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Vista networking question for the geeks - Help needed!

After much googling, I figured I might as well turn to TA for some help on this one as I'm sure I can't be the only one with this issue.

There's probably a few of us out there whose laptops see some serious mileage. In and out of Wireless Networks at home, the office, hotels, departure lounges, etc.

Say you have a location (IE at home) where you have a Static IP configured. Obviously, when you go to another location and try to access the network using that adapter, you're (often) forced to remove the Static IP settings in order to connect. However, when you return to your home location, you're forced to input all your Static IP settings once again.

I know it sounds like a minor annoyance, but for all the Windows geeks out there - Is there a method / setting to keep specific IP settings for certain networks? There's obviously a means to store network credentials, passwords, etc. on a network-by-network basis, but has anyone found one to keep the IP settings?

Any suggestions would be helpful and appreciated

ummm u could keep the static ip on either the wireless device or the "wired" device....hence when u hook up to another network, just use the other option which doesnt have it set up on?

thats the easiest solution

i had the same problem when going back and forth from school all the time... definitely a huge pain in the ass. it would be nice to know if it's possible to do though

Forget the settings on the machine, always leave the machine to auto-DHCP.

Set your router to assign IP based on the MAC address via static DHCP. http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Static_DHCP

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker Forget the settings on the machine, always leave the machine to auto-DHCP. Set your router to assign IP based on the MAC address via static DHCP. http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Static_DHCP

That looks like it might actually do the trick - It would solve the issue in the short-term if I were willing to flash the firmware to my router. It's the closest to a solution I've seen (I never thought of resolving the issue from the server side), but I'd still ideally like to make these choices from my (the client) side. Cheers for the idea though!

you can create connections for each of those, and enable/disable them as required

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Originally posted by Jer That looks like it might actually do the trick - It would solve the issue in the short-term if I were willing to flash the firmware to my router. It's the closest to a solution I've seen (I never thought of resolving the issue from the server side), but I'd still ideally like to make these choices from my (the client) side. Cheers for the idea though!

most home routers have this option based on your computer name as well. you should find it under dhcp settings, "reserve ip" or something similar.

if this is the case you may not have to flash it in favor of dd-wrt - though it is superior to pretty much all other home router software.

mute's answer works better for client side ip settings - create new lan connections for each location and disable/enable them as needed.

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Originally posted by mute79 you can create connections for each of those, and enable/disable them as required

pretty sure that would only work on hardwired connections, hes talking wireless

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker Forget the settings on the machine, always leave the machine to auto-DHCP. Set your router to assign IP based on the MAC address via static DHCP. http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Static_DHCP

what he said, static ips are so 1994.

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Originally posted by malek what he said, static ips are so 1994.

uhh, no... i set static ips on pcs hooked up to my router, so i can rdp to them

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Originally posted by mute79 uhh, no... i set static ips on pcs hooked up to my router, so i can rdp to them

yeah thats only when you are running servers of any kind (ftp, web, rdp,...) and have more than one computer behind your router.

99.9999% of people don't need those

u geek

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Originally posted by mute79 u geek

its my job

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Originally posted by malek yeah thats only when you are running servers of any kind (ftp, web, rdp,...) and have more than one computer behind your router. 99.9999% of people don't need those

I make frequent use of both RDP and SHOUTcast, so static IPs are a must.

Malek ,you gotta remember that home media servers are becoming more popular with the trend towards downloaded media. Having a computer constantly moving IPs can be a concern, especially if you have a mixed system environment with both OSX and Windows.

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Originally posted by Jer I make frequent use of both RDP and SHOUTcast, so static IPs are a must.

I use both RDP and SHOUTcast and it works fine with the router delegating the IP.

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker I use both RDP and SHOUTcast and it works fine with the router delegating the IP.

do you have more than one machine behind that router?

Can you set a port being opened to a specific machine name?

Might explains why you don't need to set an ip.

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Originally posted by malek do you have more than one machine behind that router? Can you set a port being opened to a specific machine name? Might explains why you don't need to set an ip.

I have 4 machines and 4 other IP devices (TV, XBox, VOIP, BluRay), plus a wireless bridge.

Setting a port to a specific IP is no problem (and setting a device to a specific IP [static DHCP] is no problem).

All devices are set to auto-accept whatever DHCP license is given to them. Router manages the port->IP and the static DHCP.

Simplifies management significantly.

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Originally posted by mute79 uhh, no... i set static ips on pcs hooked up to my router, so i can rdp to them

Not necessary. Even the cheapest consumer routers today will let you set up DHCP reservations. You can leave the server on DHCP and it will always get the same IP address.

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker

Went through the fun process of flashing my firmware to DD-WRT, and after all the good times, my notebook ISN'T taking the IP that I've designated for it under Services > Static Leases and is still taking a random one from the pool - I've double checked the MAC address given to my Wireless Adapter and it's spot on. This simply doesn't make any sense.

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