Re: Multiple Network Environments
From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 04/30/04
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:23:23 -0600
In article <OZJmx6lLEHA.3516@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>, "sAYk"
<sayk@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I have an HP Pavilion ZE5400 laptop, as a QC Auditor I'm constantly visiting
>different factories every day, I visit a total of 3 to 4 factories which I'm
>assign to, I have all the necessary parameters (IP, Gateway, Subnet, DNS,
>etc) to log-in to the Factory's LAN & Internet Access from all the different
>factories. The problem is that each time I go to a different factory I spend
>around 20+ min. to get the network working, as you can imagine this is very
>frustrating, in occasions I visit the 4 factories in on day and spend most
>of the time re-configuring the TCP/IP parameters, I don't know if it's only
>me but WinXP usually never detects the Network on the first try (Reboot) I
>usually Reboot around 3 times to get the network running, and sometimes I
>get tire of trying and leave the system for a while, surprisingly when I
>come back to the system after a while the network is already working.
>
>Please note that all the factory network have workgroup topology, no need to
>log in to any Domain.
>
>Can anyone suggest a better way to handle this particular situation, this
>newsgroup is my last option and hope you guys can help.
>
>Specs.:
>OS - WinXp Home Edition SP1
>NIC - National Semiconductor Corp. 10/100
>
>
>Regards,
>
>sAYk
These programs let you store multiple network configurations and
switch between them easily:
NetSwitcher
http://www.netswitcher.com
MultiNetwork Manager
http://www.globesoft.com/mnm_home.html
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