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Help Please! 2 Domain 2 Wireless Networks

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klas

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Hello,

It's probably a simple solution, but I can't seem to figuire it out. Can you tell me how do I have 2 wireless networks. Here is what I have

Laptop logs in to wireless network under domain #1, it has preset IP addressing (IP, Gateway, Subnet), when I login to wireless network at home under domain #2 (standalone) IPs obtained automatically. To be able to use internet, I need to set IPs at work and set to auto at home. Is there a way to add addition wireless network to standalone domain, so I wouldn't have to go through this hassle.

Your help is appreceated!

PS. OS is WinXP Pro
 
does your work environment use the private IP ranges? can you change the IP ranges in your router? one way to handle this is to set your home router up exactly like the work proxy or router.
Another way is to use a script to make the changes. I have one around here for switching between a proxy server environment and a home DHCP environment.
 
Thank you for replying...

Well, I was wondering if there is an easier way around for someone who is not very good in networking(without creating scripts...) I just want to be able to access internet with wireless connection at work and at home.
 
thanks for suggestion, but I don't think this will work. it will only let me enable/disable wireless network, but I wanted is to be able to have 2 different TCP/IP settings for 2 different domains (business network and home network)
 
email my profile, an I will send you the scripts that I have. I can think of nothing else easy. you may be able to edit them to suit your purpose
 
Go to the TCP/IP settings of your network adapter, set it to Automatically Assign an IP address/DNS settings (for use at home), and you will see a tab labelled "Alternate Configuration", which will allow you to enter the details of what to use if it can't find the DHCP server, for use at work.


Confused
 
Thank you, I think I will try that...

Just curious does anyone of you had the same issue, where you had laptop for use at home and at work and you had same problem with the settings.
 
I use my notebook on a wireless network at home, and I use it at about 20 (yes, twenty) different wireless and wired sites that I visit. For your rather simple situation where you use DHCP at one location and a fixed IP addy at the other Confused has given you the answer. And you were quite right in thinking that hardware profiles was not the proper solution. (It would work if you had two adapters and disabled one for use at work and disabled the other for use at home.)

For a complex situation like mine involving both wireless and Ethernet adapters and multiple sites, some using fixed IPs and some using DHCP I used to use NetSwitcher. On my Toshiba Libretto I use an application written especially for it by Toshiba which also works very well.

- prosaic
 
Yeap, that only worked in 95/98 apparantly. Used to do the hardware profiles trick all the time. If you want a snazzy interface and numerous network configuration, something like netswitcher could be an answer for you as well.
 
Thank you all for your help. I didn't notice "Alternative setting" at first, but now I've set it up and it works just fine...
 
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