UrbanPoet Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 I'm a Windows/Linux user by default, but for a technical assessment on thursday for an ISP I need to know the basics of OSX network setup. Could you answer the following questions please (any relavent screen captures would be greatly appreciated!);How do I get to the window to change IP address, Subnet Mask, Gateway and DNS?How do I change Airport settings? What OSX specific things should I look out for?What's the process for installing applications from a .exe equivalent?What window displays network connections?What window shows dial-up connections?How do I get to a command prompt/console?What is the OSX equivalent of IPCONFIG /all and Netstat?Thanks in advance!Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 How do I get to the window to change IP address, Subnet Mask, Gateway and DNS?How do I change Airport settings? What OSX specific things should I look out for?What's the process for installing applications from a .exe equivalent?What window displays network connections?What window shows dial-up connections?How do I get to a command prompt/console?What is the OSX equivalent of IPCONFIG /all and Netstat?1) System prefs --> network. (Then click 'show' and select whichever adaptor you wanna change)2) Some applications have installers, you just need to double-click on them as in Windows. A lot of OS X apps can be run without installing - you just need to drag from wherever you downloaded them, into your applications folder (or anywhere you like).3) System preferences and internet connect4) System prefs5) There's a program called 'Terminal' in applications/utilities6) Another program called 'network utility', allows you to run netstat amongst other things. Should do everything you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbanPoet Posted January 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Thanks so much for that, but where would System Prefs be located, coming from a blank desktop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 It would be an icon in the dock by default, otherwise it's in the apple menu (top left corner). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbanPoet Posted January 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 It would be an icon in the dock by default, otherwise it's in the apple menu (top left corner).Right, nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 6) Another program called 'network utility', allows you to run netstat amongst other things. Should do everything you need.ifconfig is the real equivalent to ipconfig in windows. There should be manual pages for it if you bosh 'man ifconfig' in the terminal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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