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Laptops for use at home
Name: jefton5 Date: December 14, 2007 at 08:39:35 Pacific OS: XP Pro CPU/Ram: 512 Product: Fujitsu Siemens
Comment:
Hi everyone
I have a problem with my laptop at work. We recently installed a new SBS 2003 server to test. I joined one laptop to the domain.
The problem is that previous to that I could use the laptop at home through my broadband connection. Now I can't connect to the broadband anymore. It just gives 'Limited or No Connectivity' popup.
Does anyone know why that is? Did I configure something wrong or should I change some configuration on the latop?
Name: Curt R Date: December 14, 2007 at 12:00:14 Pacific
Reply:
Check the login screen on the laptop when it comes up. If you have it set to login to the domain, you'll need to change the domain to logging in to the local PC. If you have DHCP enabled, that should be all you need to do (login locally to the PC) to connect to the internet at home.
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Response Number 2
Name: jefton5 Date: December 17, 2007 at 01:19:57 Pacific
Reply:
Hi Curt R
Thanks for your response. The thing is that I also asked another user to take his laptop home after joining the domain to see if he can connect to the internet at home.
The issue with him as well is that his laptop could previously connect to the internet through his home broadband. Now it just won't connect - the same as mine.
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