David Reichard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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 believe it is a feature of any DHCP server
Encourage you to upgrade to a better router.
Thanks,
SHD
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of David Reichard
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 01:46 EST
To: vnc-list@realvnc.com
Subject: Moving client DHCP
My laptop is the VNC server. When
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
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Stephen H. Dawson
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 8:48 AM
To: 'David Reichard'; vnc-list@realvnc.com
Subject: RE: Moving client DHCP
Encourage you to upgrade to a better router.
Thanks,
SHD
-Original
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