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Feico de Boer
Hello folks,
A while ago I didn't get an answer to the following. Let's try again ...
The following issue, at least I think it is, puzzles me for a while now.
I've been thinking about it and think it is not possible in Windows (XP)
but it won't harm to ask.
What I want is the following.
At home I have a cable internet connection (@Home Netherlands) and for
some (likely technical) reason the want me to have the computer name set
to a name they provide. Ok, works fine for my home computer because there
the name does not really mean anything.
However, occasionally I would like to use the connection for my laptop
from work as well. I want the connection to set up a VPN connection to
the office. Fine, the computer name now does mean something because it
identifies my laptop on the office network and I must keep the name (or I
will loose my computer account and logon possibility).
The problem, with the wrong computer name I cannot get a DHCP lease on
the @Home network.
Wouldn't it be nice if you could specify per adapter what hostname (or
network name whatever you like) to use by the DHCP client when it puts
the request on the network. That way it would be possible for me to use
on connection for the office network and reserve the other for the cable
internet connection. Another benefit, I can enable firewall for the
internet connect and leave it off (as disired) for the office connection.
Actually, and maybe I should not say it here, but the configuration
described above is no problem under Linux (oops, ouch, this is a
Microsoft group, no flame war intended).
Please inform me if this can be done, or else what hotfix (;-) I need to
download.
Regards,
Feico.
A while ago I didn't get an answer to the following. Let's try again ...
The following issue, at least I think it is, puzzles me for a while now.
I've been thinking about it and think it is not possible in Windows (XP)
but it won't harm to ask.
What I want is the following.
At home I have a cable internet connection (@Home Netherlands) and for
some (likely technical) reason the want me to have the computer name set
to a name they provide. Ok, works fine for my home computer because there
the name does not really mean anything.
However, occasionally I would like to use the connection for my laptop
from work as well. I want the connection to set up a VPN connection to
the office. Fine, the computer name now does mean something because it
identifies my laptop on the office network and I must keep the name (or I
will loose my computer account and logon possibility).
The problem, with the wrong computer name I cannot get a DHCP lease on
the @Home network.
Wouldn't it be nice if you could specify per adapter what hostname (or
network name whatever you like) to use by the DHCP client when it puts
the request on the network. That way it would be possible for me to use
on connection for the office network and reserve the other for the cable
internet connection. Another benefit, I can enable firewall for the
internet connect and leave it off (as disired) for the office connection.
Actually, and maybe I should not say it here, but the configuration
described above is no problem under Linux (oops, ouch, this is a
Microsoft group, no flame war intended).
Please inform me if this can be done, or else what hotfix (;-) I need to
download.
Regards,
Feico.