By default, the mac will connect (or attempt to) to the first network
in your connection list. This is where the sighted person comes in.
If you've got multiple networks (like I do) you need to drag the
wireless connection to the top of the table. Then, whenever you
reboot the mac, it will loginto the first network in the list. It
works for me, and still allows me to use the mac as a gateway for 3
other machines connected to a hub, and the hub is connected to the
lan port of the mini. Works like a charm. Of course, the setup is a
pain in the butt, but once it's setup, it works considerably well.
If you have the gateway configuration tool, it will help make the
configuration a whole lot easier. Of course, I didn't know this
until after I'd done my configuration the first time. Even the
gateway setup didn't do all the work, I still needed to fiddle with
connection settings on the other machines a bit, but at least it
works now all the time.
Apple sure did a nice job with that proggy.
On Apr 3, 2006, at 7:00 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
Folks, got a question. I recently was looking for a way to make it
possible for my Macs to connect to my AirPort Extreme automatically
upon login. I spoke to Apple Care on this extensively and what we
ended up doing was to delete any and all connections my Macs had
previously connected to in order to force it to connect to the only
network available. Does anyone know of a means to accomplish this
without having to remove those additional networks? I doubt it as
he did a fair amount of research, but I'm curious. This idea was to
make it easier for my wife so she wouldn't have to type in the
shared key each time she logged in.
Any thoughts appreciated.
Scott
