Proxy Auto Config

If you access multiple network locations with the same computer and you wish to switch from one configuration to another with minimum effort, Proxy Auto Config is a tool that can help.

Especially aimed at laptop users who may connect to various networks on the go, Proxy Auto Config is actually a very easy to use application, with a one-window interface for a straightforward approach.

You first need to define the settings for each network you wish to use, all of them displayed in a dedicated panel alongside all the other options.

You can also enable proxy, in which case you need to define the connection settings too, but also configure a script to be loaded when a specific subnet is active. It’s pretty obvious that this feature requires advanced computer knowledge and a help manual is missing completely from the package.

Proxy Auto Config places an icon in the System Tray because it’s supposed to run all the time, but it doesn’t affect the overall performance of the system.

Still, clicking on the icon doesn’t allow you to quickly jump from one network profile to another, but instead its only purpose is to open the main window of the program.

Overall, Proxy Auto Config relies on a very interesting idea, but it misses important features that could help a lot. You can’t switch profiles on the go, there is no help manual and DHCP support is not available at all.