Switching Location Profiles Automatically - Lenovo 20074CU User Manual

Switching location profiles automatically

As you move your computer from place to place, Access Connections can
automatically detect available wireless LAN (802.11) and Ethernet networks and
apply the location profile of one of them for you.
Figure 43. Automatic Location Switching window
To configure automatic switching between location profiles, do as follows:
1. On the menu bar of the main window of Access Connections, click Configure.
2. Select Location Switching.
3. To enable automatic location profile switching select Enable automatic location
4. If you want Access Connections to check for available wired networks (in
5. If your computer supports wireless WAN connections, you can select When no
6. Click OK.
switching. Then, if an active connection is lost, Access Connections will search
the list of profiles, in the order in which they are listed in the table, for one that
matches an available wireless LAN network. When it finds such profile, it
applies that profile to restore connectivity. You can change the order of the
profiles by selecting a profile and then clicking Higher or Lower.
addition to wireless LAN networks) when switching automatically, select Include
Ethernet connections in automatic switching and prompt me to save
Ethernet ports.
If this option is enabled, Access Connections will automatically obtain identifying
information (a MAC address) for each new Ethernet port to which you connect,
and then prompt you to associate that port with the location profile of your
choice. When you later connect to the same Ethernet port, Access Connections
will apply the profile you selected.
To view or delete the MAC addresses of Ethernet ports that have been
associated with location profiles, click Edit Saved Ports.
other connections are available, connect through Wireless WAN and select
an appropriate wireless WAN location profile if one exists.
Chapter 2. Using location profiles
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