[stoneage]

How do I change the name of my wireless connection. When I had it set up the shop named it "default". I would like to have something more personal. Is this possible or too much of a problem to be worth it? Thanks in advance.

[Krusty]

Originally posted by stoneage:
How do I change the name of my wireless connection. When I had it set up the shop named it "default". I would like to have something more personal. Is this possible or too much of a problem to be worth it? Thanks in advance.

change it where ? the name in your Mac's Network locations ?. The actual broadcast name of the network ? Where exactly is the name you want to change ??

[stoneage]

When I open my iBook it connects automatically to my wireless router (D-Link DI-624). It works flawlessly, but I was just wondering where the configuration info is kept, and if I can change the name of the network. Network Prefs, Router? I am not familiar with how to do this.

[Krusty]

Well, the name you are looking to change lives in one of two places (still not sure which one you are trying to change)

The name of the location profile on your iBook lives in System Preferences -> Network. You will see a dropdown box labelled "location. From that dropdown, you can choose "Edit locations" . When you do this, a little dialog will come up with all the location names set up on your iBook. Click the "Rename" button and it will allow you to rename your location name to whatever you like.

If you are talking about the Network Name of the wireless network, that lives in your router. You'll have to go into your router configuration page (which usually entails browsing to 192.xxx.xxx.xxx with a web browser. I'm not sure where the name is stored in a D-link router, in my Netgear wireless router, there is a place in the router config under "Wireless settings" where you set the name of the wireless network (also known as the SSID).

It's pretty much going to be in one of those two places.

[stoneage]

Thanks. I'll look around and get back if I can't find it.