IP Aliasing with dhcp

[shane-dated-1162843187.91ee98]

Hello folks,

I'm attempting to configure an XP machine on a lan and am having some
difficulty with IP aliasing. The box is connected via a switch to a home
network and uses dhcp to obtain an IP address from the cable modem.
However, I need to give that nic a 192.168 address in addition to that
assigned by dhcp for local communication over the lan. When using control
panel/networking/local area connection/properties/tcpip/properties/advanced,
it doesn't let me add another ip unless dhcp is disabled somewhere. Is
there any other way to do this such as via a start batchfile or even the
registry.

I found what I believe to be the IP settings in the registry but I'm not
sure how I'd add another IP in there.

Any tips greatly appreciated.

Shane

 

[Guest]

You should post in a networking forum. Not sure what you mean by "a switch."
Here's the easiest solution--buy a router and it will assign addresses to all
the computers on your network. The cable modem plugs into the router and the
computers plug into the router. Do not mess with the registry for this
problem! It's just a matter of correctly configuring your network. Make sure
you disable any Firewalls. You cannot assign 2 diff addresses to the same
NIC. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/default.mspx

 

[Bob I]

You may use Static OR Dynamic, NOT both.