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Historical Document

These pages have sat here since 2008 with no update. In that time the AIM servers have been closed down (2017) and iChat has been superseded by Messages. That effectively make this a sort of Historical Document of how it worked.

I will make attempts to renew and refresh Links to either the most current site or use the Way Back Machine Archive so that people can at least look at what was used. I will make Edit Notes on this and on those where I can find no link to replace the older one as I go through the document.

Network Settings

iChat In Pictures >> You are in Folder 7_System_Prefs-Network Page: Index

System Preferences
Network Pane

These are the Pictures for the System Preferences Network Pane. A navigation help.
Click on a picture to enlarge. There are then Navigation buttons to scroll through all the Pictures in this section.

1 iChat Network List	2 iChat Network Preference Pane	3 iChat Network Select
	4 iChat Network TCP tab

These are the Pictures for the System Preferences Network Pane.
Click on a picture to enlarge. There are then Navigation buttons to scroll through all the Pictures in this section.

The purpose of this series is so you know where to look up the information about what IP your Mac is getting, how it is getting it and what device is giving it to the Mac if it is allowing DHCP to be used.

Next:- How to find the Network Pane in System Preferences

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© 2005 Ralph Johns: Edited 24/9/2005, 5/5/2006
Updated September 2006
Updated October 2008.
Reviewed and Updated to HTML 5 November 2024

Information Block

This site is about iChat from Version 1 through to iChat 5.x.x
Mostly this is kept as an Historical Document. Some small tense changes have been made but the content is by and large untouched.

It has a mixture of basic info and problem solving help.

The sections below will change for Specifics about info on the page on view

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About This Page

The Index page of the picture series on the Network Settings in System Preferences. How to find and what might need to be looked at.

Compatibility

Much of this page has been altered to be as HTML 5 compatible as possible. This may cause issues with any of the Browser below.

I have tested in Safari 18.1, Firefox 130.x and 131.0, Vivaldi 6.9.3447.48 and iCab 6.2.3 (All Mac Browsers) I don't have access to a PC let alone multiple browsers to test on.

Previously confirmed to work with Win/IE 5.5 and later (should work in 5.0, but not confirmed), Firefox 2, Safari 3, Opera 9, iCab 3.02 and later, Mac/IE 5, Netscape 6 and later

Old browsers (IE version 4 or earlier, Netscape 4 or earlier) may only see a text-based page which, while not the prettiest option, is still entirely usable.