Batch file to configure TCP/IP?

[cyberspace]

One of the directors for the company I work for regularly travels to Dubai.

from there he uses his laptop to connect to the office via a VPN tunnel.

However, firstly the IP settings must be reconfigured - and he is not a techy, and often forgets how to do it/has difficulty, and is a general inconvenience.

What I would like to know is, is there a way of using a batch file so that he can simply run the file to reconfigure the TCP/IP?

Thanks in advance

 

[DTracy]

If his regular configuration is static, what about just using the alternate configuration?

Of course if he is DHCP please disregard this idea.

BR
David Tracy

 

[cyberspace]

Of coruse! I hadn't thought of that.

I presume that when the regular connection won't connect it will just automatically switch to the alternate config?

 

[SimonDavies]

Yes it will, but it's important that you work out if he is DHCP or Static.

What VPN software are you using? Surely if it's a dialup\dsl and then using a VPN it will automatically assign an IP to the dialup\dsl connection already?

Failing that why not create a batch file with something like this?

ipconfig /renew

or do an

ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

if it doesn't want to work straight away.

It's important to note that the above would only work if you had DHCP allocated addressing (which would be a better idea if you have a company larger than say 50 employees because after that doing manual changes to each workstation becomes boring).

Good luck.

SimonD.
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[cyberspace]

The addresses are Static.

I am just working from information I have been given, when he goes to Dubai to his house, he has to use an exact config to get on the internet.

I should be able to use the alternate address, thanks for the advice