Monday, November 22, 2004

Macintosh Network Settings

Problem: I was asked to configure some Macintosh laptops with static IP addresses and a proxy server. This wouldn't normally be a problem except they asked ME to do it. After the configuration the network dialog showed a green light indicating that the machine was connected via the Airport*, but I wasn't getting to the internet.

Solution: Apparently, a reboot is required for the machine to recognize the proxy server. At any rate, I rebooted and it worked.

* For you PC bigots, "Airport" is the cute little name the Apple people give to their wireless routers .... :o)

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