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Wireless Help (Two diff settings)

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Name: beaumont911
Date: January 31, 2005 at 21:34:55 Pacific
OS: XP Pro
CPU/Ram: 512MB
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OK, here is a complicated problem. I have school settings at school now for wireless, they use a domain (called PENINSULA.something) and complicated settings. My wireless home network (which they deleted) used a workgroup called BEAUMONT and I just had to put in DNS numbers and IP addresses. I cant use one half the day, and the other, the other half of the day. I tried changing the domain to the workgroup temporarily, but it requires a username and password only my school knows. Is there a way to maintain both settings? I tried different XP profiles but didn't work.

Thanks.



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Name: kinel
Date: January 31, 2005 at 23:18:17 Pacific
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I must admit I've never tried it but I see no reason it shouldn't be possible to run the Network wizard and create another WiFi connection.

The big problem I forsee is that you will need admin priviliges to do this which I doubt you'll have on what I presume is the school's laptop.



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Response Number 2
Name: lurkswithin
Date: January 31, 2005 at 23:33:28 Pacific
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I believe that you are stuck with changing out the networking issues each time you switch. Sorry but I am not sure as to why there can't be two different setups and that you can click on which ever one you wanted except that of compatability issues. Two different user profiles still use the same networking so I can see where that wouldn't work for you. A sure fire way to get around it is to create a partition and install a second copy of your os in that partition and set it up to use the home networking and use the other one to use the school networking. You can transfer files from one to the other as needed with file sharing enabled. Just boot to the system for home when you are home and the one for school at school. Xp has a boot manager that will allow it but I personally don't think it is worth the time of day.
I use a bootIt NG boot manager($35) and it will allow you to set up as many bootable partitions as you will ever need either on the same HDD or on different ones.

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Response Number 3
Name: IT_Man
Date: February 15, 2005 at 14:26:21 Pacific
Reply:

OK...

It's just like using a laptop from work at home... The Laptop is setup to connect to the domain at the school... THEN, when you take it home, as long as you have logged into the laptop to create a profile, it will simply connect to any available wireless network at home. You of course have to have local administrator rights on the laptop... (in order to do just about anything when it comes to a laptop)
Example: My laptop is configured specifically for the work Domain. When I go home, I boot it up and login to the computer with a cached account and it picks up the new wireless network and connects to my workgroup without hesitation. I don't see the problem.


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