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by david_grant

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I have a client who uses a VPN 95% of the time with DSL. (he works from a remote office) His TCP/IP settings for DSL are static. Our LAN uses DHCP. How can I configure his computer to offer either VPN access or LAN access without having him changehis TCP/IP settings when he needs to use our LAN. (DSL is not available to him while he is at our main office)

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by ebob

At his home office, put in one of those neat little DSL "routers". You might even be able to get one of the very inexpensive 1-port units, or let him have a 4-port box: your call. In any case, these all have a DHCP server in them. The router will pick up a TCP/IP address from the DSL provider. If that is fixed, it's OK. But the PC can now be configured for DHCP all of the time. At home it will pick up a network address from the DSL router, and at the office from your normal DHCP server.

If you don't want to spend money on this, or if you're having problems getting the VPN client running through the DSL router, then hardware profiles is a workable alternative. Just make a copy of the existing profile. Rename one "At Home" and let it use the fixed IP address from the DSL provider. Rename the other profile "In the Office". Boot the computer into this profile and reconfig the PC to use DHCP. This is a nicely elegant approach.

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