Given that you are attempting to connect to a server, a remote desktop program may not be appropriate - If you want access files on the server, print to the printer - do all the normal stuff then you...

Not sure what you mean by 'Run Internet'. If you want to browse the internet then Internet Explorer is available from the 'Start' menus. If you mean host a website, then that is a much bigger...

This should work ok from a 'wiring' point of view if I read what you say correctly.

Your Current Setup
Modem<----ethernet------>PC

New Setup With Switch...

You are logging in with cached credentials on the PC. The XP machine keeps a copy of the username/password localy so that you can still login even though the domain controller is down.

m.

I'm a danger when it comes to group policies...

However to make a network share appear in the drive list under my computer...select map network drive from the file explorer window, pick a dirve...

You question is a bit vague. Do you need to create a network in the same physical office? What type of machines/OS?

More detail and I can give an answer (hopefully)

m.
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Max,
in the context of what you are doing, managing your own DNS server is an un-necessary overhead. I'd recommend that you use the DNS service provided by the service provider as this is the...

raffzahn,
If you connect the two remote users by VPN to one of the sites, it may be slow as the remote user traffic for the second site will come in and go out the same link (double bandwidth...