Activators

Activators are custom conditions that must be met to assign a Network connection profile to a Network connection. If the connected network has the same attributes as defined in activators for a connected network profile, the profile will be applied to the network. A network connection profile can have one or multiple activators. If there are multiple activators, the OR logic applies (at least one condition must be met). You can define activators in the Network connection profile editor. Creating custom network connection profiles should be done by an experienced user.

The following Activators are available (if you want to know details for your current network, see Network connections):

Adapter

Adapter type—Apply profile if the network connection is established on the selected adapter type.

Adapter name—Apply profile if the network adapter name matches.

Adapter IP—Apply profile if the IP address of your network adapter or range of IP addresses matches.

DNS

DNS suffix—Apply profile if the domain name matches.

DNS IP—Apply the profile if the DNS server IP address or range of IP addresses matches.

WINS

Apply the profile if the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) mapped IP address matches.

DHCP

DHCP IP—Match the DHCP server IP address.

Default gateway

IP—Apply profile if the Default gateway IP address or range of IP addresses matches.

MAC address—Apply profile if the Default gateway MAC address matches.

Wi-Fi

SSID—Apply profile if the SSID (name of the Wi-Fi) matches.

Windows profile

Select Any for Windows profile configuration.

Authentication

Network authentication searches for a specific server in the network and uses asymmetric encryption (RSA) to authenticate that server. The network's name being authenticated must match the name set in the authentication server settings. The name is case-sensitive. The server name can be typed as an IP address, DNS or NetBios name.