Guest xbaez Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Dear Linux users I have an ADSL set up via apache, it's IP address is 192.168.1.1 I use Mandriva 2006 and I always have this PC at home so there's no problem here, the only thing that I had to do was load the usbnet module when the PC starts However, in Windows XP my dad has a laptop and uses the ethernet port to connect to the internet on both the office and home However, at the office the gateway is 192.168.0.1 At home the gateway is 192.168.1.1 Can anbody please give me some advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 Does the gateway support DHCP? If so, then as long as his machine is set up to use DHCP, then it'll change as you go from one machine to another. Else, if he uses a static IP address, then he will have to change it each time when he goes between office and home to one that works with your gateway versus his in the office. Eg: his office gateway is 192.168.0.1, so maybe his static ip is 192.168.0.2. So at home, you need to change to a free address, so maybe 192.168.1.2 then it'll work fine. Else if he is set for DHCP, enable dhcp on your router. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarian Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 Not really related (sorry), but I have an interesting ADSL connection, namely - I've setup my Mandriva to connect to Ethernet in MCC (with all the default ethernet settings), and it somehow automatically connects to the net. It's magic! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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