Change WiFi Settings: Home vs Travelling

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  1. Posts : 35
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    Change WiFi Settings: Home vs Travelling


    Howdy,

    I am looking for a simple way to manage two or three sets of "WiFi settings" ...

    Example: When at home, I want to have a static IP address for my WiFi connection. When at the office, I want to let the server set the IP address and DNS. And when I am travelling I may want a 3rd configuration.

    Does Windows 7 have any built-in support for this type of WiFi management? I looked at Profiles in the "Manager Wireless Networks" screen, but that doesn't appear to be referring to what I am wanting to control.

    If W7 doesn't have this built-in, can anyone recommend a good, freeware, simple and safe utility/app to do this type of management?

    On my Android phone I have a simple app that monitors my location based on cell towers and when I get within a certain distance of my home, turns on the WiFi radio and when I leave that area it turns it back off to save power.

    If what I'm trying to do could be triggered automatically that would be great, but unlike my Android phone, my laptop doesn't have any way to know where I am... Does it?

    BTW, I did look in the tutorials section before posting but didn't see anything related to this in the networking section. I also searched the forums and didn't find anything with the terms that I used.

    Thanks...
    Doug
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  2. Posts : 3,139
    Systems 1 and 2: Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Win 8 Developer
       #2

    You need to go to "Manage Wireless Networks"
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  3. Posts : 35
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    Thread Starter
       #3

    Ok and then what? I know how to make the changes manually... how do I save one group of settings for home and a different set for away from home?
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    As for the fixed IP for home use - what I do is set up my router to always assign a specific IP to eacgh of my mobile devices (based on MAC addresses), so I can leave my device on auto but get a specific IP.
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  6. Posts : 35
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    Thread Starter
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    Ok thanks for posting that link. But it said nothing relating to the question that I asked. Did you read my question?
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  7. Posts : 35
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    Barman58 said:
    As for the fixed IP for home use - what I do is set up my router to always assign a specific IP to eacgh of my mobile devices (based on MAC addresses), so I can leave my device on auto but get a specific IP.
    I will have to see if my router (Netgear wgr614v8) has that capability. Does that feature have a name?
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  8. Posts : 3,139
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    OldDogEyes said:
    Ok thanks for posting that link. But it said nothing relating to the question that I asked. Did you read my question?
    Surprisingly, I did. One thought was to create two different wireless network profile types, one for work and one for home. Or was that not related to what you asked?
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    Windows 11 Pro x64 [Latest Release and Release Preview]
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    OldDogEyes said:
    Barman58 said:
    As for the fixed IP for home use - what I do is set up my router to always assign a specific IP to eacgh of my mobile devices (based on MAC addresses), so I can leave my device on auto but get a specific IP.
    I will have to see if my router (Netgear wgr614v8) has that capability. Does that feature have a name?

    It's a function of the DHCP server in the router, and should be available as address reservation or similar - unfortunately it seems that every manufacturer has it's own name for things, but, I have seen the function on all routers I've seen over recent years
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    Windows 7 Ult, Windows 8.1 Pro,
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    OldDogEyes said:
    Howdy,

    I am looking for a simple way to manage two or three sets of "WiFi settings" ...

    Example: When at home, I want to have a static IP address for my WiFi connection. When at the office, I want to let the server set the IP address and DNS. And when I am travelling I may want a 3rd configuration.

    Does Windows 7 have any built-in support for this type of WiFi management? I looked at Profiles in the "Manager Wireless Networks" screen, but that doesn't appear to be referring to what I am wanting to control.

    If W7 doesn't have this built-in, can anyone recommend a good, freeware, simple and safe utility/app to do this type of management?

    On my Android phone I have a simple app that monitors my location based on cell towers and when I get within a certain distance of my home, turns on the WiFi radio and when I leave that area it turns it back off to save power.

    If what I'm trying to do could be triggered automatically that would be great, but unlike my Android phone, my laptop doesn't have any way to know where I am... Does it?

    BTW, I did look in the tutorials section before posting but didn't see anything related to this in the networking section. I also searched the forums and didn't find anything with the terms that I used.

    Thanks...
    Doug
    You can list your connections in the advanced TCP/IP properties window. This window allows you to use different subnets, IP's, default gateways, dns servers and so on. You can type the parimeters for each connection into the list.
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