Chapter 2. Using Location Profiles; Creating A Location Profile - Lenovo 20074CU User Manual

Chapter 2. Using location profiles

ThinkVantage Access Connections is a software utility that manages your network
connectivity at multiple locations through location profiles. A location profile stores
the network configuration required to connect to a desired network, along with
location-specific settings such as your browser home page, proxy configuration,
firewall status, file and printer sharing, and default printer. By switching between
location profiles as you move your computer from place to place, Access
Connections can quickly and easily connect to a network with no need for you to
reconfigure network settings manually.

Creating a location profile

A location profile defines all of the settings required to establish a connection to a
given network, along with other settings that are location-specific, such as the
default printer and the browser settings. Access Connections provides a profile
wizard that helps you create location profiles for networks of different types.
To create a new location profile, do the following:
Figure 2. Welcome to Access Connections window
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1. Start Access Connections. If this is your first time to access Access
Connections, the Welcome to Access Connections window is displayed.
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