Where are network settings stored?

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Where are network settings stored?

I want to copy (migrate) the network settings (I have various locations) from my MBP to my wife's MBP after the HDD had been replaced. Does anybody now where this locations and its settings are stored? Would save me quite some time.

iMac 24 Core2 2.16GHz, MacBook Pro 2.4 (2GB RAM), Mac mini,, Mac OS X (10.5.5), iPod Touch (32)

Posted on Nov 11, 2008 12:09 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 11, 2008 3:45 PM in response to Worm76

Worm76 wrote:
You can also export your settings from System preferences > Network, at the bottom of the window press the little wheel and choose export

This I also found but this "Export Configurations" is greyed out for all but Bluetooth settings. i searched the forums and that seems to be consistent.

christian

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Answer 2

Tim Haigh

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Nov 11, 2008 12:20 PM in response to Christian Theussl

When you use the migration assistant it gives you the option to transfer the network settings.

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Answer 3

Worm76

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Nov 11, 2008 2:21 PM in response to Christian Theussl

The residing folder for the network settings:
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration

You can also export your settings from System preferences > Network, at the bottom of the window press the little wheel and choose export

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Answer 4

Nov 11, 2008 12:28 PM in response to Tim Haigh

thanks, the problem is I have only a Time Machine backup of my wife's home folder, not of her system settings. I could transfer her home folder successfully, but not the various configuration settings which were in the admin account and system library.
Can I use the migration assistant to EXCLUSIVELY migrate only the network settings from MY MacBook Pro?

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Answer 5

Tim Haigh

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Nov 11, 2008 2:05 PM in response to Christian Theussl

Can I use the migration assistant to EXCLUSIVELY migrate only the network settings from MY MacBook Pro?

you could try it, you could uncheck all the items to migrate other than the network settings.

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Answer 6

orangekay

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Nov 11, 2008 2:08 PM in response to Christian Theussl

Few network settings are stored in any user's home folder, so that backup probably isn't going to help you much. Most are in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration, and you should not attempt to directly transplant one of these files from one machine to another.

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Answer 7

Nov 17, 2008 2:35 PM in response to Tim Haigh

Thanks a lot for the tip. It worked (after a restart) to connect to my airport network, and all other locations are here. I was not aware that migration assistant gives me so many different options what to migrate. It's quite a while that I used the Assistant the last time, and I can not remember that there were all these options.

christian

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