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Difference between windows and ios wireless
On my ipod at work, I had problems staying connected to one of the internal wireless networks, so I put in a fixed ip and it worked great. The other wireless is dhcp on a completely separate network, and it also works great, and gets the proper IP address. Is there a way to do this with Windows devices, where you can configure the wireless connections independently? I thought on Windows if you put in a fixed ip for wireless it wouldn't work on any other wireless network because it wouldn't have the right IP.
Wireless is a per network (SSID) setting (static vs dynamic ip)
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I don't understand how this works on windows wireless. The only option I see for putting in a fixed IP address is on the wireless adapter settings, which will change it for all wireless connections. this means if I put in a fixed IP in one location, it won't work on wireless in another network unless I change it back to dhcp on the adapter settings. The ipod lets me change the dhcp/fixed ip settings per ssid, but windows does not
> where you can configure the wireless connections independently?
I believe hdhondt inferred you meant "independently from the wired adapter" in which case their answer is accurate.
Microsoft's Wireless Zero Configuration service does not allow you to configure the DHCP/static IP settings separately between wireless networks, though some 3rd-party connection managers (such as those from Broadcom, Atheros or Intel) might allow that.
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If you go to network setup, click on TCP/IP and then click the Properties button, you can change the settings there.
Especially for wireless, you really should leave it set to DHCP. Different networks may have completely different settings, so, if you fix the IP address for one network, it may not work on the next one, or may even give a duplicate address conflict which would affect others on the network, too.