Is it possible to have 2 IPs on 1 machine?

[Cooky]

Due to some routing issues, I have to dial into a server (which is not on the company LAN) through modem. But at the same time I need to update a file that's on the LAN.
Now my question is: is it possible to obtain 2 IPs simultaneously, 1 being the dial-up and the other the LAN.
My guts tells me the answer is a NO but is there anyway around this problem??

 

[easternerd]

if you are using a vpn connection and dialing on the public internet then the server needs to be configured to give you an ipaddress for the remote area subnet . This is the usual norm .
But i donno how your network is configured ... please provide some more information please.

 

[sswingle]

There isn't a problem at all. Your machine can have many IP addresses at once. Your dialup modem gets one when you log on, and each NIC you have in your system can have its own IP.

 

[MysticLlama]

And just to make things really confusing, each NIC can actually have multiple IPs, and even on multiple subnets...

As far as dial-up / LAN it should already give you both IPs. Your NIC IP won't go away just because you get an IP from the dial-up provider. (Unless you have some security software or something that drops your LAN connection)

 

[Cooky]

And just to make things really confusing, each NIC can actually have multiple IPs, and even on multiple subnets...

Indeed that's very confusing...I got more info then I needed but thanks for all of your help!! I'll go ahead and try next Monday.

Oh I'm not sure how network is configured or if we have VPN at all...but I'll see how it goes next week.

 

[Cooky]

ok so I did get 2 IPs - 1 for the dialup modem and 1 for the LAN. But when I try to access the Internet, the dialup connection is used instead of the LAN. How can I tell my laptop to use the LAN?? The 28.8K dialup is too darn slow...

 

[rcracerx]

In your web browser option you need to tell it to use your LAN connection and not to use your Dial Up connection. In IE it is Tools/Option/Connections.

Rc

 

[ToxicWaste]

You need to go into the advanced tcp/ip properties on your dial up connection and uncheck the box that says "Use default gateway on remote network".

 

[Garion]

Originally posted by: Cooky
ok so I did get 2 IPs - 1 for the dialup modem and 1 for the LAN. But when I try to access the Internet, the dialup connection is used instead of the LAN. How can I tell my laptop to use the LAN?? The 28.8K dialup is too darn slow...

Doing this is definitely considerd a Bad Idea (tm). If you have anybody who manages to hack into your machine from the Internet, you've just opened up the door to your company's whole network.

If you have to do it, just make VERY sure that you have some kind of firewall enabled on your machine, as a minimum layer of protection. Still not recommended, however.

Best bet: Dial in, do what you need to do for work, disconnect and then do what you need to on the Internet.

- G

 

[Cooky]

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