I recently was lucky enough to get a new laptop thanks to my employer. Now I need to use it at different locations within different networks.
Is there a good neverfailing and decent network manager that is able to let me change all the network settings with a few clicks and not force me to reboot (except when absolutely necessary). I like to have the machine in "wait status" and load it quickly.

Is there anyone here that have experiences from using such utils? I checked Globesoft's site and read about their multinetwork manager but it seems as it works during the bootprocess. Are there other and better solutions?

Any help is appreciated!

Are the networks DHCP? What operating system are you running? If it is 2000/XP, and the networks are BOTH DHCP, then they should automaticly assign you network information, without a reboot. Although, they probably use different domains/workgroups. :(

i never found one good enought that would convince me :frusty: :cursing:
but i once used a laptop without any particular app for it... depending of what u will really need in the LAN u're working in m8 ;)

u can always use yr machine in a MS NT/2k/2k3 domain environment without joining that domain every single time... :wink3: once u do it the first time, reboot, log on one time so the S.O. can create the Domain profile for yr specific user, reboot and then u can authenticate yrself with user="domain\user" or user="user@domain" (this last one in a 2k/2k3 domain only) and yr respective pass for that account, first time the Domain Controller, Proxy, exchange server or whatever, asks u to validade :shifty:,
and u can keep on addin IP addresses to yr NIC's list (so u will always have a valid one in a static IPs LAN :sailor: ), if u dont use dhcp, that is... :rolleyes: ;), cause if u use all that info can be included in the DHCP server scoupes options or even in domain policies for every comp connected to the LAN :bangin: :D
not much of a real help maybe :horse: but it worked for me then... ;) :thumbsup:

Thank you nnuxx. And billybob, the OS is XP Home, noone of the different networks use DHCP, I'm not sure about the Domains.
So, maybe I have to go for some solution that sets everything at bootup then? What settings are there that can't be changed without a reboot?

When I worked for an integrator a while back we had one that worked so-so. I will see if I can find it and dig it up for ya uni but have not used one for a bit now - and I am pretty sure the one we used had to reboot (but that was a few OS's ago) ;) perhaps they have better ones now.

And if you want to join a domain you may have to get xp pro - home doesn't let you do it BUT you can give yourself a static ip and access network resources regardless... :)

/JD

Hi .unicorn

Did you already have a look at this: http://www.mobilenetswitch.com/. I wanted to use it but I never found a 'patch'for it. I seems like this could be what your looking for.

Thank you JacKDynne,

for the moment let it rest in the archives though. I got some information about MultiNetworkManager that sounds promising. According to a friend to a friend you can change the settings either during the bootprocess (when you suddenly find that you are at a place you didn't know you should get to), or whenever, f eks when turning the machine off before takeoff (when you know where you are going). Then you are forced to reboot only if necessary.
I guess this is the best that can be done.
The networks I'll visit doesn't force me to join a domain (I think, I'm not that a network guru), but just wanting me to be a member of a workgroup and then sign in using a fixed IP).
I'll get back here with afollow-up in case there should be anyone interested inthis particular setup.