Connecting to NAS at home w/ laptop configured for corporate domain

Is this possible?

I have FreeNAS running at home, and I have a laptop that is configured for my corporate domain. I can't change the network settings to put the laptop on a home workgroup, and without doing that, is there anyway I can access my NAS with this laptop?

 

Ok, do you mean you can't change the IP address? the laptop has a static IP?
You don't have to change the workgroup if you get an IP on your local network go to start and run and type \\nas name or IP address & hit enter.
ex: \\freenas or \\192.168.1.121 or whatever.

It would seem silly that they give you a laptop that can't join other networks, the laptop's purpose is to be portable so you can work from anywhere & most of the time that work involves some type of network connectivity... unless they are very security conscience and don't use any remote connectivity or web apps.

 

Can you create a new user with limited privileges? If you can you might wish to try logging into that account and access the network through that instead of your primary account. Another way may be to use RDP to remote into the FreeNAS server itself and access it directly through that machine. You could allow privileges that will allow you to transfer files that way. It all depends on how secure you want your FreeNAS to be. You could loosen up security so that it allows your primary account on your laptop access. Since it is a private network no one else "should" be able to find it accidentally.

 

I didn't say I couldn't change my IP address. I said the computer is configured for a corporate domain and I can't change it to a workgroup. Big difference. My IP setting are set up to use DHCP so I can connect to multiple networks.

 

You did say

which I equated as not being able to change IPs which are part of the network settings... thank you.. "BIG DIFFERENCE" You do have to get a local IP also to get on a local workgroup, asking question is also a step of troubleshooting.(possibly your company set you as a limited user, not local admin).
So did you stop reading there or did you try to use run > \\ip.ip.ip.ip ? like I said?

Like I said domain or workgroup doesn't matter if the share is a simple NAS.
Is the CIFS set to anon?
I take my work laptop home and llog on the the 'domain' with my cached credentials and get a local IP & browse my NAS via the IP address.

 

Thank you foogoo.

I typed out a post almost exactly like yours but then I just knew there was going to be some large part of the equation that hadn't been explained yet and I'd be wasting my time.

You took the attitude better than I would have.rolleyes