netHelper

This small little application will rest in your menubar and lets you easily switch between different network locations. There are some programs out there which can do that automatically, but if you just want to switch your network location settings, these programs are way to heavy. So you don't have to open up network preferences any more just to select another location. It also allows to quickly connect to a VPN connections.

Warning: I am not responsible for any errors. This application is under development and may contain bugs! Please see known errors before downloading this software.

Features:

• Fast selection of the desired network location

• Provides a fast way to open network preferences pane

• Lists and connects to available VPN Connections

Features planned:

• Display of internal and external IP

• Settings dialog

 
Known Errors (at the moment):

•  Connected VPN cannot be disconnected

 
Version history

0.5

• Fixed growl messages

• disconnects connected VPN connections upon location change

• refreshing the menu items

0.4

• 64 Bit support

• new icons (maybe not the final ones...)

• VPN quick connect

0.3

• fixed bug with displaying wrong location at startup

• menu will refresh after a location change

• fixed crash after update (check)

0.2

• Removed Dock icon

• Codecleaning

• added quick jump to network preferences pane

0.1

• Initial release