I don't have your exact problem, but I have a laptop that I take to several
locations, each one with diffrent network parameters. I use the Netswitcher
program available from the the following URL; it works very well. I suspect
it will work for your circumstnce also. Price is very resonable for what it
does.
http://www.netswitcher.com/
Al Morie
"Tom Momeyer" wrote in message
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> Looking for some info for using multiple docking stations or port
> replicators with a laptop using Windows XP Pro. The out of the box
> solution says to use multiple hardware profiles "docked" and
> "undocked" and then to use the device manager to "enable" and
> "disable" devices for each configuration. However, can't get the
> following to work:
>
> 1. Docked profile on a domain using fixed IP addresses.
>
> 2. Docked profile in another location on a workgroup also using fixed
> IP addresses.
>
> I have to change the IP settings manually to get connectivity each
> time the laptop docks under the other profile. MS Knowledgebase
> article 283676 "How To: Use the Alternate Configuration Feature for
> Multiple Network Connectivity in Windows XP" looks like it would
> work... but only if the domain is using DHCP. Using fixed IP's there
> is no tab under properties to use "alternate configuration".
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
>
> Thomas E. Momeyer, AIA, CCS