Creating multiple LAN connections for one NIC in Windows XP ? (home/office)

[joshg]

Hey guys I'm looking for a way to create two seperate LAN connection settings for my laptop using WinXP Pro. Every time I try to go in to create a new connection I get that wizard and it just overwrites my previous LAN connection settings...

What I am wanting to do is create a connection set for my home network, where everything is obtained automatically, and then another setting for my office where I must specify the IP address and DNS servers, etc. How can I create them so that I have one enabled and the other disabled, so I can choose which one to run at any given point?

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

 

[Panther505]

Netswitcher

It is $9.00 per license and I have seen it recommended here at Anand- I tried the trial for about 2 weeks and found that with XP it could be a little flakey but that was prior to the most recent version though

 

[Lockelar]

Would creating two accounts, one for home and one for office, setting up each one as a power user so they can modify their NIC settings work? Then you simply log into a different acct depending on your location.

 

[joshg]

well I know there has to be a way to set up two individual connections, see here from Microsoft's website:

http://www.microsoft.com//windowsxp/pro/evaluation/experiences/images/biznetconbig.htm

apparently you can create two from just one or something.. I just need to know how to do it, I was talking to a few people on DALnet and they said it was easy but would never tell me how to do it! Anyone know?