I’m probably not the only person on the block who has thought that of the various user experiences in the many applications that make up Mac OS X, network settings have been some of the worst. Apparently Apple agreed, because the various network settings have probably gotten the most reorganization of any other settings in the operating system to be much more intuitive and much friendlier to the common man, while still retaining the power and control that many IT users need. This weekend (Saturday and Sunday) has a two-part Leopard Feature Presentation on the network tools that make up Mac OS X. Today’s presentation looks at AirPort Utility, the built-in setup and management software for those of you with an AirPort Extreme or Express Base Station. I was going to give this a pretty good review at first, but now that this application has completely screwed me, I’m going to start begging for some help.
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Tags: accessibility, AirPort, base station, broken, firewall, Help, interface, Leopard Feature Presentation, Mac OS X Leopard, review, security, utility, wifi, wireless, WPA