Network Static IP address Question

[bugze]

I am one week old on a Mac. I have been using windows based machines since the early 90’s. I have a networking question regarding OSX. On a windows based machine I can setup multiple user accounts to connect to different networks I use throughout the day. Each individual user had its own static IP address. Basically I need to acquire same IP address each and every time. I cannot seem to achieve this on my Macbook pro. I know I must be overlooking something rather trivial, but I cannot get this to work. So my question is can somebody point me in the right direction. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
TIA

 

[GimmeSlack12]

System Preferences>Network>Advanced Button. Set Manual DHCP. If you do this for each user you should have no problem.

 

[EricNau]

Where lies the problem?

To configure a static IP address you can go to System Preferences > Network > Ethernet (or Airport, etc.) > choose "Configure: Manually" and enter the information. At the top of that window you can configure different locations.

 

[CanadaRAM]

Even better, you should be able to define different Locations with different Network setups, no need to change User.

 

[bugze]

I have given each network setup (location) a specific static IP address. The only problem is when I give “X” network its IP “Y” network changes to the same IP. If you are telling me I have to setup actual user accounts, what would be the best way to achieve this? Thank you for the help.

 

[bugze]

Thanks. I just setup different accounts and that looks like thats it. I was under the impression, you didn't have to use accounts for different locations on a mac.