Re: help...IPConfig info changes between home and office......

From: Ovidiu Popa (ovidiup_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 06/19/04 

Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 20:25:24 -0400

> Is this laptop picking up different default gateway, dhcp, and dns IP
> addresses at home, resulting in the system not being able to talk to the
> internet/firewall in the office?

Most likely. Try to shutdown the laptop rather than relying on the laptop
powerdown sleep. This will ensure that the lease is renewed when rebooting
at work.

Ovidiu Popa
MVP

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