1 NIC, two LANs (home and office) - need two different connections

[Dan Jinks]

On the home LAN, I use a router (192.168.1.1) and DHCP and the cable
ISP's DNS servers are specified
On the office LAN, I use a router (192.168.0.1) and a static IP and a
different set of DNS servers must be specified

So, I need to set up and switch between TWO LAN connections, depending
on what location I am in. With different NIC cards, one for home and
one for the office, this should not be a problem. HOWEVER, my two NIC
cards look like the same one to the OS, so XP only lets me have one LAN
configuration. I need two connections configured. I don't want to
change the configuration twice a day when I leave one location and
arrive at the other.

Is Netswitcher the only answer?

-Dan

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

In article >, Dan Jinks
> wrote:
>On the home LAN, I use a router (192.168.1.1) and DHCP and the cable
>ISP's DNS servers are specified
>On the office LAN, I use a router (192.168.0.1) and a static IP and a
>different set of DNS servers must be specified
>
>So, I need to set up and switch between TWO LAN connections, depending
>on what location I am in. With different NIC cards, one for home and
>one for the office, this should not be a problem. HOWEVER, my two NIC
>cards look like the same one to the OS, so XP only lets me have one LAN
>configuration. I need two connections configured. I don't want to
>change the configuration twice a day when I leave one location and
>arrive at the other.
>
>Is Netswitcher the only answer?
>
>-Dan

You say that your two NIC cards look like the same one to the OS. Do
you mean that XP has created a network bridge between them? If so,
open the Network Connections folder, right click the network bridge
and delete it. That will make the two NIC cards independent of each
other.
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