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The ability to create multiple network locations seems to be a feature few people know about, but for people who must use several networks consistently, they may benefit from this feature. It is also a great tool to troubleshoot networking problems. Creating New Locations To edit or switch network locations, you must be in the [...]
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The term “network” seems to have always had a technological bent: more than a hundred years ago, people described transport systems, such as railways or rivers and canals as networks. In the early and mid 20th century, it was used to described radio and later television transmissions. Over the last thirty years, though, the word [...]
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MTU stands for “Maximum Transmission Unit.” Whenever you transmit and receive data in Mac OS X, the data is broken up into smaller pieces (called packets) and then reassembled on the other end of the connection. Think of it like a jigsaw puzzle: You go to the store to find a puzzle, and they come [...]
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Whether you have a large house, apartment, or office, you may have found that your AirPort network doesn’t reach into the far corners of your property. Of course, it always seems as though those corners are perfect for your Macs, and consequently, you need some way to extend your wireless network to those areas. Luckily, [...]
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I’ve had a few people moving from Windows ask me how they can do the equivalent of “Map network drive” in Mac OS X Leopard. There’s an easy way (that mostly works) and a harder way (that always works). I’m going to focus on the easy way for us right now. Why do I say [...]
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