I have a laptop that I use for work, and it is in my work's network domain. When I go home, I cannot join my home network's workgroup, because that would require me to leave my work's network domain. (I can't leave my work's network domain, because I can't rejoin it by myself... I would need the IT department to do it). So since I can't join my home network, I can't share files or share printers. I can easily get around sharing files, but it's annoying when I can't connect to my home printer through my home network. Does anyone know a way to print to a networked printer without being in that network's workgroup? I can ping my home computer that is sharing the printer, but I just can't connect to the printer because I'm not in the network workgroup.
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Try getting into the computer that is sharing the printer by opening the windows explorer and going to //computer-name-that-is-sharing-the-printer/
I already tried that ( \\computername\ ). However, it doesn't work... probably because I'm not in the network workgroup. But then I tried \\computeripaddress\, and that actually worked! For example, I typed \\192.168.1.104\, which is the local ip address. Thanks for the help.
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Try to add a workgroup for your house,
or create a profile and switch to it when you get home.
or create a profile and switch to it when you get home.
Yeah, creating a Windows profile would probably work. I already have a workgroup for my house. The problem is that if I leave my work's domain to join my house's workgroup, I can't rejoin my work's domain.
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