Quickly changing one's IP
Dec 31, 2007 | 9:29 pm
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Quickly changing one's IP
Any programs out there that can set the IP numbers for a given connection with one click?
The problem is that I need to link to three different systems and need different IP's on each. One has working DHCP, one has a DHCP that misbehaves in some cases (always for me, although it works for most of us) and one with no DHCP at all.
What I'm looking for is something where I have three icons on the desktop, clicking them sets the 4 needed numbers. Whether it affects only the right connection or all of them doesn't matter.
Anyone seen such a program?
The problem is that I need to link to three different systems and need different IP's on each. One has working DHCP, one has a DHCP that misbehaves in some cases (always for me, although it works for most of us) and one with no DHCP at all.
What I'm looking for is something where I have three icons on the desktop, clicking them sets the 4 needed numbers. Whether it affects only the right connection or all of them doesn't matter.
Anyone seen such a program?
Dec 31, 2007 | 11:17 pm
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Why don't you just give them all static IP addresses? That way no dhcp server is involved at all, and the client IP addresses don't change.
It's hard to understand what issue you're trying to work around. Is it the dhcp client that's misbehaving? Do you have more than one dhcp server on your network? Can you configure the one dhcp server on your subnet to give out the same IP address (by mac-address, for example) every time?
-David
It's hard to understand what issue you're trying to work around. Is it the dhcp client that's misbehaving? Do you have more than one dhcp server on your network? Can you configure the one dhcp server on your subnet to give out the same IP address (by mac-address, for example) every time?
-David
Dec 31, 2007 | 11:19 pm
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Some laptops have a utility to do this -- the Thinkpad Access Connections tool, for one.
Another option is the netsh.exe tool. This is a command line tool for changing network settings. Some examples are here.
What you may want is the "dump" command. You can set up the interface how you want then dump the settings to a file. You can then load that file when you want those settings. You could create three batch files to load them.
Another option is the netsh.exe tool. This is a command line tool for changing network settings. Some examples are here.
What you may want is the "dump" command. You can set up the interface how you want then dump the settings to a file. You can then load that file when you want those settings. You could create three batch files to load them.
Jan 1, 2008 | 11:39 am
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Another option is the netsh.exe tool. This is a command line tool for changing network settings. Some examples are here.
What you may want is the "dump" command. You can set up the interface how you want then dump the settings to a file. You can then load that file when you want those settings. You could create three batch files to load them.
What you may want is the "dump" command. You can set up the interface how you want then dump the settings to a file. You can then load that file when you want those settings. You could create three batch files to load them.
Thanks.
Jan 5, 2008 | 2:57 pm
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Some laptops have a utility to do this -- the Thinkpad Access Connections tool, for one.
Another option is the netsh.exe tool. This is a command line tool for changing network settings. Some examples are here.
What you may want is the "dump" command. You can set up the interface how you want then dump the settings to a file. You can then load that file when you want those settings. You could create three batch files to load them.
Another option is the netsh.exe tool. This is a command line tool for changing network settings. Some examples are here.
What you may want is the "dump" command. You can set up the interface how you want then dump the settings to a file. You can then load that file when you want those settings. You could create three batch files to load them.
Jan 5, 2008 | 3:07 pm
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Any programs out there that can set the IP numbers for a given connection with one click?
The problem is that I need to link to three different systems and need different IP's on each. One has working DHCP, one has a DHCP that misbehaves in some cases (always for me, although it works for most of us) and one with no DHCP at all.
What I'm looking for is something where I have three icons on the desktop, clicking them sets the 4 needed numbers. Whether it affects only the right connection or all of them doesn't matter.
Anyone seen such a program?
The problem is that I need to link to three different systems and need different IP's on each. One has working DHCP, one has a DHCP that misbehaves in some cases (always for me, although it works for most of us) and one with no DHCP at all.
What I'm looking for is something where I have three icons on the desktop, clicking them sets the 4 needed numbers. Whether it affects only the right connection or all of them doesn't matter.
Anyone seen such a program?
Another tool:
http://www.mobilenetswitch.com/