Multiple LAN

Hi everyone

I've a Laptop running XP and when I am at home I have a pure DHCP connection to broadband and back in the office they are runing specific IP. How can I get rid of this every morning/afternoon routine of chaning between obtaining a ip and putting in all the information for the office IP/Gateway/DNS etc?

I would like to have to connection which I can just enable/disbale depeding where I am...

I have looked under advanced option but if I choose DHCP and go there then I cannot add any IP's and if I choose the office IP and go the advanced I cannot choose DHCP...

what should I do???

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Look into hardware profiles. You should be able to set a home and work hardware profiles. Gives you a choice on bootup as to which you want.

Two solutions...

1. Have the office setup DHCP, but fix your MAC address to the (fixed) office IP then setup the laptop for DHCP all the time and leave it. This allows using the Alternate Configuration method for IPs and setup that Windows XP allows in the networking properties for TCP/IP ( re: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...l/02march04.asp)

2. Change your network router LAN at home to not do DHCP, fix addresses that are the SAME as you use at work if you use private IPs at work (10.x.x.x, 172.16.x.x - 172.31.x.x, 192.168.x.x). This way your IP at work and home are the same and fixed. Make your router a .1 IP address and your other PCs fixed at some appropriate (and different) addresses. Allows working with your broadband and office just fine.

As a reference: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...el/02june17.asp

Hope this helps!

Thanks for the answers guys! But I actually managed to fix it. My problem was that I didnt see the extra tab showing when choosing DHCP as main option. Then there is a secong tab up called alternate connection...and there you can specify the alternative lan options!

Thanks again for taking time answering!
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