Network Profile Manager NetSetMan 4 update brings major features

Martin Brinkmann
Mar 2, 2015
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Depending on how and where you use your computer, you may need to change network settings regularly.

This can be the case if you use a laptop at home and in office for example. Windows doesn't save different network profiles which means that you have to switch manually or write your own batch files or scripts to automate the process.

We have reviewed the networks profile manager NetSetMan back in 2008 for the first time and came to the conclusion that it is an excellent program for managing and switching between different network profiles.

Profiles are not limited to network settings exclusively. You can use it to modify dozens of system features such as Windows Firewall, sound and display related features such as wallpapers or display modes, and custom hosts files.

NetSetMan 4.0 has just been released and it introduces several new features to the application that make it even better.

The program's auto-switching functionality has been improved for example. While it has been part of NetSetMan for years, it has been redesigned completely to give you more control over the switching.

To use the feature click on the light bulb icon in the interface and check the "activate AutoSwitch program-wide" box on the new screen.

The main change here is that you can combine conditions as you see fit now. The program supports four conditions:

  1. WiFi Network - based on detected wireless networks detected by the computer's wireless adapter.
  2. Network Location - based on the computer network.
  3. Adapter Status - based on the connected or disconnected status of a certain network adapter.
  4. Time Frame - based on days of the week and select periods.

You can configure the program to switch to a network profile based on time and the availability of wireless networks for example, or network location and adapter status.

Additional options include selecting whether one or all conditions need to be met, and whether a dialog should be displayed or if the switching should be handled in the background automatically without user input.

You find the second major feature, administration, in the preferences which you can open with Ctrl-P or by clicking on Options >  Preferences.

A click on administration in the preferences opens the menu. There you can enable administrative oversight and define permissions that can only be accessed if the administrative password is provided first.

This controls access to profiles and settings among other things.

administration

The settings file is encrypted automatically if an administrative password is added to the program. It may be necessary however to disable write privileges to a Registry key holding the checksum of the password as well to avoid tampering with that.

Several other features and improvements have found their way into NetSetMan 4.0. The Network Adapter Bar lists three consistent icons to refresh the network adapter list, display the selected adapter's status, and to add subprofiles.

Single profiles can be imported and exported individually now, and support for Windows 10 has been added as well. Other small changes include large font display support, a new time zone system setting and a context menu with access to actions such as copy and paste.

The non-commercial free version supports the bulk of features. A commercial Pro version is available that supports a handful of additional features like network domain and browser proxy support.

Verdict

NetSetMan is a great program for anyone who wants to make the switching between different network profiles comfortable.

Version 4.0 improves the program and makes it even better than before. The developer of the program rewrote 80% of the code fixing numerous bugs and several memory leaks in the process.

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  1. PhoneyVirus said on March 4, 2015 at 12:21 am
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    Now that I finely want to tryout NetSetMan their server is overwhelmed a little bit by the amount of visitors at the moment. Clearly the application it popular or maybe Martin generated that much traffic after writing the article their server trowed up the Red Flag!

    Thanks for the Tutorial Martin

  2. imu said on March 3, 2015 at 1:08 am
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    thanks Martin,I think I got my answer now :) according to this :
    You can verify which runtime is in use by calling System.getProperty(“java.vm.version”). If ART is in use, the property’s value is “2.0.0” or higher -my devices in fact use ART :) have a look at screenshot http://m.imgur.com/8hgyKIz
    java.vm.name=Dalvik but java.runtime.name=Android Runtime (ART) and java.vm.version=2.1.0

    SRC:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19830342/how-can-i-detect-the-android-runtime-dalvik-or-art/19831208#19831208

    1. Martin Brinkmann said on March 3, 2015 at 7:39 am
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      Great that you figured it out and good to know when I finally get Lollipop.

  3. imu said on March 2, 2015 at 11:39 pm
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    yeah entire internet say lollipop runs art by default but I have lollipop 5.0.2 on my nexus 7 2013 and moto g 2nd gen. and apps like cpu-z or artchecker say I’m running dalvik 2.1.0 what’s more there is no longer option available to change that as you could with KitKat 4.4.4

    1. Martin Brinkmann said on March 2, 2015 at 11:54 pm
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      I could not find any information about that. Could be a reporting issue or intended to show as Dalvik.

  4. imu said on March 2, 2015 at 11:19 pm
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    sorry but I’m extremely confused and need to ask an expert Martin is Dalvik VM back again the default engine in lollipop 5.0.2?

    1. Arthur said on March 4, 2015 at 4:10 am
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      Lollipop doesn’t use Dalvik at all. It’s ART only.

      Because of this it was impossible to run apps like the Xposed Framework and GravityBox until very recently.

      http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3034811
      http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/app-gravitybox-v5-0-0alpha-tweak-box-t3037566

    2. Martin Brinkmann said on March 2, 2015 at 11:23 pm
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      I’m still waiting for my Moto G to update. Bought the phone because I thought I’d receive upgrades fast, then Motorola got sold and now I’m stuck with a phone that gets updates slowly.

      Lollipop should be using ART from all I read about it.

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