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    Creating multiple wireless profiles with Vista

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by ThunderCat69, Jun 22, 2008.

  1. ThunderCat69

    ThunderCat69 Notebook Evangelist

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    Heres the situation, I'm always bouncing back and forth between my girlfriends apartment and my parents house. My laptop goes with me no matter where I go and everytime I switch houses I have to setup the static IP so I can use torrent sites. Is there any way to setup profiles so that I all of the IP information is stored for both houses and I can just click something instead of setting everything up again??
     
    ThunderCat69, Jun 22, 2008
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  2. Wirelessman

    Wirelessman Monkeymod

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    Just setup DHCP at your girlfriend's router.
     
    Wirelessman, Jun 22, 2008
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  3. Gregory

    Gregory disassemble?

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    I'm not familiar with Vista or torrent sites, but it seems to be the best option would be to assign your MAC address a a static route on each router. It will remember it and automatically assign you the address you specified. Do that via the router control panel (192.168.1.1 or .0.1 or whatever it may be for your brand router). Then I'd leave the laptop using the DCHP to accept any IP the router gives it (since the router will now remember you because your MAC address doesn't change).
     
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  4. ThunderCat69

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    I really don't know much about DHCP settings thats why I haven't thought about doing that. If you would like to explain that I would be more than willing to try it.
     
    ThunderCat69, Jun 23, 2008
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    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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  6. flipfire

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    Please do not make duplicate threads, its against forum rules.

    To answer your problem, just make your IP dynamic. It doesnt need to be static to use torrents
     
    flipfire, Jun 23, 2008
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  7. Wirelessman

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    Connect to your router (192.168.1.1) and select DHCP.
     
    Wirelessman, Jun 23, 2008
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