bogus IP address assigned to laptop

6 Jul 2006 7:16 AM

ivory_kitten

i have windows xp sp2 installed on my machine, and its up-to-date with
updates etc.

so i use my laptop at work and at home. at work i have no dramas connecting
to our wireless network using 192.168.19.1 for the DNS, at home i run on
192.168.2.1 and i mostly have to repair my connection once or twice and it
sometimes has to be manually configured to get it to work, which is starting
to get annoying since i then have to undo it when i go to work the next day.

at home i have a belkin wireless router

It all used to work fine when we ran the same loop at work, but since they
upgraded at work to a firebox with a different DNS i've had issues at home.
Sometimes it gives me a 169.xxx.xxx.xxx address, i forget what the rest of
the numbers are, which has nothing to do with either of them!?

6 Jul 2006 1:44 PM

Malke

ivory_kitten wrote:

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> i have windows xp sp2 installed on my machine, and its up-to-date with
> updates etc.
>
> so i use my laptop at work and at home. at work i have no dramas
> connecting to our wireless network using 192.168.19.1 for the DNS, at
> home i run on 192.168.2.1 and i mostly have to repair my connection
> once or twice and it sometimes has to be manually configured to get it
> to work, which is starting to get annoying since i then have to undo
> it when i go to work the next day.
>
> at home i have a belkin wireless router
>
> It all used to work fine when we ran the same loop at work, but since
> they upgraded at work to a firebox with a different DNS i've had
> issues at home. Sometimes it gives me a 169.xxx.xxx.xxx address, i
> forget what the rest of the numbers are, which has nothing to do with
> either of them!?

Try the Alternate Configuration. The wireless manager will look for the
first configuration (the office for ex.) and when it doesn't find it
and times out, switch over to the Alternate Configuration (home for
ex.). If you find the little wait for it to time out annoying, use a
third-party network manager.

Automatic Configuration for Multiple Networks -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/learnmore/tips/autoconfig.mspx

Managing One Windows XP-based Laptop for the Office and Home by MVP
Charlie Russel - http://tinyurl.com/cpy9q

http://www.netswitcher.com - NetSwitcher
http://www.globesoft.com/mnm_home.html - MultiNetwork Manager
http://www.mobilenetswitch.com - Mobile Net Switch

Malke

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6 Jul 2006 10:32 PM

Diamontina Cocktail

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"ivory_kitten" <ivorykit***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i have windows xp sp2 installed on my machine, and its up-to-date with
> updates etc.
>
> so i use my laptop at work and at home. at work i have no dramas
> connecting
> to our wireless network using 192.168.19.1 for the DNS, at home i run on
> 192.168.2.1 and i mostly have to repair my connection once or twice and it
> sometimes has to be manually configured to get it to work, which is
> starting
> to get annoying since i then have to undo it when i go to work the next
> day.
>
> at home i have a belkin wireless router
>
> It all used to work fine when we ran the same loop at work, but since they
> upgraded at work to a firebox with a different DNS i've had issues at
> home.
> Sometimes it gives me a 169.xxx.xxx.xxx address, i forget what the rest of
> the numbers are, which has nothing to do with either of them!?
>
>

You can try what Malke said first and if that isn't for you, look at the web
site below which makes it easy to switch networks for you:

http://www.netswitcher.com/product_info.htm

One last thing - you didn't say if your laptop has built in wi-fi or not. I
don't have it built in on my laptop and use a USB wi-fi NIC to get wireless.
When I am at home, I have the USB wi-fi NIC plugged in to one USB port and
have manually assigned IP address and DNS addresses there. However, when I
am working and needing to connect (which can be anywhere at all), I plug the
USB wi-fi NIC into another USB port on the laptop. When this happens, I get
an untouched network which will accept DHCP assigned IP etc. So, if you use
USB wi-fi, this may be the simple answer for you.