On a laptop I access the Internet at home through a modem and connect to a network at work through a PCI 10/100 Ethernet Adapter Card. The only way I have found to access the Network after using the Internet is to remove the TCP/IP - dial up access protocol in Control Panel - Network. When I return to using the Internet I have to re-install this. This is not a major problem but very annoying and time wasting. Is there anyway for the two protocols to work alongside?
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LAN v Internet Conflicts
- Thread starter Worin
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I have the same situation - whilst using my laptop at home I must use a dialup internet connection whereas whilst at work i can use the permenant internet connection over the network.
I guess why you must remove the TCP/IP Protocol for the Dialup Adapter is because when you connect your laptop to the network it still wants to dial an internet connection?
If so then all you have to do is to :-
> go into internet explorer
> Click on Tools
> then Internet Options
> Choose the Connections Tab
> then choose dial whenever a network connection is not present
this setting will also stop other software, for example outlook, from trying to dial the internet so long as it is configured to use internet explorer's dialer rather than establishing the connection by itself.
I guess why you must remove the TCP/IP Protocol for the Dialup Adapter is because when you connect your laptop to the network it still wants to dial an internet connection?
If so then all you have to do is to :-
> go into internet explorer
> Click on Tools
> then Internet Options
> Choose the Connections Tab
> then choose dial whenever a network connection is not present
this setting will also stop other software, for example outlook, from trying to dial the internet so long as it is configured to use internet explorer's dialer rather than establishing the connection by itself.
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