Network settings

I have a notebook using a wireless card to access the internet both at home and at work. But both networks have different settings (ie. DNS servers, Gateways (one has a specific one and the other i do not have to specify)). Is there any way for me to maintain both settings and choose accordingly when at the different locations as presently, I am manually changing the settings and rebooting my system whenever I change locations.

My OS is windows 98SE. Can anyone help this poor soul?

thanks in advance.

moody

 

I do not know how you can solve this problem, other than
by having the same cards and protocols at work and home.
This post may be better in the Networking Forum,
regards

 

I moved this to Networking.

 

Sorry, just noticed the OS, and what I posted wouldn't work.

 

Been way too long since I've been near a 9X system and they may well not have the feature but with XP, you can go into the TCP/IP settings for the card and there is a tab labeled "alternate configuration ". Go there and put in the settings for the other network.

When the PC tries to connect to a network, it will first try to use the main screen settings but if those fail, it will use the alternate settings. Ideal for folks who move between two networks. Maybe even reason enough to buy XP.

Main screen

Alternate Configuration

 

Look in help index under networks>IP Addresses>overview of assigning private IP addresses. Last paragraph says;

Hope this helps.

 

Still trying. A response to one of the comments, IP is addressed automatically. The only difference between the two network settings are the DNS Servers (One is provided by the router while the other I have to manually enter it) and the gateways (One is a LAN and the other i think is like connected directly to the modem).

 

I guess a bit more information on each setup will be helpful. You stated that you connect at both locations with a wireless card. This would/should require a wireless access point at both locations, yet you indicate a direct connection to a modem at one. Please tell us what equipment and configurations are being used at each location.

 

ok. to be clearer, this is my setup at both locations.
Office
A router is connected to a adsl modem and all the systems are connected via lan cables. A few of us use wireless cards and connect through a wireless access point connected through the router to get on to the internet and do our work / email and stuff.

Home
I have a wireless router (which is connected to an adsl modem)which also allows me to connect up to 4 systems through cables. I have 2 systems connected via cables at home. At times, I need to bring my notebook home to work as there are just quite a few files and I want to save the hassle of backing up or saving files on a thumbdrive or whatever.

The settings to connect to the internet at the office is different to that at home as they are different isps. The settings that differ are the dns servers as well as the gateways.

I am using a notebook with Windows98se installed. When I bring my notebook home to work, after booting up, I need to change the network settings and then reboot before I can use it properly. When I bring it back to the office the next day, I need to boot it up, change the settings and reboot again. I was wondering if there was a way to save the settings such that I do not have to reboot all the time. Maybe something to do with user logging on or whatever.

Can anyone please advise?

thanks a zillion.

 

anybody got a possible solution?

 

With 98 I think you are pretty well stuck doing just what you are doing now.

I found This article that does a good job explaining how XP does it but they make it pretty clear that earlier OS versions just don't have a good way.

 

2 NICs

How about a second NIC in the laptop.
1 configured for Home.
1 configured for Work.

 

Really appreciate all your comments. I tried different ways and like said, I suppose I have to live with the current arrangements till I upgrade my notebook and to Windows XP. Thanks once again.