Is it possible to have two IPs?

[Slasher]

Hi folks,

I connect to the Internet from home and from my work place. Every time I establish the LAN connection I re-enter the IP, Gateway Address etc. in LAN Settings under under Windows.

The questions is:
Is it possible to have two different IP addreses (Gateway Addreses etc.) - one for office and one for home, so that when I connect to the internet the corresponding IP was automatically selected by Windows?

Thanks in advance,

Slasher

[gazingwa]

By Windows, NO
By IBM Access Connections, YES
Can be found under downloads for most modern machines, it will manage all of your network connections, wire and wireless, you can set security settings, ip addressed, wireless settings, for each profile.

[Leon]

yes, using Profiles in Access Connections

[jdhurst]

Yes! That is exactly what Access Connections does. In a bland, wired-only, DHCP world, you don't need it, but for wireless and special wired settings, it works a treat. Check through the options carefully and it will start up automatically with the correct connection. ... JD Hurst

[Slasher]

Cool,

I have installed the Access Connections and it works fine!!!

Thank you very much guys for your help.

[krcmd]

For security and power reasons, I frequently turn the transmitter on and off with FnF5. Is there some way to avoid having the IBM connections profile attempt and fail to connect automatically?

Thanks

[jdhurst]

For security and power reasons, I frequently turn the transmitter on and off with FnF5. Is there some way to avoid having the IBM connections profile attempt and fail to connect automatically?

Not that I have found. Whenever I start the PC, it checks for wireless connections even when I have a wire connected. I have checked the settings, but I have not been able to stop Access Connections from trying to find a connection.
... JD Hurst

[beerak]

By Windows, NO
By IBM Access Connections, YES
Can be found under downloads for most modern machines, it will manage all of your network connections, wire and wireless, you can set security settings, ip addressed, wireless settings, for each profile.

Of course you can have more IPs in Windows. Why not ?!

[nrj45]

Personnally I use batch scripts under windows. After a lot of different tries, I kept this solution.

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netsh interface ip set address "lan" static 192.168.0.204 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 1
netsh interface ip set dns "lan" static 192.168.0.1 primary

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netsh interface ip set address "lan" dhcp
netsh interface ip set dns "lan" dhcp

Replace "lan" with the connection name. I rename them in "lan" and "wifi". Once you paste the code in a *.bat file, you just have to execute it, wait a while (windows is not very fast in ip settings modifications) and you have your new network profile ready.

Enjoy