Wireless laptop: How to have static ip address at home, and auto obtain elsewhere?

[Red]

I'd like to have a static ip address when I'm at home, and I know how to configure this via TCP/IP settings.

However, I'm thinking that these settings will not work when I am out in the public or at school and need to get on a wireless network and obtain my IP automatically.

Easy way to solve this problem?

 

[spidey07]

There's really hardly ever a reason to statically assign an IP address for a client computer.

Just go into your router and setup a DHCP reservation so your laptop will always get the same IP.

 

[JackMDS]

Configuring a Laptop (or any computer) to connect to more than one Network - http://www.ezlan.net/faq#fewtcp-ip

:sun:

 

[RebateMonger]

As Spydie and Jack mentioned, you can set TCP/IP to "Automatically Obtain an IP Address" and either use
a) DHCP reservation on your DHCP server (or router)
or
b) have it default to an Alternate Configuration (Static IP) if a DHCP server isn't found.

 

[spidey07]

4th rule of networking.

thou shalt not manually configure an IP addess on end nodes.

 

[Guild]

Originally posted by: spidey07
4th rule of networking.

thou shalt not manually configure an IP addess on end nodes.

1) What are the first 3 and the next 6?

2) So, I have this one computer that needs to be accessed remotely via certain ports through a router. What do you suggest? Or would you not consider that an end node?

 

[nweaver]

he already said...put a reservation into dhcp.


you also may check the wireless config utility. Some allow an "application" to be started when a profile is processed. You might write a batch file to setup your static IP when at home, have that run when you home profile is detected by the wireless, and another that runs with any others to swap it back to dhcp.