I have been having frustrating problems when going from
the office (lan, wired) to my home system (lan,
wireless).

If I use wired in both locations, all I have to do is
change the network NAME when I first turn system on and
RELEASE the connection before shutting down.

However, when I try to use wireless at home, nothing
seems to work without rerunning the network connection
wizard over and over until somehow it starts to work.
What is the secret to making this work when you are
alternating between wired and wireless? If you're
connecdting to two different networks alternately, why
does it seem so difficult?

Jerry

"mitchJR" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have been having frustrating problems when going from
> the office (lan, wired) to my home system (lan,
> wireless).
>
> If I use wired in both locations, all I have to do is
> change the network NAME when I first turn system on and
> RELEASE the connection before shutting down.
>
> However, when I try to use wireless at home, nothing
> seems to work without rerunning the network connection
> wizard over and over until somehow it starts to work.
> What is the secret to making this work when you are
> alternating between wired and wireless? If you're
> connecdting to two different networks alternately, why
> does it seem so difficult?
>
> Jerry
>

Have you looked at setting up two different hardware profiles - one for Lan
and one for Wireless? (I presume you're using a laptop.....)

>-----Original Message-----
>"mitchJR" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>> I have been having frustrating problems when going from
>> the office (lan, wired) to my home system (lan,
>> wireless).
>>
>> If I use wired in both locations, all I have to do is
>> change the network NAME when I first turn system on and
>> RELEASE the connection before shutting down.
>>
>> However, when I try to use wireless at home, nothing
>> seems to work without rerunning the network connection
>> wizard over and over until somehow it starts to work.
>> What is the secret to making this work when you are
>> alternating between wired and wireless? If you're
>> connecdting to two different networks alternately, why
>> does it seem so difficult?
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>
>Have you looked at setting up two different hardware
profiles - one for Lan
>and one for Wireless? (I presume you're using a
laptop.....)
>
>
>.
>Do you mean set up connections in "Network Places"? I'm
not sure how you set up two "profiles".

Jerry

"mitchJR" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >"mitchJR" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message
> >news:023701c3b9c2$61107b90$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> I have been having frustrating problems when going from
> >> the office (lan, wired) to my home system (lan,
> >> wireless).
> >>
> >> If I use wired in both locations, all I have to do is
> >> change the network NAME when I first turn system on and
> >> RELEASE the connection before shutting down.
> >>
> >> However, when I try to use wireless at home, nothing
> >> seems to work without rerunning the network connection
> >> wizard over and over until somehow it starts to work.
> >> What is the secret to making this work when you are
> >> alternating between wired and wireless? If you're
> >> connecdting to two different networks alternately, why
> >> does it seem so difficult?
> >>
> >> Jerry
> >>
> >
> >Have you looked at setting up two different hardware
> profiles - one for Lan
> >and one for Wireless? (I presume you're using a
> laptop.....)
> >
> >
> >.
> >Do you mean set up connections in "Network Places"? I'm
> not sure how you set up two "profiles".
>
> Jerry
>

No. Go to Control Panel-System-Hardware and at the bottom there's a Profiles
button.
You can then copy the existing profile, and rename it. Then re-boot the
laptop, choose the new profile and set up your Home networking settings on
it. You can keep the original profile for the office set up.

HTH

>-----Original Message-----
>"mitchJR" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >"mitchJR" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
in
>> message
>> >news:023701c3b9c2$61107b90$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> I have been having frustrating problems when going
from
>> >> the office (lan, wired) to my home system (lan,
>> >> wireless).
>> >>
>> >> If I use wired in both locations, all I have to do
is
>> >> change the network NAME when I first turn system on
and
>> >> RELEASE the connection before shutting down.
>> >>
>> >> However, when I try to use wireless at home,
nothing
>> >> seems to work without rerunning the network
connection
>> >> wizard over and over until somehow it starts to
work.
>> >> What is the secret to making this work when you are
>> >> alternating between wired and wireless? If you're
>> >> connecdting to two different networks alternately,
why
>> >> does it seem so difficult?
>> >>
>> >> Jerry
>> >>
>> >
>> >Have you looked at setting up two different hardware
>> profiles - one for Lan
>> >and one for Wireless? (I presume you're using a
>> laptop.....)
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >Do you mean set up connections in "Network Places"?
I'm
>> not sure how you set up two "profiles".
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>
>No. Go to Control Panel-System-Hardware and at the
bottom there's a Profiles
>button.
>You can then copy the existing profile, and rename it.
Then re-boot the
>laptop, choose the new profile and set up your Home
networking settings on
>it. You can keep the original profile for the office set
up.
>
>HTH
>
>
>.
>Hey! Thanks, I didn't think of doing that! I now
recall seeing the button, but didn't think to apply this
to my problem!!

Thanks again,


Jerry