Originally Posted by
myfrogger
I can't imagine that the computer would be tied down to a specific IP address. If it was made to only work at one location then one wouldn't need a laptop. But even if it is, as long as it is an ip that starts with 192.168 you can configure it to work at home.
Depending on the network setup, "only work at one location" could mean "this one desk", "anywhere in this building" or "anywhere on our gi-normous worldwide corporate network."
Given enough work, of course, you could make it work on a home network with ANY IP address -- while you're supposed to use private IPs, in practice it's pretty doable to make your NAT-space on someone's public IP range (although it does then limit your ability to get back to that address or those addresses)