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SwitchNetConfig - Laptop users, quickly switch network and proxy configuration in different places

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6 May 2004CPOL2 min read 558.1K   22.1K   199  
A handy utility for laptop users which stores network and proxy configuration as profiles and apply a profile very quickly whenever laptop goes to a different network
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ConfigWrapper xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <Profiles>
    <anyType xsi:type="Profile">
      <Name>Home</Name>
      <NICProfiles>
        <anyType xsi:type="NICProfile">
          <Name>[00000001] Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection</Name>
          <IP>192.168.2.43</IP>
          <Subnet>255.255.255.0</Subnet>
          <Gateway>192.168.2.1</Gateway>
          <DNS>202.141.190.2,202.141.190.3</DNS>
          <UseDHCP>false</UseDHCP>
        </anyType>
      </NICProfiles>
      <IEProfile>
        <UseProxy>true</UseProxy>
        <ProxyName>192.168.2.1:3128</ProxyName>
        <BypassLocal>true</BypassLocal>
        <BypassAddresses />
      </IEProfile>
    </anyType>
    <anyType xsi:type="Profile">
      <Name>Onirban</Name>
      <NICProfiles>
        <anyType xsi:type="NICProfile">
          <Name>[00000001] Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection</Name>
          <IP>192.168.3.9</IP>
          <Subnet>255.255.255.0</Subnet>
          <Gateway>192.168.3.222</Gateway>
          <DNS>192.168.3.222</DNS>
          <UseDHCP>false</UseDHCP>
        </anyType>
      </NICProfiles>
      <IEProfile>
        <UseProxy>true</UseProxy>
        <ProxyName>10.0.0.2</ProxyName>
        <BypassLocal>true</BypassLocal>
        <BypassAddresses />
      </IEProfile>
    </anyType>
    <anyType xsi:type="Profile">
      <Name>University</Name>
      <NICProfiles>
        <anyType xsi:type="NICProfile">
          <Name>[00000001] Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection</Name>
          <IP>172.16.2.15</IP>
          <Subnet>255.255.0.0</Subnet>
          <Gateway>172.16.0.7</Gateway>
          <DNS>172.16.0.7</DNS>
          <UseDHCP>false</UseDHCP>
        </anyType>
      </NICProfiles>
      <IEProfile>
        <UseProxy>false</UseProxy>
        <ProxyName />
        <BypassLocal>false</BypassLocal>
        <BypassAddresses />
      </IEProfile>
    </anyType>
    <anyType xsi:type="Profile">
      <Name>BASE</Name>
      <NICProfiles>
        <anyType xsi:type="NICProfile">
          <Name>[00000001] Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection</Name>
          <IP>192.168.0.114</IP>
          <Subnet>255.255.255.0</Subnet>
          <Gateway>192.168.0.1</Gateway>
          <DNS>192.168.0.1,203.91.141.4</DNS>
          <UseDHCP>false</UseDHCP>
        </anyType>
      </NICProfiles>
      <IEProfile>
        <UseProxy>false</UseProxy>
        <ProxyName />
        <BypassLocal>false</BypassLocal>
        <BypassAddresses />
      </IEProfile>
    </anyType>
    <anyType xsi:type="Profile">
      <Name>DHCP</Name>
      <NICProfiles>
        <anyType xsi:type="NICProfile">
          <Name>[00000001] Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection</Name>
          <IP />
          <Subnet />
          <Gateway />
          <DNS />
          <UseDHCP>true</UseDHCP>
        </anyType>
      </NICProfiles>
      <IEProfile>
        <UseProxy>false</UseProxy>
        <ProxyName />
        <BypassLocal>false</BypassLocal>
        <BypassAddresses />
      </IEProfile>
    </anyType>
  </Profiles>
</ConfigWrapper>

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