Unless I am missing something - couldn't you create a new connection from the MSWindows Connection Wizard and set a fixed IP address for the laptop? Then use the new (fixed IP) connection for connecting to this network and the default dhcp connection at other times?
PS. I am not in front of a WinXP machine right now, so can't be more precise, but write back if you get stuck. If you have a Linux box then you need to set it up manually using 'ifconfig address' or iproute2 by running something like 'ip addr add . . .' type of thing. You can have different connection scripts as required and bring these up according to the network that you are connecting to. HTH. On Thursday 08 March 2007 06:46, David Reichard wrote: > My laptop is the VNC server. When the laptop is on my home network, I'd > like to be able to access it with a VNC client. > > My laptop gets its IP address from my home network's DHCP server. I can > find out what the address is and use that to connect OK. But that address > can change. I wish it were a fixed address or name. > > I could set the TCP/IP properties on the laptop to a fixed IP but then it > wouldn't be able to easily connect to other networks away from home. The > laptop has Windows XP Home. Maybe there's a way to set TCP/IP properties > per connection. > > I could use the laptop's network name, but that apparently only works if > both the client and server are on the same network. I actually have a > number of networks at home, so that wouldn't always work. > > It would be nice if I could tell the DHCP server to recognize the laptop > (by MAC address?) and always assign the same IP. But I don't see how to do > that on my BritePort 8124 ASDL DSL modem/router. > > Any suggestions? -- Regards, Mick [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature] _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
