OS X Mountain Lion: Set advanced Wi-Fi options
You can set advanced Wi-Fi options, such as IPv6 settings, DNS, proxy, WINS server settings, and more.
Set advanced networking options
You can also set some advanced AirPort specific options, such as joining a preferred network, and requiring an administrator password to control AirPort.
- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, and then click Network.
If you have several networks listed, drag the name of the network you want Wi-Fi to try first to the top of the list.
- Select Wi-Fi in the network connection services list.
If Wi-Fi isn’t in the list, make sure you have an AirPort card installed in your computer, and then click Add (+) at the bottom of the list. Choose Wi-Fi from the Interface pop-up menu, give the Wi-Fi service a name, and then click Create.
- Click Advanced, and then select the options you want to set up:
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Click Add (+) at the bottom of the Preferred Networks list and choose a wireless network to add to the list.
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Select “Remember any network this computer has joined” to add a network you joined to the Preferred Networks list.
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Select any action (such as ”Turn Wi-Fi on or off”) that you want to require an administrator password for.
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