IP Settings management utility

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Jason Lavoie

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Can anyone recommend a free and useful IP settings management utility for windows?
something that will let me easily switch between a handful of different static IP schemes (for various DSP worlds) and easy switching back and forth to dynamic for hotel/home use

lots come up in a google search, but I'm looking for recommendations before I have to turn on the virus scanner and try a few out..

Jason
 
Re: IP Settings management utility

Nobody?

you all find that you're ok with the standard procedure of going to connections manager, right click connection, go to properties, click, scroll down to TCP/IP settings, double click, then click again, then type in an IP address, then type a subnet mask, then click OK, then wait.

Jason
 
Re: IP Settings management utility

No hints to a software program.

However at least in Windows 7 you can easily set multiple IP address on a given NIC, hit the advanced button on the page where you enter the manual IP address and add more at will.

Philip
 
Re: IP Settings management utility

Yeah, but multiple IPs (which exist in XP, as well) only work if they're *all* static. As soon as you need one DHCP, you're SOL. You can set it up so that if it can't get a DHCP, it defaults to an alternate static, but if you need a static in an environment where a server will assign a DHCP and you're trying to override it, well, again you're SOL.
 
Lenovo (IBM) has access connections. It works very well. I don't use it. I do it manually as you described. I have no consistent set ups so it's just as easy for me to set up there.
 
Re: IP Settings management utility

I'm in pretty much the same situation as Harry.

My configuration is very dependent on the location and my IP information is often provided by some "I.T. person". Thus, just manually setting it is generally the easiest way to get the job done. However, my Dell D830 came with Dell's QuickSet application that I think is supposed to provide this kind of functionality. I don't really know, because I don't use it. You may want to look into it, however. You can download it for free from Dell's website.
 
Re: IP Settings management utility

Josh Millward said:
I'm in pretty much the same situation as Harry.

My configuration is very dependent on the location and my IP information is often provided by some "I.T. person". Thus, just manually setting it is generally the easiest way to get the job done. However, my Dell D830 came with Dell's QuickSet application that I think is supposed to provide this kind of functionality. I don't really know, because I don't use it. You may want to look into it, however. You can download it for free from Dell's website.
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I have quickset, but for me it only does screen settings and "presentation mode" which I assume is audio related. I'll have to check for a newer version.

I'm a bit like you in that often I get handed settings, but I also bounce around between 2-3 current installs at various stages of completion, plus hotels plus home, so a given week could be 4-5 different settings, and back and forth to dynamic almost daily.

Jason
 
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