Working with Locations

If you've used the Network Setup Assistant to create one or more location settings, you can choose the one you want to use to connect to the Internet. You can also rename and remove locations. You do all this in the Network Preferences pane.

To choose a location

1.	Choose Apple > System Preferences (Figure 1) or click the System Preferences icon in the Dock.
2.	In the System Preferences window that appears, click the Network icon. Network preferences appears, displaying Network Status information (Figure 2).
3.	Choose the location you want to use from the Location pop-up menu (Figure 18). Figure 18. The Location pop-up menu with a bunch of locations added. (It's unlikely that you'll have this many location settings!)
4.	Click Apply Now. Network Status (Figure 2) changes to reflect your settings.

Tip

• Automatic (Figure 18) is the default location setting. It senses the best connection option and chooses it for you.

To edit locations

1.	In the Network preferences pane, choose Edit Locations from the Location pop-up menu (Figure 18). A dialog like the one in Figure 19 appears. It lists all locations. Figure 19. This dialog lists the locations you have created, as well as Automatic.
2.	Select the location you want to work with.
3.	Click one of the three buttons beside the location list: Duplicate makes a copy of the location and adds it to the list. You can rename the location, click Done, and then modify settings in the Network Preferences pane to configure the new location based on settings for the one you duplicated. Rename puts an edit box around the location name (Figure 20) so you can rename it. Figure 20. When you click the Rename button, it places an edit box around the selected location's name so you can rename it. Delete deletes the location settings.
4.	When you are finished working with locations, click Done.

To change a location's settings

1.	In the Network preferences pane, choose the location you want to modify from the Location pop-up menu (Figure 18).
2.	Make changes in the Network preferences pane as discussed in the section titled "Setting Internet Options in Network Preferences" starting on the next page.
3.	Click Apply.
4.	Choose System Preferences > Quit System Preferences or press .