

Without access to that network, when you setup a shortcut that attempts to communicate with the server, that shortcut has no-where to go.

The server, which hosts your X drive (the server that you indicated as \\). Once the laptop is unplugged and/or out of range, it no longer has access to the network that hosts I tell you the above with the hope that it will help you understand why you can not connect to the network from home without a special configuration.

Your laptop doesn't have the wire, but the WIFI antenna on the other side that speaks with your laptop, does have a wire. Even if you have a wireless connection, the wireless antenna that communicates withĪ laptop has a wire coming out of the back of it that plugs in to this network switch. While at the office, your computers are all communicating with each other across a physical piece of network equipment that is usually named a switch, router, or hub.
