basic question about WEP

Hi,

Someone said this is possible but I am not so sure. I do accounting for
several small business clients and I take my laptop along which has a built
in wireless adapter. I use it at home with a WEP key on my wireless network.
There are several clients I see that have wireless capabilities with their
broadband but they also have a network key. Someone said instead of always
having to switch WEP keys to be able to connect, that you can set up several
user profiles for network settings? If this is possible, can someone point
me in the right direction? I thought if I set a network key for the adapter,
it stayed the same no matter what network I connect to.

Thanks for your help!

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:06:01 -0700, bg wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Someone said this is possible but I am not so sure. I do accounting for
> several small business clients and I take my laptop along which has a built
> in wireless adapter. I use it at home with a WEP key on my wireless network.
> There are several clients I see that have wireless capabilities with their
> broadband but they also have a network key. Someone said instead of always
> having to switch WEP keys to be able to connect, that you can set up several
> user profiles for network settings? If this is possible, can someone point
> me in the right direction? I thought if I set a network key for the adapter,
> it stayed the same no matter what network I connect to.
>
> Thanks for your help!

My IBM ThinkPad with its wireless management software allows me to
configure multiple wireless location profiles. If I'm at home I select my
home profile. If I'm at the airport I select that profile. At a client's I
select that profile. Each has a separate WEP Key. It's as easy as pressing
"Function > F5 > click on the wanted profile from my profile list". Start
using the selected profile.

Hi
May be one of these can help
NetSwitcher - http://www.netswitcher.com
MultiNetwork Manager - http://www.globesoft.com/mnm_home.html
Mobile Net Switch - http://www.mobilenetswitch.com
Jack (MVP-Networking).


"BobC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:06:01 -0700, bg wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Someone said this is possible but I am not so sure. I do accounting for
> > several small business clients and I take my laptop along which has a
built
> > in wireless adapter. I use it at home with a WEP key on my wireless
network.
> > There are several clients I see that have wireless capabilities with
their
> > broadband but they also have a network key. Someone said instead of
always
> > having to switch WEP keys to be able to connect, that you can set up
several
> > user profiles for network settings? If this is possible, can someone
point
> > me in the right direction? I thought if I set a network key for the
adapter,
> > it stayed the same no matter what network I connect to.
> >
> > Thanks for your help!
>
> My IBM ThinkPad with its wireless management software allows me to
> configure multiple wireless location profiles. If I'm at home I select my
> home profile. If I'm at the airport I select that profile. At a client's I
> select that profile. Each has a separate WEP Key. It's as easy as pressing
> "Function > F5 > click on the wanted profile from my profile list". Start
> using the selected profile.

You dont need any thirdparty management software to do this. All you need to
do is setup a profile for any or all networks you connect to and when you
are in range of that network it will connect.

Double click on your wireless connection icon in the system tray and choose
the properties button. Then choose the WIreless networks tab and under the
prefered networks section create a new profile for every network you want.
You can setup the WEp for each network in the profile also.

Robert....

"bg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:18E547A6-C9AD-4B04-B965-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> Someone said this is possible but I am not so sure. I do accounting for
> several small business clients and I take my laptop along which has a
> built
> in wireless adapter. I use it at home with a WEP key on my wireless
> network.
> There are several clients I see that have wireless capabilities with their
> broadband but they also have a network key. Someone said instead of
> always
> having to switch WEP keys to be able to connect, that you can set up
> several
> user profiles for network settings? If this is possible, can someone
> point
> me in the right direction? I thought if I set a network key for the
> adapter,
> it stayed the same no matter what network I connect to.
>
> Thanks for your help!

Ok,
thank you! Thank helps tremendously. I guess I didn't think of it because
when I am home I don't get the option to log on anywhere else. I'll try that!

"DLink Guru" wrote:

> You dont need any thirdparty management software to do this. All you need to
> do is setup a profile for any or all networks you connect to and when you
> are in range of that network it will connect.
>
> Double click on your wireless connection icon in the system tray and choose
> the properties button. Then choose the WIreless networks tab and under the
> prefered networks section create a new profile for every network you want.
> You can setup the WEp for each network in the profile also.
>
> Robert....
>
> "bg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:18E547A6-C9AD-4B04-B965-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Someone said this is possible but I am not so sure. I do accounting for
> > several small business clients and I take my laptop along which has a
> > built
> > in wireless adapter. I use it at home with a WEP key on my wireless
> > network.
> > There are several clients I see that have wireless capabilities with their
> > broadband but they also have a network key. Someone said instead of
> > always
> > having to switch WEP keys to be able to connect, that you can set up
> > several
> > user profiles for network settings? If this is possible, can someone
> > point
> > me in the right direction? I thought if I set a network key for the
> > adapter,
> > it stayed the same no matter what network I connect to.
> >
> > Thanks for your help!
>
>
>