Clint, that explains your situation! Here are a couple of ideas:

When you insert a NIC I suppose your OS (Windows) detects the card and tries
to locate drivers for it (plug-and-play). If you allow that procedure to
take place, using default values, you then could apply your own saved
networking configuration.

Option 1:
If you use Netswitcher (see below) you could copy its saved settings (I
think) onto a floppy which you carry with your NIC. On the same floppy you
should store the Netswitcher installation file. The settings from each
company/network should be saved by you under a unique name in the tool.

Option 2:
Probably Windows stores the same settings in its Registry. Those settings
could be exported to a floppy and applied by you on the machine you are
currently using. The settings from each company/network should be saved by
you under a unique file name (*.reg?). (Not really sure about this one.)


Good luck!
Goran Halfvarson, Sweden



| -----Original Message-----
| From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
| [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Clinton A Worley
| Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 11:43 AM
| To: [log in to unmask]
| Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Network Settings Backup?
|
|
| There is normally no NIC in these systems.
| Just a modem and a proprietary interface card that allows me to
| communicate with the equipment out on the plant floor.
| If I want to access the company network I remove the modem
| and insert a
| 3Com NIC that I carry with me.
| Not many people in my group even have network logins.
| The others are maintenance personal that use these laptops for
| troubleshooting.
| Clint
|
| On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:31:10 +0100 Goran Halfvarson
| <[log in to unmask]> writes:
| > Clint,
| >
| > basically I agree with David; the machines should be pre-configured
| > by the
| > pc support staff at your company.
| >
| > However, if you have the opposite problem; i.e. carrying a laptop
| > from one
| > company/network to another, then you should try
| > http://www.netswitcher.com/ - a great utility. (A think I got the
| > hint from
| > this list a year ago.)
| >
| > Good luck!
| > Goran Halfvarson, Sweden
| >
| >
| >
| > | -----Original Message-----
| > | > How do I save the network settings in my laptop for accessing
| > the
| > | > corporate ethernet?
| > | > I mean the numbers for DNS, WINS, IP and the boxes that
| > | need checked.
| > | > I do not always get the same laptop every time I check one out.
| > | >
| > --
| > | > Clint
| > |
| >
| > | Don't the people you check them out from make sure they're
| > configured
| > | correctly?
| > --
| > | David Gillett
|

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