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title: "[Cool Tool] NetSetMan - switch network configurations in a single click"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/10/1/cool-tool-netsetman-switch-network-configurations-in-a-singl.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/10/1/cool-tool-netsetman-switch-network-configurations-in-a-singl.html"
published: "2006-10-01T15:37:46"
updated: "2006-10-01T15:37:46"
tags: ["Cool Tools"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "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…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

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

By Roy Osherove October 1, 2006 In [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

**Historical article** · Originally published October 1, 2006; technical details may be outdated.

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

It's called [NetSetMan](http://www.netsetman.com/) (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.

[![](https://osherove.com/img/wb/07540564_www.netsetman.com_img_netsetman2free.png)](http://www,netsetman.com/)

**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)

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