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by jeremyk

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I have a user with a laptop running win98 who commutes two of our organization's sites. The main site is an client/server NT network with a T1 connection to the Internet. The second site is a peer-to-peer network with a DSL connection to the Internet. The problem is that when this user wants to connect to the Internet at the second site his TCP/IP settings must be changed to accomodate this. When he comes back to the main site, he can't logon to our network, thus another change must be made. All of this creates a good amount of work for both myself and the technician at the second site. Is there any way to get around having to make these changes every time this user switches sites?

Thanks.

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by map6551

I take it that you are using DHCP at site 1 with the T1 connection. What you may want to do is give that laptop a static ip that will work in both sites and create an exculsion for it at site 1 so that the IP address will never be given out. Then atsite 2 make sure that the Static IP you gave the laptop is not being used and that should get rid of your problem.
Hope it helps
Mark

by turambar386

The above answer will only work if both the
networks are using the same IP addressing scheme.

Here are two options:
1. Ensure that you have a DHCP server set up
at both sites set to give out valid IP
addresses for that site. Configure the
laptop as a DHCP client. If you are using
static IPs, you don't have to change every
machine to be a DHCP client.

2. Not 100% sure if this will work, but set
up a second hardware profile. Have
different tcp/ip configuration set up in eachhardware profile, and have the laptop choose
the appropriate profile.

Good luck.

by pschuvie

Here's a recommendation for a handy and very low cost utility that has worked for many a "traveler" faced with multiple network connections. Take a look at it and I think you will find it to be both useful and save you much time.

www.netswitcher.com the product is netswitcher.

HTH

ps not associated with this product it just saved the few hairs that are left. lol

by proactivemale

This problem exists at my site also. It doesn't happen everytime but it is a problem. For WIN98, I go to the DOS prompt and type winipcfg /release_all then winipcfg /renew_all. Or type it under start/run and have the user choose release all then renew all.

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