Hardware profile

[max]

Hi,
I am trying to setup a Hardware profile in Windows XP on
a laptop for one of our users. When the the employee is
home, I wanted him to be able to boot-up so he can use
dhcp with his cable modem. When he is in the office, I
wanted him to boot-up and have a pre-configured static IP
address. I went into hardware profiles and made a copy of
his current profile and called it "Home User". I
configured it to show during the boot-up process in
addition to the default profile which will be the static
IP for the office use. When I logged in as the home user
and changed the IP address to Dhcp, it also changed the
static IP for the office back to dhcp. Is there something
I am doing wrong?


Max

 

[RobD]

The best way to have static IP and dhcp configurations on the same laptop is
to use the Alternate Configuration option in the TCP/IP properties page.
What this will do is cause the network to first try dhcp, and then use the
static IP if dhcp is unavailable.

To set this up:
1. open the properties page for the desired network
(Open Network Connections; right-mouse on the network; select
Properties)
2. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) on General tab
3. Hit Properties button and select Alternate Configuration tab
4. Enter the static IP and other alternate configuration info.
5. Select dhcp on the General tab.

- Robert -

 

[max]

In one of our offices, we have put static IP's on the
laptops due to problems entering a VPN instead of using
dhcp. Both ways will work to get to the internet, but
only static will work to get to the vpn. Is there a way
to only have the alternate profile/IP's launch instead of
the primary since both will be seen as valid?