[Cool Tool] NetSetMan - switch network configurations in a single click

October 1, 2006 Roy Osherove

Here's a great little program that saves many lots of headaches when I take my laptop to different places.

It's called NetSetMan (as in "Network Settings Manager"), and it has a free version with 99% of the features most of us need (the pro also has the ability to change the proxy settings). Very cool, and very useful.

NetSetMan is a network settings manager which can easily switch between 6 different, visually structured profiles including:

IP Address
Subnet Mask
Default Gateway
Preferred & Alternate DNS Server
Computer Name
Workgroup
DNS Domain
WINS Server
Default Printer
Run Scripts

Additionally only in the Pro version

Unlimited Amount of Profiles
Network-Domain
Complete Proxy Settings (Internet Explorer & Firefox)
Home Page (Internet Explorer & Firefox)