In order to use a wireless card manufactured
by either Lucent or Apple, you must first have at least Mac OS 9.0.4 and the
appropriate version
of Apple's AirPort Software version. See Apple's
Airport: Software Compatibilty Table for
a chart of the possible airport software versions. At this time please insert/install
your wireless card.
All Apple iBooks and recent Apple Powerbooks should have some airport software
installed. These installation instructions also assume that you will be in
range of one
of the wireless access points at the time that you attempt to perform this
installation process. Currently wireless access is available in most public
areas in Mudd Library, most public areas the Wilder Student Union, the King
building, many areas of Conservatory of Music, the
Conservatory Library, most areas of the Science Center, the Art Photodomes
and some areas of the Allen Art Building Annex, the dining hall
in Stevenson
Hall, East hall, Wilder Bowl and Tappan Square.
Mac OS X users, you currently need to install the Apple's Airport Software.
Then see below: Configuring Mac OS X for Wireless
Installing Airport Software for Mac OS 9.x
1. Install your Airport card and software according to Apple’s directions.
IMPORTANT: Do NOT set up your Macintosh
to be an Airport Software Base Station!
12. When your machine restarts, the Airport Setup Assistant Window should
appear. Click the radio button next to the 1st choice which says that you
would like to join an existing wireless network.
13. Click Go Ahead in the Conclusion Window.
14. Click Connect Now When the Setup Assistant is done.
15. At this point the card should be functioning and you may notice flashing
lights on the PCMCIA cards such as the Lucent/Orinoco WaveLan.
16. To connect to the network, go to the AppleTalk control
panel (Apple Menu -> Control Panels -> AppleTalk).
17. Select Connect via: "your wireless card" (WaveLan/IEEE,
Airport, etc.). Change the Current Zone: to "Resnet North" or
"Resnet South", depending on which side of campus you're on.
18. Close the Apple Talk control panel and click on the "Save"
button.
19. Open the TCP/IP control panel. (Apple Menu -> Control
Panels -> TCP/IP).
20. Select Connect via: "your wireless card" (WaveLan/IEEE,
Airport, etc.).
21. Set Configure: "Using DHCP Server".
22. In the "Search Domains" field, enter "oberlin.edu".
23. If prompted to restart your computer, do so.
24. You should now be able to connect to the local network. At this point
please open
your web browser, authenticate with your Obiemail username and password.
This must be done from your own machine and you must do this even if you
have
previously authenitcated your machine using another ethernet card, since
the process is specific to the card and not you or your computer.
25. If you plan on using both you wireless
and wire connections please see the bottom
of this document for
instructions on how to manage the switching process using Apple's Location
Manager.
Configuring Mac OS X for Wireless
1. Boot into Mac OS X
2. Go to the Apple Menu, select System Preferences (The OS X equivalent
of Control Panels).
Find and click on the Network Pane.
3. Go to the upper configure menu (it will probably say internal modem). Select
Airport.
4. In the TCP/IP tab of the Network pane, select Using DHCP under the
configure menu.
5. Your window should now look similar to this one except the IP address and
Ethernet Address will be different.
6. Click on the Save Button. You may need to grab the window and move
it up, since the save button might be under the dock. It will be visible through
the buttons of the dock, but unclickable. Just move it up and click Save.
7. (This step for Mac OS 10.2 only) Now in System Preferences
Find and click on the Sharing Pane and the Internet Tab.
Uncheck both of the Share... check boxes as shown
above.
Open your Web Browser, authenticate with your Obiemail username
and password. You will need to authenticate
both your wired (built-in ethernet) and Wireless (Airport) connections.
If you have had any problems with this process or if for some reason you
still cannot seem to connect, please contact
your rcc.
Configuring the Location Manager for Wireless
Macintosh OS 9.x
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.
.
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.
