Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard use the Network Setup Assistant for configuring a mode...

Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard use the Network Setup Assistant for configuring a modem, DSL, or mobile broadband connection. This project shows you how to access Network Setup Assistant. The project works best if you do not have a DSL modem or you do not have one that is automatically configured. You exit the project prior to initiating a configuration of a DSL modem.

To use Network Setup Assistant:

1. Make sure Finder is open and then click Go in the menu bar, click Applications, and double-click System Preferences (or click System Preferences in the Dock).

2. Click Network in the System Preference window.

3. In the Network window, click the Assist me button (see Figure 8-18).

4. Click the Assistant button.

5. In the Location window, enter work plus your initials, such as workJP for the Location Name. Click Continue.

6. Notice the options for connecting to the Internet, including options for connecting to DSL or to a cable modem.

7. Select I use a DSL modem to connect to the Internet and then click Continue.

8. Click Continue in the Ready to Connect? window.

9. In the How Do You Connect? window, what information is needed when I am connecting via PPPoE (the default) is selected?

10. To view the alternative to selecting I am connecting via PPPoE, click More choices in the How Do You Connect? window. Click Continue.

11. Notice that the new How Do You Connect? window provides the ability to manually configure IP assignment information.

12. Now that you have seen the type of information that is required for configuring a DSL connection, close the How Do You Connect? window and Network Setup Assistant by clicking the red circle (with an x inside when you point to it) in the upper left corner of the window.

13. Close the Network window.

14. Close any remaining open windows.