Sharing folders from 1 domain to a workgroup

[maloaupito]

I have a PC, call it ONE, with NIC cards connected to 2 separate LANs (IPs of 171.17.x.x and 171.16.x.x). This W2K PC belongs to a domain A on 171.16.x.x and has a shared folder. Other W2K PCs on the 171.17.x.x LAN are not part of domain A but rather in their own workgroup B.

From other PCs on the domain A LAN, there is no problem accessing the shared folder on ONE.

The problem is that PCs from workgroup B on LAN 171.17.x.x cannot access the shared folder on ONE despite creating user accounts with passwords for them to do so.

How do I configure this intranet so that workgroup B machines on one LAN can access the shared folder on ONE which is on a different LAN.

Thanks in advance.

 

[pbxman]

A few questions come to mind right off the bat:

1) Is the second LAN part of the root Domain?

2) Are you running a WINS server?

3) Are you running DNS? If so - can you map the share using UNC in the format \\servername\sharename?

4) Is this a TCP/IP network?

Depending on the answers, i'll post this text I found as a general guide for you to go over - reply back if you need further assistance:

If you intend to access your server from another subnet for authentication, you will need to set up LMHOSTS files for each client or configure a WINS server. A sample LMHOSTS file can be found in %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\lmhosts.sam
If you do not need to authenticate across subnets, then clients can access the resources on a server on another subnet simply by specifying the UNC path to the resource e.g. "\\Server\Resource". This succeeds via a DNS lookup, so the server's DNS name must match its computer name and "Use DNS for Windows resolution" must be enabled.

Good luck!

Pbxman
Systems Administrator

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[maloaupito]

1) Is the second LAN part of the root Domain? NO
2) Are you running a WINS server? YES
3) Are you running DNS? YES
If so - can you map the share using UNC in the format \\servername\sharename? I'll try it. Never done it.
4) Is this a TCP/IP network? YES

Thanks for your help!