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| Thread ID: 91424 | 2008-07-07 00:26:00 | Automatic IP configuration based on Wireless LAN for XP | Chilling_Silence (9) | Press F1 |
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| 685906 | 2008-07-07 00:26:00 | Hey all, So Im out & about a *lot* and when I am, Im always connecting via Wireless to the internet. Different places use different LAN settings. Basically its fine under Ubuntu, I just have a .sh script I run and it'll change my IP / route settings (DNS is always the same) but I have nothing like this for me when I reboot and fire up XP which allows me to quickly / easily say "Use this static IP" or "Try DHCP". Is there any app that'll do this? Cheers Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 685907 | 2008-07-07 00:43:00 | Can't you just set your wireless connection to obtain IP and DNS automatically. In properties of Internet protocol TCP/IP |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 685908 | 2008-07-07 00:46:00 | I know there's a way of making a batch file (or two batch files) to do that for you, but I'm not sure on how. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 685909 | 2008-07-07 00:50:00 | The problem is if I go to 4 different places in 1 day, one requires a static IP of: 192.168.1.X & a gateway of 192.168.1.254 Another uses DHCP Another uses 192.168.123.X & a gateway of 192.168.123.2 And at home, I have a static IP so the shares on this laptop are availlable to the rest of the family. DHCP just isnt an option unfortunately except for 1.. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 685910 | 2008-07-07 00:55:00 | A program like NetSetMan www.netsetman.com or NetChanger www.freedownloadscenter.com Haven't tried either though. I would use a script myself. Haven't used this either but I have the same problem at times and this would be the way I would try first. I might even try later in the day. Got the below from www.experts-exchange.com Fatal_Exceptions answer is extremely thorough, and using the "dump" option is the better way to go.. However, if you want specific examples of netsh batch files, I have included 2 below. Both run then display current config and pauses for you to view. You can remove the last 2 lines. 1st is for static IP, second for DHCP. Substitute your values/IP's as necessary. The network connection name is assumed to be the default "Local Area Connection". ************************************************** * rem Reset network Settings for static IP netsh interface ip set address name = "Local Area Connection" source = static addr = 10.0.0.99 mask = 255.255.255.0 netsh interface ip set address name = "Local Area Connection" gateway = 10.0.0.254 gwmetric = 1 netsh interface ip set dns name = "Local Area Connection" source = static addr = 24.222.0.1 netsh interface ip add dns name = "Local Area Connection" addr = 24.222.0.2 netsh interface ip show config pause ************************************************* rem Reset network settings for DHCP netsh interface ip set address name = "Local Area Connection" source = dhcp netsh interface ip set dns name = "Local Area Connection" source = dhcp netsh interface ip set wins name = "Local Area Connection" source = dhcp netsh interface ip show config pause |
berryb (99) | ||
| 685911 | 2008-07-07 01:08:00 | berryb, thanks that looks perfect!! Will mess around with it later tonight :) Cheers! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 685912 | 2008-07-07 02:55:00 | berryb, thanks that looks perfect!! Will mess around with it later tonight :) Cheers! When you enable DHCP on Windows XP, there's a tab along the lines of "Alternative IP configuration", where you can specify a static IP. That way, it'll try DHCP, and if it can't get an address, will revert to what you have set. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 685913 | 2008-07-07 11:45:00 | Yeah the problem is on two of the LANs I use, it gets a DHCP address but using that IP range doesnt give you internet... so I *have* to manually override :( Tested that today berryb, worked brilliantly! Thanks!! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 685914 | 2008-07-08 05:52:00 | Great will have to try myself now! | berryb (99) | ||
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