static -and- automatic ip address

[Guest]

i have a laptop. At work, i need to access via a static address due to some
application requirements. However, DHCP is turned on for the work network.
At home, I need to access via DHCP due to my ISP. I'm running WinXP sp2 and
it will only allow me to set up a single 'LAN' network connection. Is there
an easy way to access the appropriate network without having to manually
change the ip address every time I logon?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

i have a laptop. At work, i need to access via a static address due to some
application requirements. However, DHCP is turned on for the work network.
At home, I need to access via DHCP due to my ISP. I'm running WinXP sp2 and
it will only allow me to set up a single 'LAN' network connection. Is there
an easy way to access the appropriate network without having to manually
change the ip address every time I logon?

How do you connect to your ISP's network? Dial-up? ADSL?

 

[Malke]

i have a laptop. At work, i need to access via a static address due to
some
application requirements. However, DHCP is turned on for the work
network.
At home, I need to access via DHCP due to my ISP. I'm running WinXP sp2
and
it will only allow me to set up a single 'LAN' network connection. Is
there an easy way to access the appropriate network without having to
manually change the ip address every time I logon?

Yes. I do this all the time on my son's laptop. At school, he uses a static
IP on a different subnet than the one I have at home. Home is dynamic IP
also. You can either use the Alternate Configuration or third-party network
management software if you find the timeout for the Alternate Configuration
onerous.

Automatic Configuration for Multiple Networks -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/learnmore/tips/autoconfig.mspx

Managing One Windows XP-based Laptop for the Office and Home by MVP Charlie
Russel - http://tinyurl.com/cpy9q

http://www.netswitcher.com - NetSwitcher
http://www.globesoft.com/mnm_home.html - MultiNetwork Manager
http://www.mobilenetswitch.com - Mobile Net Switch

Malke