Help! How to set up notebook for both @home and office networks

[midnightrat]

One of my users who has a notebook and normally works from home just got @home cable installed. Planning on setting up vpn so she can connect to the office network but that's not the problem. Here's the problem, once a week she comes into the office, but with the @home network setting she can't connect to the office network. I have to go into her notebook and manually change the network settings.

Is there anyway to set up both network configurations into the notebook and allow her to select which network settings she wants to use when she boots up?

I read about this once a long time ago and the solution was to buy some software product which i've long since forgotten the name of. Does anyone know how either the name of the software or some other setting? workaround? program? whatever?

 

[spidey07]

netswitcher

let's you program different profiles for network settings, users just click icon to switch.

lifesaver

 

[midnightrat]

Thanks spidey, looks like a very cool product, but just talked to someone who suggested a vpn connection. Haven't tried it yet so can't give you specifics but basically if i set up a RAS connection to use the nic card while the notebook is hooked up to the office network it should find the server and authenticate. He also mention i could set up a lmhosts file but have no idea what that would involve.