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Configuring the network locations of Norton Internet Security 2006 or Norton Personal Firewall 2006

            
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   Add a network location
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Open Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall.
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Click Personal Firewall.
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Click Configure.
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Click on the Locations tab.
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Click on Add.
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Click Yes or No to add any computers in your Trusted Zone list to this location's Trusted Zone.
 If you click Yes, click Next, and then check the locations that you want to add.
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Click Next.
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Click Yes or No to turn on Automatic Program Control.
 Turning on this feature allows Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall to automatically create rule sets for a majority of Web-enabled programs, thus saving you from manually creating rules for all of your Web-enabled programs. Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall alerts you when it creates a rule set. The default option is Yes.
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Click Next.
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Type a name for this network location profile.
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Click Next.
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Review the information that you entered for this Network Location.
If it is correct, click Finish. If it is incorrect, click Back to modify previous choices.
            
   Remove a network location
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Open Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall.
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Click Personal Firewall.
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Click Configure.
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On the Locations tab, select the Network Location profile that you want to remove.
You may not remove the default locations.
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Click Delete.
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Click Yes.
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Click OK.
            
   Disassociate a network from a network location profile
 
NOTE Note After you have associated a network address with a Network Location profile, you may disassociate it and then reassociate it with a different profile. The various profiles have different program rule categories associated with them, and some are more restrictive than others. If you disassociate a network profile, you must recreate all program and custom rules for that profile the next time you use it.
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Open Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall.
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Click Personal Firewall.
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Click Configure.
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On the Locations tab, select the Network Location profile that you want to disassociate.
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Click Clear.
 If Automatic Network Detection is turned on, a pop-up window appears stating that Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall has detected a new network. Choose the profile that you want to associate with this network, and then click OK.
            
   Turn on or turn off Automatic Network Detection
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Open Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall.
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Click Personal Firewall.
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Click Configure.
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To turn on Automatic Network Detection (default setting), check Automatic Network Detector; to disable this feature, uncheck it.
 The Automatic Network Detector is most useful on mobile computing platforms. It detects when you attach to a new network, and allows you to specify an appropriate profile for this network.
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Click OK.

            
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Document ID: 2006100611295236
Last Modified: 12/04/2006
Date Created: 10/05/2006
Product(s): Norton Internet Security 2006, Norton Personal Firewall 2006