Network Gateway question

[jfunk]

Ok, here's the deal. At work we have several buildings, each with their own gateway and IP range.

How can I setup a person on a win98SE laptop so they can move between buildings without having to switch their IP address?

I tried just putting in multiple gateways, but it didn't work.

Example of what I mean:

Building 1 IP: 123.123.123.XXX, gateway: 123.123.123.1

Building 2 IP: 123.123.125.XXX, gateway: 123.123.125.1


This person is usually in building 1, but sometimes goes to meetings in building 2. I don't know how/if I can set up this person's laptop so they don't have to change the IP & gateway to be able to access the internet when they move. I tried just adding the other gateway but that didn't do jack. Showing this person how to change it themselves is hopeless.



Thanks,

j

 

[spidey07]

Well, they are different IP networks so the IP address and gateway must change.

This is exactly what DHCP is for. A server hands our IP address, mask, gateway, dns information. You can just use the one included with windows server or unix.

Or I guess for the down and dirty way you can use a program call "netswitcher" that allows one click to make all the changes needed. Then another click to use the original settings.

But 99.99999% of networks use DHCP to hand out IP info.

 

[groovin]

http://www.mobilenetswitch.com/

itll make manually reconfiguring IP settings painfully easy... just click a button. anyone with half a brain should be able to get it right.

 

[jfunk]

Thanks groovin, that should do the trick.



j