ActiveLAN 3.02 is a IP Utility product from patchdat.de, get 5 Stars SoftSea Rating, ActiveLAN is an easy to use IP Switcher tool for logical switchover between several LANs/WLANs on multi-homed hosts under Windows. One of several Network Adapters or Connection Profiles can be enabled dynamically (on-demand). After the activation of a profile, the selected network is accessible for all new-started or re-launched applications. The other interfaces available in the host remain logically "disabled" (temporarily inaccessible) for local applications under Windows. A suspended LAN can be enabled any time with a mouse click on its profile in the GUI. Then the roles will be changed: the interface of the selected profile will be enabled (active) and all others disabled (suspended). While switching between the profiles, the tool changes automatically in the same step the proxy settings of the Internet Explorer (IE) and Mozilla Firefox, so that the proxy settings in your browser become adapted for the used LAN. The tool is useful, above all, for mobile Internet users who travel often between different locations or, as a matter of routine, must connect to one or another LAN/WLAN at a single location. The tool helps in particular when several network connections (NICs) are available in the notebook and, therefore, several LANs/WLANs are configured for IP at the same time and can be accessible.
With ActiveLAN can be one of multiple network adapters or connection profiles dynamically (on demand) to be activated. The tool is especially designed for mobile users, with their Windows laptop between different locations often travel or even at a single location routinely between different local area networks (LAN, WLAN) must change.
The program tool avoids system related (low-level), and resolve conflicts of his tasks quickly and reliably. Unlike conventional IP Switcher tools are no existing IP configuration of your Ethernet adapter manipulated, but IP routing conflicts in the multi-homed host dissolved - by logical activation of one or the other you have selected the LAN. It modifies the tool in the same step, the proxy settings for Internet Explorer (IE) and Mozilla Firefox, and do so automatically and appropriately for your selected profile with the local network. The management of the LAN profile contains all the necessary functions and is carried out totally using the GUI.
ActiveLAN is considered an "easy-to-use IP Switcher means. The handling of the tool is intuitive and straightforward. The user manual is in German and English shipped (installed). The program setup is done with an MSI installation package. The tool works under Windows XP, 2000, 2003, Vista. The license of this networking software is Free Trial Software, the price is $25, you can free download and get a free trial before you buy. If you want to get a full or nolimited version of ActiveLAN, you can buy this networking software.