Re: Changing Static IP's when the user isn't an administrator

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"Dave Collier" <Dave Collier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Got a slightly unusual problem and any advice would be very helpful
>
> A certain software package I am working on allows users to interface with
> certain embedded Ethernet monitoring devices. These are scattered at
various
> locations around the country. Engineers travel to these locations with
their
> laptops and plug into the LAN at each location to sort out any problems
there
> may be.
>
> The problem is each of these sites has a unique group of IP addresses set
> and unique subnet and naturally if the subnets don't match the systems
cannot
> communicate. There are no DHCP servers anywhere in the system so the
laptops
> have to be set to a static IP. We have written a rather nice little
program,
> which allows the engineer to just select his location from a drop down
list
> and which automatically sets the laptop to have a suitable static IP and
> subnet mask.
>
> Unfortunately due to windows access privileges, this software only works
> when the user is logged in with full administrator privileges. This has
> naturally caused quite a few problems and it would be a lot better if we
were
> able to change the static IP address and subnet mask from a "normal" user
> account.
>
> I will greatly appreciate any help, which I can have in solving this
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Dave Collier
>

How about creating multiple hardware profiles for selection at boot-up? IP
addresses changes with it.


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