Help! SBS 2003 - Laptop logging onto domain at work *and* at home

feenster99

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Hi all,
I don't know where to start with this. I'm trying to work out how to setup a laptop so that it can logon to an SBS 2k3 server Domain at work, and do the same at home via VPN.

The Work network consists of an SBS 2K3 server domain using Roaming Profiles and Exchange for email - plugged in via Cat5. The router is a Draytek 2800, so has VPN capability built in.

The Home network is a wireless based one, using a basic Netgear router and nothing else.

How do I set the laptop up so it will work properly in both situations? I know this must be a really common thing to setup, but I can't find out how to do it properly.

Cheers,
Matt
 
hardware profiles

google it, and have a play

once you've setup two profiles, it'll add them to boot menu, so you can have "windows xp pro office" and "windows xp pro home"

you can set ip's or hardware configurations in each one, so you can choose to be at work or at home
 
Yeah i can see why that would be useful, but I need to use exactly the same software and files at home as well as at work, so the solution needs to allow me to authenticate against a domain controller via VPN.

Any ideas?

Matt
 
i'm pretty sure this is what you're looking for, i've never used it before, but my work paid for me to do a microsoft course before, and the lecturer said this is what hardware profiles is for

it'll still be one os, so all files are the same, but hardware settings are different in both 'boots' -ie, you could say disable a wireless controller when in office mode and have a manual ip set on network card, then when in home mode, it can be setup for a home wireless router (or whatever) -have a play with it :)
 
feenster99 said:
Yeah i can see why that would be useful, but I need to use exactly the same software and files at home as well as at work, so the solution needs to allow me to authenticate against a domain controller via VPN.

Any ideas?

Matt
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Why do you need ot authenticate? what's wrong with logging on with your cached profile? Usually there's no need to "set up" anything. Need more details of the problem.
 
oddjob62 said:
Why do you need ot authenticate? what's wrong with logging on with your cached profile? Usually there's no need to "set up" anything. Need more details of the problem.
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Erm, to be honest, I wasn't 100% sure that the profile would be cached, and if it was, what would happen when I logged on "properly" next. I was thinking that I also needed to authenticate to get access to network drives etc, but I could always write a manual script to sort that. Humm, something to think about. Thanks for the advice :)

Matt
 
feenster99 said:
Erm, to be honest, I wasn't 100% sure that the profile would be cached, and if it was, what would happen when I logged on "properly" next. I was thinking that I also needed to authenticate to get access to network drives etc, but I could always write a manual script to sort that. Humm, something to think about. Thanks for the advice :)

Matt
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Log on,
network drives will show as disconnected
Establish VPN.
Click on a network drive
after a pause they should reconnect.
 
Use the SBS connector - install it from the remote web workplace site. You'll need to open a port on your firewall. The VPN connection is great, I can get all the network drives and our international users have it too.

We also use offline files so users can work offline on their documents..
 
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