Configuration of a peer group

A computer system with computer readable media for performing computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, the system comprising:

• an existing user device in a peer group residing on a subnetwork, wherein the subnetwork is a home location of the existing user device and the peer group includes one or more computing devices that share an internet protocol (IP) address;
• and
• a new user device residing on the subnetwork and designating the subnetwork as the home location of the new user device,
• wherein the existing user device determines that the new user device has designated the subnetwork as the home location, authenticates a passkey received from the new user device via an authorization layer and allows the new user device to join the peer group, and wherein a communications layer connects the new user device to the peer group.

One or more computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method for configuring a new user device to join a peer group, the method comprising:

• designating a subnetwork as a home location;
• receiving a request to join a peer group of computing devices from an existing user device in the peer group, wherein the peer group includes one or more computing devices that share an internet protocol (IP) address and a network connection, the peer group resides on the subnetwork, and the subnetwork is designated as the home location of the existing user device;
• sending an acceptance to the request to the existing user device;
• receiving a challenge for a passkey from the existing user device;
• sending the correct passkey to the existing user device;
• joining the peer group with the existing user device;
• receiving credentials associated with the peer group;
• creating a local user account that includes a username and a password, wherein the local user account allows the new user device to maintain an association with the peer group regardless of a particular user utilizing the new user device;
• and
• sharing resources with the peer group and the existing user device associated with the peer group, wherein the resources include one or more of a printing device and a computer-readable media.