gurprsin
Level 1
(0 points)
Q: How to automatically switch between two different Wi-Fi settings?
Hello,
I have to work with two different Wi-Fi (at home and office) one of which uses DHCP and other requires me to manually enter IP address. Right now I have to keep on changing Wi-Fi settings (putting IP addresses when at office and setting to DHCP at home) whenever I go from home to office and then do the reverse when I go from office to home. Can I automate that so I don't have to repeatedly fiddle with settings?
Using OS X Mavericks 10.9.3.
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)
Drew Reece
Level 5
(7,689 points)
In System Preferences > Network settings unlock the settings as an admin user and then click the 'Location' popup (normally set to Automatic by default).
Create a new 'location', then tweak the settings & apply them. Repeat this for the other collection of network settings with another 'location'. The Locations can be switched as needed in the 'Apple menu > Location' (this appears when you have multiple locations.
Apple explain it at…
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712
There are ways to change this automatically, but they are generally quite involved…
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2005010613401823
I suspect there is an app that will do it if you search around (manual switching seems good enough IMO).
