Patent ID: 8683046

Claim:
A method for use in a computer system comprising at least one computer, the at least one computer comprising at least a first media manager that enables the at least one computer to communicate using a first networking technology and a second media manager that enables the at least one computer to communicate using a second networking technology that is different than the first networking technology, the method comprising: using at least one processor to provide a common management interface that enables a user to configure: (i) a first set of one or more configuration settings that the first media manager uses to control how the at least one computer communicates using the first networking technology; (ii) a second set of one or more configuration settings that the second media manager uses to control how the at least one computer communicates using the second networking technology; (iii) a third set of one or more configuration settings that control how the at least one computer communicates when the at least one computer is connected or connecting to a network; and creating, according to interaction with the common management interface, a first configuration profile for the first media manager and a second configuration profile for the second network media manager; providing the first and second configuration profiles to the at least one computer in a same configuration file; receiving the network configuration file at the at least one computer; accessing the first and second configuration profiles from the network configuration file; using the first set of configuration settings to configure the first media manager to enable the computer to communicate using the first networking technology according to the first set of configuration settings; and using the second set of configuration settings to configure the second media manager to enable the computer to communicate using the second networking technology according to the second set of configuration settings.