greatfully recieved and looked at.

Thanks
 
Dr Zoidberg said:
What i have called domain1 is running in active directory,

But as far as i know what i have called domain2 isn't.
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What you could do is set domain1 as the primary AD server, and then domain 2 as secondary. Thatway you can access both servers just by using the unc path function \\servername.

If however your talking about a workgroup domain then 2 different workgroups can't see each other.
 
zen62619 said:
What you could do is set domain1 as the primary AD server, and then domain 2 as secondary. Thatway you can access both servers just by using the unc path function \\servername.

If however your talking about a workgroup domain then 2 different workgroups can't see each other.
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There's nothing to stop a pc on one workgroup accessing a pc on another workgroup. Just as long as there is a match in username/password.
 
oddjob62 said:
There's nothing to stop a pc on one workgroup accessing a pc on another workgroup. Just as long as there is a match in username/password.
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If they are in different workgroups like I said. They can't see each other. Password synchronization is for if they are in the same workgroup or domain.
 
zen62619 said:
If they are in different workgroups like I said. They can't see each other. Password synchronization is for if they are in the same workgroup or domain.
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Workgroups don't make any difference, you can still do \\hostname and connect to a workstation in a different workgroup.
 
Thanks both of you,

From the look of things there is no reason for the CNC to not show up to the users that want it, looks like the CNC needs looking over to triple check settings.

The PC in the other group shows fine but the CNC isnt so should be something to do with that.
 
When you say it "doesn't show up" are you doing \\hostname? or looking for it in network neighborhood?

What if they try \\ip_address?
 
As someone pointed out, try \\IPADDRESS\ and see if it offers you any shares (you will likely need to authenticate).
 
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