Automatic selection of network

I know this is simple, but can't find an answer to why it does not work.
I have two manual IP addresses of hardwired networks I access at work. I have built a network port configuration for each one under a single location. I want to enable both so that when I physically go from one location to the other it will select the network that is available at each location. Mac Help says that it should go through the networks and select the one that is available. However, if the network I want is the second in line in the Port Configuration LIst, I have to unclick the first one in order for it to fall through and use the second one.
Maybe port configurations doesn't work the way I think it should.
Shannon

No... there's a Location switcher right up under the Apple... top/left, click, see Location..., select Location.
There was some APP that looked for a certain Network & connected automatically, but I'm drawing a blank on it's name.

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