Laptop Domain access

[computerdragon79]

I'm having a problem with my windows 2000 server domain. I recently reinstalled Win 2K server to fix a lot of security holes that were present from the administrator before me. Everything went smoothly, except now laptops outside the domain cannot get in (including mine, but I can cheat by using Pc Anywhere or joining my laptop to the domain, since I have all the passwords). How do I open the domain so that people using a laptop can access the shared resources, WITHOUT having to join the domain themselves? Before, the domain showed up as another workgroup for anyone in the room using a laptop, but it no longer shows up, and when you try to manually browse to it, access is denied.

 

[swabs]

If you want anonymous access to shares there are going to be two security areas to look at:

1. Share permissions: make sure the share has the share permissions set to everyone.

2. NTFS permissions: make sure the folder's NTFS permissions are set to everyone.

 

[computerdragon79]

Some of the folders are set to everyone and still are not seen. It's like if you're outside the domain it does not even exist, you can't even view it through Microsoft Windows Network or find computers inside the domain via IP address. I need the entire domain to be available, because the printer is attached to the domain via a print server, and it shows up as a "computer" on the domain. I could solve that particular problem by bringing the print server out of the domain, but then everyone under the sun will be able to print and I don't want that.