if there is a way to do this, it would be awesome.
here is the issue: I use my laptop for FIRST robotics. The robots is programmed using NI labview in windows xp and when I deploy code, I have to either be connected to the robot's wifi access point/router, or i must be tethered using ethernet.
here is the bummer. to connect, the IP of the NIC I using to connect must have a static IP of 10.wx.yz.9 . the wxyz=team number of the bot, which for me is either 2783 (this year's competition bot), 2784 (used for old bots), or 2785 (for the other old bot). the team number is also the SSID of the wireless network. the bot I have been rewriting the code for is 2784, so my IP is 10.27.84.9. the subnet is always 255.0.0.0 .
this IP is incompatible with most other things. as it is now, I must double click my network icon and go through 2 or 3 windows to get there and switch form dhcp to static and type in the code.
is there a way (likely though external software) for say, wireless network 2784 to have a static IP of 10.27.84.9 and everything else to be dhcp?
or, alternatively, since I have a separate admin for team use (so they can use my laptop for robotics w/o needing my password and still be able to change IP settings), for one admin to use one IP setting and the other to be dhcp?
note- I don't have the HD space on my laptop for dual xp installs... nor do I want to go that route.
i know it is doable in linux (it is easy... just create a new wired/wireless connection and use it for robotics-only)... but windoze doesn't have an obvious fix.
ps- for more fun, ask me how to set up 3rd party radios or how the robot playing field control network works... that really gets into hardcore networking...
here is the issue: I use my laptop for FIRST robotics. The robots is programmed using NI labview in windows xp and when I deploy code, I have to either be connected to the robot's wifi access point/router, or i must be tethered using ethernet.
here is the bummer. to connect, the IP of the NIC I using to connect must have a static IP of 10.wx.yz.9 . the wxyz=team number of the bot, which for me is either 2783 (this year's competition bot), 2784 (used for old bots), or 2785 (for the other old bot). the team number is also the SSID of the wireless network. the bot I have been rewriting the code for is 2784, so my IP is 10.27.84.9. the subnet is always 255.0.0.0 .
this IP is incompatible with most other things. as it is now, I must double click my network icon and go through 2 or 3 windows to get there and switch form dhcp to static and type in the code.
is there a way (likely though external software) for say, wireless network 2784 to have a static IP of 10.27.84.9 and everything else to be dhcp?
or, alternatively, since I have a separate admin for team use (so they can use my laptop for robotics w/o needing my password and still be able to change IP settings), for one admin to use one IP setting and the other to be dhcp?
note- I don't have the HD space on my laptop for dual xp installs... nor do I want to go that route.
i know it is doable in linux (it is easy... just create a new wired/wireless connection and use it for robotics-only)... but windoze doesn't have an obvious fix.
ps- for more fun, ask me how to set up 3rd party radios or how the robot playing field control network works... that really gets into hardcore networking...
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