September 2005
Beginner to intermediate
528 pages
23h 55m
English
Content preview from Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition
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accounts on your Mac, the Mac doesn’t even hang up when you log out. It maintains
the connection so that the next person can Net-surf without redialing.
Of course, if other people in your household are screaming for you to get off the line
so that they can make a call, you can also disconnect manually. Either choose Discon-
nect from the Modem Status menulet or click Disconnect in the Internet Connect
window (both shown in Figure 9-2).
Broadband Connections
If you get online via cable modem, DSL, or office network, you’re one of the lucky
ones. You have a high-speed connection to the Internet that’s always available. You
never have to wait to dial, to disconnect, or to download—everything happens on
demand.
You set up your account on the Mac like this: Open System Preferences; click the
Network icon; from the Show pop-up menu, choose either AirPort or Built-in Eth-
Figure 9-2:
Going online automatically
(by launching an Internet
program) is by far the most
convenient method, but
you can also go online on
demand, in one of these two
ways. Top: The quick way
is to choose Connect from
this menulet (which doesn’t
appear until you turn on
“Show modem status on
menu bar” on the Internet
Connect screen or in System
Preferences).
Bottom: You can also go
online the long way, using
Internet Connect.
Connecting by
Dial-up Modem
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