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08-01-2005, 11:17

On XP, there is the option to set an 'alternate' configuration. You can then set the 'normal' configuration to 'auto', and the alternate configuration to the 'work' settings. The laptop will then try to obtain its settings automatically (in technical terms - from a DHCP server). If it can't find a DHCP server, it will 'fall back' to the alternate settings.
This option will ONLY work if there is no DHCP server on the 'works' network, and will result in a slight delay in connecting at work (while the laptop tries to find a DHCP server and times out), but it does work quite well - I use it myself.

08-01-2005, 11:17	#2
JohnHorb Guest Location: Sale, Cheshire Services: 10MB Broadband, DTV, Telephone Posts: n/a	Re: TCPIP Setup for Laptop On XP, there is the option to set an 'alternate' configuration. You can then set the 'normal' configuration to 'auto', and the alternate configuration to the 'work' settings. The laptop will then try to obtain its settings automatically (in technical terms - from a DHCP server). If it can't find a DHCP server, it will 'fall back' to the alternate settings. This option will ONLY work if there is no DHCP server on the 'works' network, and will result in a slight delay in connecting at work (while the laptop tries to find a DHCP server and times out), but it does work quite well - I use it myself.