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Configuring the Location Manager for Wireless Macintosh

      If you plan on switching back and forth between your wireless and wired connection, you must make the appropriate changes in the Appletalk and TCP/IP control panels. These control panels can both be found in the apple menu under control panels. To switch back and forth you must toggle between "Ethernet" and "your wireless card" (i.e. WaveLan/IEEE, Airport, etc.). Both Appletalk and TCP/IP must be set to the same method of connection in the pulldown "Connect via:" position in order for the machine to communicate with the network, and the machine must be connected to the network (plugged in, or in a wireless supported zone: Currently wireless access is available in most public areas in Mudd Library, most public areas the Wilder Student Union, all areas in King Building, and lounge space outside each lecture hall, Kulas Hall and the student lounge in the Conservatory of Music, The Conservatory Library Annex, Wilder Bowl and Tappan Square) in order for these changes to work.. This process must be repeated each and every time that you switch methods of connection. If you plan on switching frequently, it is recommended that you use the Location Manager Control Panel in order to make this process easier.

To Setup Location Manager:

1. Open the appletalk control panel (apple menu->control panels->appletalk).

2. From the File menu select "configurations...".

3. Select "default" from the list box and click on rename

4. If your Appletalk setting is currently set to Ethernet then rename the "default" to reflect this. Likewise, if you are connected wirelessly at the moment then rename the "default" to reflect this. Click OK when done. (We recommend using easily recognized names such as "Ethernet" & "Wireless" or "wired" & "wireless"). In the example we started with the wired connection first. 

5. Now click on Duplicate. Name the duplicate the opposite of what you renamed the default in the previous step.

6. Now click done.

7. Close the Appletalk window and click on save.

8. Repeat 1-7 in the TCP/IP control panel (apple menu->control panels->TCP/IP). Your results below reflect the proper settings for the built-in "wired" ethernet.

9. Now go back into the appletalk control panel (apple menu->control panels->appletalk).

10. From the file menu select "configurations".

11. Select the inactive configuration name from the list (In the example it is the configuration "wireless" for the Lucent WaveLan/IEEE card) and click on "make active".

12. This configuration should have the wrong settings when you open it, so at this time you should correct them by changing the connect via pull down menu to the proper method to coincide with the name of the configuration.

 

 

 

 

13. Close the window.

14. Select save.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15. Now repeat steps 10-14 for the TCP/IP control panel (apple menu->control panels->TCP/IP). (In the example the settings were corrected for the "wireless" configuration).

16. Open the location manager. (apple menu->control panels->location manager).

17. In the File menu select "New Location".

18. Name this location to match the names that you have given the appletalk and TCP/IP settings that you are currently using and click save.

19. Expand the edit location window and check the checkbox next to AppleTalk & TCP/IP.

20. Under "Values" the names in parenthesis for AppleTalk and TCP/IP should match the name for the location. If they match skip to step 28 and if they do not select edit and continue on to the next step.

21. Click on Open AppleTalk or Open TCP/IP or both depending on which ones did not match the location's name.

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22. Click on the new control panel window which was opened and then select "configurations..." from the File menu.

23. Click on the desired name and click make active.

24. Close the control panel.

25. Click Save.

26. Now repeat step 22-25 if necessary for the other control panel.

27. Click Apply (See image above- Step 22).

28. In the File Menu (still in location manager) select "New Location"

29. Name this location the opposite of the other location so that it matches the names of the second appletalk and TCP/IP configurations (so if you first did wired, now do wireless).

30. Repeat step 20 and then 21-27 if necessary.

31. Close the Location Manager and select save.

32. Your location manager should now be setup so that whenever you wish to change between wired and wireless connections all you must do is select the Location Manager from the control panel and toggle between profiles in the pulldown menu next to "Current Location:". A window will appear telling you that it is attempting to switch. When it is finished select OK and then close the Location Manager. (This should have completed this switch if the setup worked properly and your machine was connected to the network in the manner you were switching it to (i.e. plugged in if you were switching to wired, or in a wireless supported zone if you were switching to wireless).)

 

 

If you had any trouble with this process and/or for some reason or another it did not work for you, please Contact your RCC.