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How do I fix a laptop thats been on a domain, so it can used on a workgroup?

Asked by LeeRobertE in Products

Tags: domain dns suffix

I have a laptop that I used inside a workplace operating in a domain. That work has finished and now the laptop will not communicate with my workgroups on my personal network. I believe the problem has to do with something left over from the domain access. It WILL connect to the internet through my linksys wireless router and cable modem but it does not find any of the other computers within my network. I have two other laptops and two desk tops that all communicate ok. I've done a ipconfig on all and the only irregularity I can see is the one thats not communicating has DOMAIN.INVALID in the dns suffix where all the others have hsd1.va.comcast.net. I went into the system properities, computer name change and added the dsn suffix to this computer but it made no difference. I then checked the other working computers and the primary dsn suffix was blank on all of them. I've tried ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew but that didn't help either. I'm not sure what to do next. Any suggestions would be appreciated

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             Computer that is not communicating:
 
Windows IP Configuration
        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : HPLaptop
        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . : 
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
        DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : DOMAIN.INVALID
 
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
 
        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-D3-06-C5-5B
 
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:
 
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : DOMAIN.INVALID
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-A5-BC-4A-65
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.105
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.73.242
                                            68.87.71.226
                                            68.87.64.196
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, February 25, 2009 5:35:55 PM
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, February 26, 2009 5:35:55 PM
 
Ethernet adapter {05005485-6F23-46A3-8AE4-660F4D5157D3}:
 
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : 
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Nortel IPSECSHM Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 44-45-53-54-42-00
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::4645:53ff:fe54:4200%5
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
                                            fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
                                            fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
 
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
 
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : 
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::ffff:ffff:fffd%6
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 
        NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
 
Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
 
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : DOMAIN.INVALID
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-01-69
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.105%2
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
                                            fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
                                            fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
        NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

           
         