Hi, I'm using a unibody Macbook running 10.6.1.
In my apartment, we've opted for an ad-hoc wireless network solution to help save on installation costs, and to keep the landlord happy. Since most of the computers in the house are PCs this has otherwise worked brilliantly, except for one thing.
The Internet connection is actually pumped into the network via my laptop and Snow Leopard's Internet Sharing feature. (I have a wireless broadband Internet solution, the connection of which I then share to other devices on the network.) On a Mac, all adhoc networks are listed under a separate category on the AirPort menu. The drawback to this is on Leopard and later, there seems to be no way to have a Mac automatically connect to an adhoc network. I have it listed in the preferred networks, at the top of the list and it STILL doesn't automatically connect. I have to manually select it every time I want the rest of the network to have Internet access, which is pretty much all the time. Is there a utility/fix out there that can make my Mac autoconnect to an adhoc network? Or is there something I'm not doing right?
In my apartment, we've opted for an ad-hoc wireless network solution to help save on installation costs, and to keep the landlord happy. Since most of the computers in the house are PCs this has otherwise worked brilliantly, except for one thing.
The Internet connection is actually pumped into the network via my laptop and Snow Leopard's Internet Sharing feature. (I have a wireless broadband Internet solution, the connection of which I then share to other devices on the network.) On a Mac, all adhoc networks are listed under a separate category on the AirPort menu. The drawback to this is on Leopard and later, there seems to be no way to have a Mac automatically connect to an adhoc network. I have it listed in the preferred networks, at the top of the list and it STILL doesn't automatically connect. I have to manually select it every time I want the rest of the network to have Internet access, which is pretty much all the time. Is there a utility/fix out there that can make my Mac autoconnect to an adhoc network? Or is there something I'm not doing right?