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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: 1. Start Access Connections. If this is your first time to access Access Connections, the Welcome to Access Connections window is displayed. Figure 2. Welcome to Access Connections window © Lenovo 2006. Portions © IBM Corp. 2006. 3

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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:
1.
Start
Access
Connections.
If
this
is
your
first
time
to
access
Access
Connections,
the
Welcome
to
Access
Connections
window
is
displayed.
Figure
2.
Welcome
to
Access
Connections
window
©
Lenovo
2006.
Portions
©
IBM
Corp.
2006.
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