This guide requires you to have administrator privileges on the computer. If you do not, you’ll need to sign into an account that does or talk to you network administrator.


Mac OS: Setting a Static IP address

(Support for DHCP can be towards the bottom of this article).

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The guides below will show you how to modify both a ethernet adapter and WiFi settings:

GUIDE: Modify your ethernet adapter settings:

Step 1:

Go to Network Preferences.

This can be found by clicking on the Wi-Fi icon in the Menu Bar

Step 2:


Select the adapter you need to change.

 

Step 3:


Click the ‘Configure IPv4’ drop down and select “Manually”

Step 4:


Enter the IP address that is needed. Make sure you pick an IP address that is not being used by anything else you are connected to.

The Subnet of your computer will need to be the same as the Subnet of your ENTTEC device. Setting this to 255.0.0.0 will give you the best chance of discovering the ENTTEC device on the network.

For discovering ENTTEC devices all other fields can be left blank however you will not be able to connect to the internet.

Hit apply to save.

Step 5:


Once you are done, the Network Preferences screen should look similar to this.

When you have finished configuring your device it is recommended that you set your computer back to obtaining an IP address automatically as to avoid issue on future networks you connect to. This is done by going through the same process but selecting “Using DHCP” from the Drop down.


GUIDE: Modify your WiFi adapter settings.

Step 1: 

Go to Network Preferences.

This can be found by clicking on the Wi-Fi icon in the Menu Bar

Step 2:


Select the adapter you need to change and click on the ‘Advanced…’ button.

You may need to ‘Turn Wi-Fi On’ if it is currently disabled.

You may need to use the ‘Network Name’ drop down to connect to a different Wi-Fi network.

 

Step 3:


Go to the TCP/IP tab along the top of this window.

Using the ‘Configure IPv4’ drop down select ‘Manually’.

 

Step 4:


Enter the IP address that is needed. Make sure you pick an IP address that is not being used by anything else you are connected to.

The Subnet of your computer will need to be the same as the Subnet of your ENTTEC device. Setting this to 255.0.0.0 will give you the best chance of discovering the ENTTEC device on the network.

For discovering ENTTEC devices all other fields can be left blank however you will not be able to connect to the internet.

Hit ‘Ok’ to save.


 

Step 5:


Once you are done, the Network Preferences screen should look similar to this. The Network Preferences screen now displays your Static IP address in the paragraph above the ‘Network Name’ drop down.

 

Mac OS: Setting a DHCP IP address

WATCH: View our video guide on YouTube:


The guides below will show you how to modify both a ethernet adapter and WiFi settings:

GUIDE: Modify your ethernet adapter settings:

Step 1:

Go to Network Preferences.

This can be found by clicking on the Wi-Fi icon in the Menu Bar.

Step 2:


Select the adapter you need to change.

Step 3:


Click the ‘Configure IPv4’ drop down and select “Using DHCP”

Step 4:


Once ‘Using DHCP’ is in the ‘Configure IPv4’ drop down. Press Apply for your computer to request a DHCP IP address from the DHCP server.

Step 5:


Once you are done, the Network Preferences screen should look similar to this.


GUIDE: Modify your WiFi adapter settings.

Step 1:

Go to Network Preferences.

This can be found by clicking on the Wi-Fi icon in the Menu Bar

Step 2:


Select the adapter you need to change and click on the ‘Advanced…’ button.

You may need to ‘Turn Wi-Fi On’ if it is currently disabled.

You may need to use the ‘Network Name’ drop down to connect to a different Wi-Fi network.

Step 3:


Go to the TCP/IP tab along the top of this window.

Using the ‘Configure IPv4’ drop down select ‘Using DHCP’.

Step 4:


Once ‘Using DHCP’ is in the ‘Configure IPv4’ drop down. Press 'Ok' for your computer to request a DHCP IP address from the DHCP server.

Step 5:


Once you are done, the Network Preferences screen should look similar to this. The Network Preferences screen now displays your DHCP IP address in the paragraph above the ‘Network Name’ drop down.