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One NIC, two LANS

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by davidbrock

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I have Win2000 on a Dell laptop with one NIC that is used on two distinct networks. So far, I see only one LAN connection that I can create. Is there an easy way to move the laptop from one network to another? One network is DHCP and the other ispeer-to-peer (at least for now).

David Brock

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by jrubinstein

You can definitely bind two IP addresses to the one connection. The problem with this is that the DHCP server will have to have the address you use excluded from their ranges, but that should let you participate without problems. The way to do it is to alternate click the connection and choose properties, select TCP/IP and choose properties, click the advanced button and add whatever IP addresses you want.

by mckaytech

As the second answer indicated, you can bind two IP addresses to the same NIC and you'll get connectivity but will probably have trouble with name resolution.

One alternative you might consider is a program called Netswitcher (www.netswitcher.com). It allows you to set up several network profiles and switch rather easily between them. That way, you can set up whatever you need in the way of WINS, DHCP, DNS, host name, domain, workgroup and other network services/parameters that typically get easily confused when you're switching back and forth between different networks.

paul

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