Our Work network does assign IP addresses by DHCP.  They are assigned and
are good for 7 days (how???) and are renewed if you log on at least once a
week.  (I have no idea what I just said means!!!)  Just quoting our Network
administrator.  So you are saying that all I would need to do is plug in
and I will logon to whatever network I connect to using TCP/IP?  I have
heard good things about Sygate and would not mind having it if it would do
this.

Thanks,

Doug


At 2/8/00 03:55 PM , Patrick Black wrote:

>I would suggest you get the shareware version of Sygate when you get Cable
>in your area.  Also you can purchase an additonal NIC for the server
>machine.
>
>Then you can set up Sygate to assign IP's to each machine on the network
>when they log in using DHCP. To enable DHCP support in windows, Goto Control
>Panel>Network>TCP/IP select the WINS tab, select ENABLE DHCP at the bottom
>of that window.
>
>You might contact your Network Administrator and see if your Work LAN also
>supports DHCP, that way you won't have to go in and change IPs.
>
>
>
>--Patrick Black

----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Simmons <[log in to unmask]>

 > Our area is slated to get cable modem access this year (Yeah!!). I have
 > already started planning to implement a home network with my two home PC's
 > to share a cable connection  when I can get it. I would probably set the
 > home network using NETBEUI.  I have read about and think I can handle
 > setting up the home network.... but:
 >
 > I also use an IBM ThinkPad 600 (400 MZ, 96M RAM, Win 95b) with a PCMCIA
 > Ethernet NIC in one slot and a PCMCIA dialup modem in the other. While I'm
 > at work it is on the company LAN running TCPIP.  Now the problem.  What is
 > the easiest way to connect the laptop to my home network each night and on
 > weekends?

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