> If you have a domain, how do you get name resolution there?  You'll need name
> resolution for both computers in the domain, and for the internet.  Without a
> DHCP server, all settings have to be made manually.  How are the other computers
> in the domain setup?
>
> Windows XP uses DNS to locate Domain Controllers.  You have to setup your DNS
> properly.
>
> 1) Ensure that the laptop is configured to use the domain DNS server.
>
> 2) Ensure the domain DNS server is configured to permit dynamic updates. Ensure
> the DNS server points to itself as a DNS server.
>
> 3) For internet resolution, specify your ISP's DNS server not on the individual
> clients, but in the forwarders tab of the DNS server.

>
>> If you have a domain, how do you get name resolution there?  You'll need name
>> resolution for both computers in the domain, and for the internet.  Without a
>> DHCP server, all settings have to be made manually.  How are the other computers
>> in the domain setup?
>>
>> Windows XP uses DNS to locate Domain Controllers.  You have to setup your DNS
>> properly.
>>
>> 1) Ensure that the laptop is configured to use the domain DNS server.
>>
>> 2) Ensure the domain DNS server is configured to permit dynamic updates. Ensure
>> the DNS server points to itself as a DNS server.
>>
>> 3) For internet resolution, specify your ISP's DNS server not on the individual
>> clients, but in the forwarders tab of the DNS server.
>
>All the computers on the network has Static IP. All computer's DNS are
>pointing to the DNS server (the only one we have) and it is pointing to
>itself too, and Dynamic Updates is enabled. The DNS server is also pointing
>to the DSN of our ISP.
>
>For the alternate IP of the laptop, I've written down exactly the same
>TCP/IP configuration that I'm using for the laptop to work on the network
>without using the alternate IP, but with no result... I can't understand why.
>The first page for TCP/IP is configured to use DHCP. But the client is not to
>find a DHCP server on the network since there's none, it should jump to the
>alternate IP but still.......
>
>Thanks again!

>> Martin,
>>
>> So is the problem fixed?  If not, maybe I'm not understanding the problem.  What
>> is the purpose of using the alternate configuration?  Under what conditions is
>> the primary configuration used?
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Chuck
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
>> Paranoia is not necessarily a bad thing - it comes from experience.
>> My        email         is          AT         DOT
>>    actual       address    pchuck       sonic      net.
>
>The primary configuration is used at home to connect to an ISP that is using
>DHCP (like every provider of High-Speed Internet). The Alternate IP is used
>here at the office to connect to the domain. That's where the laptop needs a
>Static IP with DNS, Gateway, etc... So when the user want to use Internet at
>home, he simply connect the laptop to the modem and the DHCP receive a TCP/IP
>conf. from the ISP. When at the office, the laptop will try to reach a DHCP
>server without success and then try to use the Alternate IP that is fix.
>Reading what people say, it should not be hard to configure...
>
>Thank you for your time. I'll try that again and if I succeed, I'll let you
>know but I don't have too much faith...
>
>Martin

> Martin,
>
> Give us a chance and keep trying.  This sort of problem comes up occasionally,
> and with enough patience and persistence, we can usually solve it.
>
> If the Alternate configuration tab won't do the job, one of these third party
> programs may let you store multiple network configurations and switch between
> them easily:
>
> Mobile Net Switch
> http://www.mobilenetswitch.com
>
> MultiNetwork Manager
> http://www.globesoft.com/mnm_home.html
>
> NetSwitcher
> http://www.netswitcher.com
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not necessarily a bad thing - it comes from experience.
> My        email         is          AT         DOT
>    actual       address    pchuck       sonic      net.

>> Martin,
>>
>> Give us a chance and keep trying.  This sort of problem comes up occasionally,
>> and with enough patience and persistence, we can usually solve it.
>>
>> If the Alternate configuration tab won't do the job, one of these third party
>> programs may let you store multiple network configurations and switch between
>> them easily:
>>
>> Mobile Net Switch
>> http://www.mobilenetswitch.com
>>
>> MultiNetwork Manager
>> http://www.globesoft.com/mnm_home.html
>>
>> NetSwitcher
>> http://www.netswitcher.com

>I've just saw something that might be interesting (I know, I should have
>check this earlier... :) ). But when I do all the TCP/IP configuration with
>the Alternate IP, I'm doing an ipconfig /all and the IP adress that I see is
>192.168.0.197, but it's suppose to be 192.168.110.116. It says that the DHCP
>server is 192.168.0.1 but I have no computers configured with that IP
>adress...
>
>The computer is plugged on a Hub. When I'm disconnecting the Hub from the
>network and doing an Ipconfig /renew, it is using the Alternate IP like it's
>suppose to do!!! I really don't understand what's happening... If only there
>was 192.110.0.0 subnets on the network, it could help finding the problem but
>there's only 192.168.110.0 and 10.0.0.0 subnets.

>
> If your network doesn't have an official DHCP server, but this computer is
> getting DHCP service from 192.168.0.1, then someone on the network has a rogue
> NAT router plugged in.  Maybe a WiFi router?
>
> There's your problem anyway.  Wrong subnet, leading to no internet connectivity
> thru the gateway.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not necessarily a bad thing - it comes from experience.
> My        email         is          AT         DOT
>    actual       address    pchuck       sonic      net.