Local Area network making.

[doldol]

Is there a way to make a Local Area Networking dialogue box?

I mean,
i have a user who currently has adapters(Dialogue Boxes) ;
LAN for Laptop embeded Network Card.
LAN for Virtual Remote Access.

But she has a home-Lan cable at home so she inserts the LAN cable and connect to the internet.

Now she has a problem after launching VPN to come into the Company network.
It seemed like, the Home-Lan & Company Lan is sharing 1 LAN dialogue box. And Company LAN usese DHCP / Home-Lan Static IP.

Now she wants to set up another LAN dialogue box so that she doesn't need to change Static / Dynamic settings in TCP/IP.

I tried make another one, but it automatically detects LAN configure and doesn't make another one.

Does anybody know how to make another spare one when there is only 1 adapter?

 

[doldol]

Help!

 

[BuckWeet]

it sounds like you're looking for a program called NetSwitcher

http://www.netswitcher.com

BuckWeet

 

[doldol]

tnx for the URL.

somehow, i found that, 1 physical Adapter -> having 2 differenct LAN dialogue boxes is not possible......

maybe.....

 

[Guest_imported]

i know you can assign 2 different ip's to a laptop that has 2 pcmcia slots [if she is using a pcmcia combo card to connect to the network / internet.
this means in effect you can configure 2 different networks!
just configure 1 network with the card in slot 1.
pop the card into slot 2 and configure another network - works like a charm.

else, if the machine has an onboard network controller the above will obviously not work.

hope it helps

 

[doldol]

Visitory, tnx.

Can you let me know how to configure LAN according to its PCMCIA slots?

Tnx in advance!

 

[Guest_imported]

This trick works on Windows 2000 Proffesional [not sure what else].
If your laptop has 2 PCMCIA slots, and you have have a PCMCIA card with a network interface in it, then put the card in, if its the 1st time, the OS will detect it and load the drivers.

Make sure it works by looking in control panel/device manager.

Set up your LAN as you would any network. Go to control panel / network and dialup connections. If you card works it should show up as Local Area Connection. Got to properties and set the IP and subnet. Done.

Now turn the machine off, pop the card into the other PCMCIA slot, boot and go to control panel / network and dialup / properties.
You can now assign another IP and subnet. Done.

That means for instance if you setup the card for the network at home IP: x.x.x.x Sub y.y.y.y in slot1,
and the network at the office for IP a.a.a.a and Sub b.b.b.b in slot 2,

you can just put the card in the appropriate slot, depending on which network you connect to...easy peasy.

As I said, I have done this in Win 2k prof, and it works like a charm. I'm not sure how much use this trick is to any other OS. Hope it helps. Cheers

 

[doldol]

Visitory!

thank you so much!

I couldn't completely got understood your each word, but know what you were trying to say.

from your posting, i got a hint & a solution.
I tested inserting one more LAN card to a slot, and
it mades Perfectly, 2 LAN dialogue boxes -> and advised to my user!

Thank you again! :->