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Connect XP Notebook to multiple Networks

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by info

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Need to connect an XP Pro notebook to a business LAN with fixed IPs and a domain by day and also connect to home Win 98SE PC by night. Can this be done? How do you easily switch networking settings?

Networking Fool (emphasis on the Fool)

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by quintar51

You can create 2 seperate hardware profiles. Each profile will contain different network settings, one for home, and one for work. To create a hardware profile, right-click on my computer, properties, hardware tab, hardware profiles. Click on copy and name your new profile 'home' or 'work'. Then change the original hardware profile accordingly.

When you restart your computer, you'll see a menu with the 2 different profile. log into each one and configure the appropriate network settings.

by quintar51

"Then change the original hardware profile accordingly" It should say "Then rename the original hardware profile accordingly".

by info

Testing of the solution is pending. Problem is being "Solved by committee" here and involves much traveling back and forth from office to home. There is a small doubt whether a "hardware" profile can contain all network settings.

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