Dell 1420 WIFI and ETHERNET with STATIC LAP IP on Vista

I want to set up my lappy so I always get the same IP no matter if I am on wireless or on Ethernet (its the same network, but i won't be on both at once of curse)

This is not a specific problem to Dell 1420 but more of a Windows Vista thing.
Windows Vista tries to visualize the internet connection so much it actually makes it more confusing. Is it possible to set up a connection so no matter if I am on wireless or Ethernet I get the same IP? My router won't allow the same IP routing for two different MACs (it assumes they could be trying to connect at the same time and I suppose they could) I try to specify static IP in vista, and I was only able to do it for Ethernet, it seems wireless just does not like static. I get all kinds of weird stuff such as local access only, it changes the IP to something crazy, simply a nightmare.

Any advise would be great.

Thank You

 

So, you went to the Control Panel, selected Network Connections, right clicked on the Wireless Network Connection, selected properties, clicked on the ICP/IP for IP4, entered a static IP, closed all of those windows, rebooted, and had no connection?

 

I had a connection but then switching to ethernet would have no connection.


I guess the other thing I should of posted is - is there a way to do so dynamic IP is also available if I choose to go to hot spots.

 

I use the reserved IP function on my router, but like you said most will not allow the same IP address to be reused. Since reserved IP is based on MAC address it may work for you. You could also restrict your DHCP range to 1, this way you will get the same IP, but doing so you should set your lease time short so it clears it when not in use.

Some drivers (advanced properties) allows you to change the MAC Address. I know the Intel card does this and so does my Raylink. This way you can have the both wired and wireless have the same MAC. But a word of warning if you happen to connect both port at the same time may bring the whole lan down. 2 devices with the same MAC address do not fly.

I assume you need this for some service to be routed to your nb.

Another option if this is the case. Is maybe create a new service and have 1 rule point to each. I do not know what will happen if that is not on line, it should just work as a stealth port.

This way keeps DHCP on.

 

In your connection manager, the wireless connects in order arranged. And can be set independently. So one static and other DHCP will work, provided all locations have a unique SSID.

 

I think the only way you could do this is set the IP yourself.

 

Did you follow the same steps and set the same static IP for the ethernet connection? Is the static IP outside of the DHCP range of the router?

 

If I understand correctly, your wireless card AND wire ethernet port will be connected to the same router, but not at the same time. And you want both NICs to have the same IP address. What will happen is since they have different MAC addresses, your router will get confused for about 2 minutes, until its ARP table is updated I believe.

If your router supports it, you can set the wireless into one subnet and the wired ports into another subnet. That is how my network is setup, and I can get internet access either threw the wireless network or through the wired network.