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Learn Mac OS X Snow Leopard
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Learn Mac OS X Snow Leopard

by Mike Lee, Scott Meyers
September 2010
Beginner content levelBeginner
632 pages
17h 41m
English
Apress
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Chapter 9. Connecting to the Internet

One of the first things most people want to do today once they get their computer set up is to get it connected to the Internet. Depending on your connection, this could range from ridiculously easy to just fairly easy . . . at least as far as configuring Mac OS X goes. Essentially, there are two common ways to connect to the Internet today, and we'll cover each of them in this chapter:

  • Connecting via dial-up

  • Connecting via a broadband, high-speed Internet connection

We'll also cover how to set up networking profiles for different locations.

Connecting to the Internet Using Dial-Up Networking

Dial-up networking, once the king of Internet connections, seems to be fading away as broadband networks reach out across ...

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