IP Address on Home and Corporate Network

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Hi all

If I have a laptop that is moved between home and office networks, will
there be any IP address issues?
Home network soon to be "controlled" by Netgear DG834 modem/firewall/router
with DHCP service enabled.
Corporate network is 2003 server with AD domain and DHCP.
Will the laptop simply be granted a new IP address in the appropriate range
when it attempts to connect to one or other network?
Any other comments?

TIA

Phil
 
TheScullster said:
If I have a laptop that is moved between home and office networks,
will there be any IP address issues?
Home network soon to be "controlled" by Netgear DG834
modem/firewall/router with DHCP service enabled.
Corporate network is 2003 server with AD domain and DHCP.
Will the laptop simply be granted a new IP address in the
appropriate range when it attempts to connect to one or other
network? Any other comments?
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That's how DHCP works - assigns an IP from a pool of available addresses.

Your home DHCP server - you control. So it will probably work for anyone.
Your 'corporate' DHCP server is under someone elses control and they decided
who can get IPs and who cannot. They could only allow certain machines to
grab DHCP IP addresses.
 
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