On windows I used netsetman for while to switch between configurations, but the bigger issue was I could never get Windows to run DHCP and a static ip at the same time. If you don’t run DHCP and statics at the same time, you can’t access the cpe while also having access to your network or VPN unless you manually choose the correct gateway. On top of that, every WindowsOS after XP takes several extra seconds to report that the port is up, which is just a pain when you first just want to verify that layer2 is working. Supposedly you can turn off all the extra automatic network detection.
Then I switched to macos and linux. On MacOS I just add another instance of the Ethernet port with one set to DHCP and the other set with my statics. There is a built in location manager that lets you save and switch between network configurations but I a rarely need to use it. I have an “installer” location and an “Automatic” configuration. Can definitely be done on linux as well. but now days, I just run NAT on a unifi, add the extra static addresses there, then connect to it via wifi. (installed in a box with battery pack) From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> on behalf of "ch...@wbmfg.com" <ch...@wbmfg.com> Reply-To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 12:20 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] a basic question Yeah... screw that... I will just recreate all my scripts. From: Jaime Solorza Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 9:52 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] a basic question Multiple NICs On Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 9:42 AM Craig Baird <cr...@xpressweb.com> wrote: Multiple NICs? Maybe get a USB ethernet dongle for the laptop. Also, if you can access your internal networks via WiFi, that would fix that issue. Of course, this all assumes that your various IP subnets don't conflict or overlap in any way. Craig On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 9:35 AM Jim Bouse [Brazos WiFi] <j...@brazoswifi.com> wrote: We use a program called NetSetMan. It’s inexpensive for commercial use. Jim Bouse Owner - Brazos WiFi 979-999-7000 http://www.brazoswifi.com<http://www.brazoswifi.com/> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 10:25 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] a basic question I feel silly asking this but I honestly don’t know if there is a better way. Willing to risk the embarrassment of a simple answer. Frequently plugging a laptop into a management port or something. 192.168.1.1 So I need to set the laptop IP manually to 192.168.1.11 or some such thing. Then I find I immediately need to connect to some DHCP device and right back to the management port. And then to perhaps check email I need to go to a 10.x.x.x or a 172 subnet internally. Once upon a time I wrote some scripts and associated them with icons to reconfig the ethernet IPV4 settings to various things I need to access from time to time. Is there a better way where I will never have to change configs? -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com ________________________________ -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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