Hardware Profiles - Multiple IP Address

[Guest]

I have multiple hardware profiles on a laptop. I am trying to get s specific
IP address configured for each profile. I copied the original (current
profile 1). When I boot up with one proifle and change the IP address, it
seems to follow all the profiles. I thought I should be able to have a
specific IP address config for each profile. Please help me out.

 

[Mario Schmidt]

I have multiple hardware profiles on a laptop. I am trying to get s specific
IP address configured for each profile. I copied the original (current
profile 1). When I boot up with one proifle and change the IP address, it
seems to follow all the profiles. I thought I should be able to have a
specific IP address config for each profile. Please help me out.

No. Windows Hardware profiles affect only hardware devices. You get the
idea.

 

[Guest]

Then can someone tell me how users do this with laptops. I'm sure I'm not
the only user that uses static IP addresses with a laptop in different
locations. Or do those users physically go in to TCP/IP settings each time
and change it for each location? Also, why does Windows XP allow you to add
additional IP addresses? Thanks for your response.

 

[Mario Schmidt]

Then can someone tell me how users do this with laptops. I'm sure I'm not
the only user that uses static IP addresses with a laptop in different
locations. Or do those users physically go in to TCP/IP settings each time
and change it for each location? Also, why does Windows XP allow you to add
additional IP addresses? Thanks for your response.

You may try mobilenetswitch from www.mobilenetswitch.com.

It can also change many other options depending on a location profile.
Tough it does not automatically switch profiles based on Accesspoints
ins range or MAC-Adresses in the other end of the cable.

I own an IBM Thinkpad which has a tool called "Access Connections" which
can do that automatically, but uses/wastes a large amount of RAM.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have multiple hardware profiles on a laptop. I am trying to get
s specific IP address configured for each profile. I copied the
original (current profile 1). When I boot up with one proifle and
change the IP address, it seems to follow all the profiles. I
thought I should be able to have a specific IP address config for
each profile. Please help me out.

No. Windows Hardware profiles affect only hardware devices. You get
the idea.

Then can someone tell me how users do this with laptops. I'm sure
I'm not the only user that uses static IP addresses with a laptop in
different locations. Or do those users physically go in to TCP/IP
settings each time and change it for each location? Also, why does
Windows XP allow you to add additional IP addresses? Thanks for your
response.

NETSH scripts.. One for each different set of Network Settings. Sure -
you'll have to run them after you logon to change the network settings for
whatever situation uyou are in - but it is the easiest solution I know of
for what you are trying to accomplish.

As for why it allows you to add additional ones - because your NIC can have
more than one IP on a network.

If you meant the "Alternate Configuration" - well, I have set that up in the
past so if a user could not get DHCP - it set it up with a certain static
IP - so that when they were home, they had their personal DHCP network - but
at work - it connected using the alternate when it could not get a DHCP
address.

You can google for more help, but to get you started..

1.. Set up your network to work at location (1)
2.. From a command prompt, run:
netsh -c interface ip dump > c:\<location>.txt
The filename and path can be anything, it is just a text file: make sure
to name the file to reflect the location you're currently configuring (like
home.txt).
3.. Do this for every location you use your laptop.
4.. Now, whenever you need to load the settings you saved for a given
location, just open a command prompt and run: netsh -f c:\<location>.txt
You could - of course - have scripts run this for you.