XP Home accounts

[Guest]

This laptop is on a static IP network at a business. All apps are web based.
I created a second account to get on Hotel networks while on business trips.
When I changed the tcp/ip to DHCP the settings in the original (business)
changed also. Is there a way to have one account DHCP and the other static?
OS is XP Home.

 

[Malke]

This laptop is on a static IP network at a business. All apps are web
based.
I created a second account to get on Hotel networks while on business
trips. When I changed the tcp/ip to DHCP the settings in the original
(business) changed also. Is there a way to have one account DHCP and
the other static? OS is XP Home.

You can use the Alternate Configuration. Go to the Local Area Connection
and right-click it. Left-click on Properties and double-click on
TCP/IP. You'll see the Alternate Configuration on a tab at the top.
Configure it as you wish. I use this for my son's laptop which has a
static IP address on a different subnet than our home network. The home
network uses DHCP to assign dynamic IP addresses. This works well for
him - he just has to wait approx. 30 seconds at school for the
connection to time out and switch over to the Alternate Configuration.

If this isn't satisfactory for you, then here are some links to
third-party network managers:

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

Malke

 

[Guest]

Thanks Malke,

I'll give it a try. Thanks for your help. Mike.