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Old 07-24-2008   #3 (permalink)
Gizzo


 
 

Re: connection profiles in vista?

I'm actually using Thinkvantage Access Connections but I would like to
know if this is natively supported in Vista so I don't have to use 3rd
party apps.

On Jul 24, 7:33*pm, "Sooner Al [MVP]" <Soone...@xxxxxx>
wrote:
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> "Gizzo" <gbacar...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> news:3644b11a-66f4-4aa4-aa7a-90c49db8dc4f@xxxxxx
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> > This is the scenario: our IT made it a policy to issue static IPs to
> > employees. So we configure both LAN and wireless IP configs with a
> > given IP addresses, gateways, DNS, etc. However, most of us are mobile
> > and when we connect to wireless and ethernet LANs outside the company,
> > we want to be able to EASILY switch between static configs and dynamic
> > configuration. This may not be such a big problem with Wifi but with
> > LAN it is because I find myself having to manually change from static
> > to dynamic everytime. Also, I want the system to be able to remember
> > the settings like a network profile so I can easily switch to the
> > specific network configuration depending on where I am, eg HOME,
> > CLIENT1, CLIENT2, OFFICE, etc.
>
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> > How can do this in Vista networking?
>
> You might look at NetSwitcher...
>
> http://www.netswitcher.com
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