using a specific IP address if DHCP is unavailable?

[Guest yawnmoth]

I was looking at the Advanced TCP/IP Settings and noticed that you can

have multiple IP addresses.

 

I was wondering... would it be possible to use DHCP and, failing

that, specific IP addresses / subnet mask?

 

I ask because I have a laptop that I use at, primarily, two different

locations. One location uses DHCP and the other doesn't - you have to

manually specify "192.168.0.x". What I do, right now, is that I

manually adjust the TCP/IP properties, manually. Is there a way to

avoid having to do this?

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: using a specific IP address if DHCP is unavailable?

 

 

"yawnmoth" <terra1024@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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>I was looking at the Advanced TCP/IP Settings and noticed that you can

> have multiple IP addresses.

>

> I was wondering... would it be possible to use DHCP and, failing

> that, specific IP addresses / subnet mask?

>

> I ask because I have a laptop that I use at, primarily, two different

> locations. One location uses DHCP and the other doesn't - you have to

> manually specify "192.168.0.x". What I do, right now, is that I

> manually adjust the TCP/IP properties, manually. Is there a way to

> avoid having to do this?

 

You could check the IP address in a startup batch file.

If none is assigned then you could assign a manual address,

using netsh.exe.

[Guest John Wunderlich]

Re: using a specific IP address if DHCP is unavailable?

 

yawnmoth <terra1024@yahoo.com> wrote in

news:90bb87f0-ca84-493d-85cb-b1cf8a1a2591@b64g2000hsa.googlegroups.co

m:

> I was looking at the Advanced TCP/IP Settings and noticed that you

> can have multiple IP addresses.

>

> I was wondering... would it be possible to use DHCP and, failing

> that, specific IP addresses / subnet mask?

>

> I ask because I have a laptop that I use at, primarily, two

> different locations. One location uses DHCP and the other doesn't

> - you have to manually specify "192.168.0.x". What I do, right

> now, is that I manually adjust the TCP/IP properties, manually.

> Is there a way to avoid having to do this?

>

 

Instead of clicking on the "Advanced" button, click on the "Alternate

Configuration" tab. If the main configuration is set up to use DHCP

and DHCP is not available, the settings will fall back to those in the

Alternate configuration (which you can specify).

 

Multiple IP addresses only works when the primary network configuration

is not DHCP.

 

HTH,

John

[Guest yawnmoth]

Re: using a specific IP address if DHCP is unavailable?

 

On May 12, 2:50 pm, John Wunderlich <jwunderl...@lycos.com> wrote:

> yawnmoth<terra1...@yahoo.com> wrote innews:90bb87f0-ca84-493d-85cb-b1cf8a1a2591@b64g2000hsa.googlegroups.co

> m:

>

> > I was looking at the Advanced TCP/IP Settings and noticed that you

> > can have multiple IP addresses.

>

> > I was wondering... would it be possible to use DHCP and, failing

> > that, specific IP addresses / subnet mask?

>

> > I ask because I have a laptop that I use at, primarily, two

> > different locations. One location uses DHCP and the other doesn't

> > - you have to manually specify "192.168.0.x". What I do, right

> > now, is that I manually adjust the TCP/IP properties, manually.

> > Is there a way to avoid having to do this?

>

> Instead of clicking on the "Advanced" button, click on the "Alternate

> Configuration" tab. If the main configuration is set up to use DHCP

> and DHCP is not available, the settings will fall back to those in the

> Alternate configuration (which you can specify).

That seems to work - thanks!