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[gnome-user-docs/gnome-3-0] More reviews of net- topics, updated old instructions on accessing network properties

commit 09d078e09a0cdc2fe01d2305c5851af2542d3d5b
Author: Phil Bull <philbull gmail com>
Date:   Tue Jun 7 21:39:55 2011 +0100

    More reviews of net- topics, updated old instructions on accessing network properties

 gnome-help/C/net-adhoc.page             |   17 +++++++++--------
 gnome-help/C/net-findip.page            |   15 +++------------
 gnome-help/C/net-macaddress.page        |   17 +++++------------
 gnome-help/C/net-othersconnect.page     |   14 +++++++++-----
 gnome-help/C/net-otherscontrol.page     |   16 +++++++++++-----
 gnome-help/C/net-wireless-airplane.page |   15 +++++++++++----
 6 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/net-adhoc.page b/gnome-help/C/net-adhoc.page
index c25bed0..e51ded1 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/net-adhoc.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/net-adhoc.page
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <info>
     <link type="guide" xref="net#wireless"/>
     <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-04-05" status="final"/>
-    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="3.0.1" date="2011-06-06" status="incorrect"/>
+    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="3.0.1" date="2011-06-07" status="outdated"/>
 
     <credit type="author">
       <name>Phil Bull</name>
@@ -18,12 +18,8 @@
 <title>Connect directly to another computer with a wireless connection</title>
 
 <comment>
-  <cite>shaunm</cite>
-  <p>Instructions for accessing network settings wrong</p>
-  <p>Click your name on the to bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p>
-  <p>Click <gui>Network</gui>.</p>
-  <p>Or possibly: Click the network icon and select <gui>Network Settings</gui>.</p>
-  <p>Instructions inside network settings wrong too</p>
+ <cite>philbull gmail com</cite>
+ <p>These instructions are outdated - at the moment there doesn't seem to be a way to create a new wireless network that you can then change to being Ad-Hoc. You used to be able to do this. This becomes an issue at step 3 in the steps list below.</p>
 </comment>
 
 <p>You can connect computers together by forming an <em>ad-hoc</em> wireless network. This is useful if one of the computers has a printer connected to it that you want to share, or if you want to transfer files between them, for example. With a normal (<em>infrastructure</em>) wireless network, you would connect both computers to a network provided by wireless base station or router. If you don't have a base station, however, an ad-hoc network will still allow you to connect the computers to each other.</p>
@@ -31,10 +27,15 @@
 <p>To set-up an ad-hoc wireless network:</p>
 <steps>
  <item>
-  <p>On one of the computers, click the network icon on the top bar and select <gui>Edit Connections</gui>.</p>
+  <p>On one of the computers, click your name on the top bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p>
  </item>
  
  <item>
+  <p>Open <gui>Network</gui> and select <gui>Wireless</gui> from the list on the left.</p>
+ </item>
+ 
+ <item>
+  <!-- FIXME: Problem with instructions here, Add button not available any more. -->
   <p>Go to the <gui>Wireless</gui> tab and click <gui>Add</gui>.</p>
  </item>
  
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/net-findip.page b/gnome-help/C/net-findip.page
index d97757a..78e055c 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/net-findip.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/net-findip.page
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <link type="guide" xref="net"/>
     <link type="seealso" xref="net-what-is-ip-address"/>
     <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-04-05" status="final"/>
-    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="3.0.1" date="2011-06-06" status="incorrect"/>
+    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="3.0.1" date="2011-06-07" status="final"/>
 
     <credit type="author">
       <name>Shaun McCance</name>
@@ -21,22 +21,13 @@
   </info>
 
   <title>Find your IP address</title>
-<comment>
-<cite>shaunm</cite>
-<p>Click your name on the top bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p>
-<p>Click <gui>Network</gui>.</p>
-<p>or maybe click the network icon and select <gui>Network Settings</gui></p>
-<p>Then you need to select your current connection. If you're wireless, you
-need to click, because wired is selected by default. Then the IP address is
-there in the info.</p>
-</comment>
 
   <p>Knowing your IP address can help you to troubleshoot problems with your internet connection. You may be surprised to learn that you have <em>two</em> IP addresses: an IP address for your computer on the internal network and an IP address for your computer on the internet.</p>
 
   <p>Find your internal IP address:</p>
   <steps>
-    <item><p>Right-click on the <gui>network icon</gui> in the <gui>top bar</gui>.</p></item>
-    <item><p>Select <gui>Connection information</gui>.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Click your name on the top bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Open <gui>Network</gui> and select <gui>Wired</gui> or <gui>Wireless</gui> from the list on the left, depending on which network connection you want to find the IP address for.</p></item>
     <item><p>Your internal IP address will be displayed as the <gui>IP Address</gui>.</p></item>
   </steps>  
 
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/net-macaddress.page b/gnome-help/C/net-macaddress.page
index a5544af..3282916 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/net-macaddress.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/net-macaddress.page
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <info>
     <link type="guide" xref="net"/>
     <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-04-05" status="final"/>
-    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="3.0.1" date="2011-06-06" status="incorrect"/>
+    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="3.0.1" date="2011-06-07" status="final"/>
 
     <credit type="author">
       <name>Shaun McCance</name>
@@ -20,25 +20,18 @@
   </info>
 
   <title>What is a MAC address?</title>
-<comment>
-<cite>shaunm</cite>
-<p>Just as for net-findip, change instructions on getting to net settings, make
-sure to select the current connection (wired, wireless, etc).</p>
-</comment>
 
   <p>A <em>MAC address</em> is the unique code that is assigned by the manufacturer to a piece of network hardware (like a wireless card or an ethernet card). <em>MAC</em> stands for <em>Media Access Control</em>, and each code is intended to be unique to a particular device.</p>
 
   <p>A MAC address consists of six sets of two characters, each separated by a colon. <code>00:1B:44:11:3A:B7</code> is an example of a MAC address.</p>
 
-  <p>You can easily identify the MAC address of your own network hardware:</p>
+  <p>To identify the MAC address of your own network hardware:</p>
   <steps>
-    <item><p>Right-click on the <gui>network icon</gui> in the <gui>top bar</gui>.</p></item>
-    <item><p>Select <gui>Connection information</gui>.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Click your name on the top bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Open <gui>Network</gui> and select <gui>Wired</gui> or <gui>Wireless</gui> from the list on the left (depending on which device you want to check).</p></item>
     <item><p>Your MAC address will be displayed as the <gui>Hardware Address</gui>.</p></item>
   </steps>  
-
-  <p>Click <gui>Close</gui> to close the <gui>Connection Information</gui> window.</p>
     
-  <note><p>In practice, a MAC address may sometimes legitimately need to be modified, or "spoofed." For example, some internet service providers may require that a specific MAC address be used to access their service. If the network card stops working, and you need to change your network card, the service won't work anymore. In such cases, you would need to spoof the MAC address.</p></note>
+  <p>In practice, you may need to <link xref="net-editcon">modify or "spoof" a MAC address</link>. For example, some internet service providers may require that a specific MAC address be used to access their service. If the network card stops working, and you need to change your network card, the service won't work anymore. In such cases, you would need to spoof the MAC address.</p>
 
 </page>
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/net-othersconnect.page b/gnome-help/C/net-othersconnect.page
index e003f33..1d19eb2 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/net-othersconnect.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/net-othersconnect.page
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
     <link type="seealso" xref="net-otherscontrol"/>
     
     <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-04-04" status="final"/>
-    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="3.0.1" date="2011-06-06" status="incorrect"/>
+    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="3.0.1" date="2011-06-07" status="final"/>
 
     <credit type="author">
       <name>Phil Bull</name>
       <email>philbull gmail com</email>
     </credit>
 
-    <desc></desc>
+    <desc>You can save settings (like the password) for a network connection so that everyone who uses the computer will be able to connect to it.</desc>
     <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
   </info>
 
@@ -25,15 +25,19 @@
 
 <steps>
  <item>
-  <p>Click the network icon on the top bar and click <gui>Edit Connections</gui>.</p>
+  <p>Click your name on the top bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p>
  </item>
  
  <item>
-  <p>Find the connection you want everyone to be able to use. Click to select it and then click <gui>Edit</gui>.</p>
+  <p>Open <gui>Network</gui> and select <gui>Wired</gui> or <gui>Wireless</gui> from the list on the left (depending on which network connection you want to change).</p>
  </item>
  
  <item>
-  <p>Check <gui>Available to all users</gui> and click <gui>Save</gui>. You will have to enter your admin password to save the changes. Only admin users can do this.</p>
+  <p>From the <gui>Network Name</gui> drop-down list, select the connection you want everyone to be able to use and then click <gui>Options</gui>.</p>
+ </item>
+ 
+ <item>
+  <p>Check <gui>Available to all users</gui> and click <gui>Save</gui>. You will have to enter your admin password to save the changes. Only <link xref="user-admin-explain">admin users</link> can do this.</p>
  </item>
  
  <item>
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/net-otherscontrol.page b/gnome-help/C/net-otherscontrol.page
index eeca1a9..f4c4386 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/net-otherscontrol.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/net-otherscontrol.page
@@ -3,15 +3,17 @@
       id="net-otherscontrol">
   <info>
     <link type="guide" xref="net#problems"/>
+    <link type="seealso" xref="user-admin-explain"/>
+    
     <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-04-04" status="final"/>
-    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="3.0.1" date="2011-06-06" status="incorrect"/>
+    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="3.0.1" date="2011-06-07" status="final"/>
 
     <credit type="author">
       <name>Phil Bull</name>
       <email>philbull gmail com</email>
     </credit>
 
-    <desc>You need to uncheck the <gui>Available to all users</gui> option in the connection settings.</desc>
+    <desc>You need to uncheck the <gui>Available to all users</gui> option in the network connection settings.</desc>
     <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
   </info>
 
@@ -21,16 +23,20 @@
 
 <p>The reason for this is that, since everyone is affected if the settings are changed, only highly-trusted (admin) users should be allowed to modify the connection.</p>
 
-<p>If other users really need to be able to change the connection themselves, make it so the connection is <em>not</em> available to everyone on the computer. This way, everyone will be able to manage their own connection settings rather than relying on one set of shared, system-wide settings for the connection.</p>
+<p>If other users really need to be able to change the connection themselves, make it so the connection is <em>not</em> set to be available to everyone on the computer. This way, everyone will be able to manage their own connection settings rather than relying on one set of shared, system-wide settings for the connection.</p>
 
 <steps>
  <title>Make it so that the connection isn't shared any more</title>
  <item>
-  <p>Click the network icon on the top bar and click <gui>Edit Connections</gui>.</p>
+  <p>Click your name on the top bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p>
  </item>
  
  <item>
-  <p>Find the connection you want everyone to be able to manage/edit themselves. Click to select it and then click <gui>Edit</gui>.</p>
+  <p>Open <gui>Network</gui> and select <gui>Wired</gui> or <gui>Wireless</gui> from the list on the left, depending on which connection you want to change.</p>
+ </item>
+ 
+ <item>
+  <p>From the <gui>Network Name</gui> drop-down list, select the connection you want everyone to be able to manage/edit themselves and then click <gui>Options</gui>.</p>
  </item>
  
  <item>
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/net-wireless-airplane.page b/gnome-help/C/net-wireless-airplane.page
index a5a496e..f024a8e 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/net-wireless-airplane.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/net-wireless-airplane.page
@@ -5,22 +5,29 @@
     <link type="guide" xref="net#wireless"/>
     
     <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-04-04" status="final"/>
-    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="3.0.1" date="2011-06-06" status="incorrect"/>
+    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="3.0.1" date="2011-06-07" status="final"/>
 
     <credit type="author">
       <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
       <email>gnome-doc-list gnome org</email>
     </credit>
 
-    <desc>Click the network icon on the top panel and switch Airplane Mode to ON.</desc>
+    <desc>Open the Network settings and switch Airplane Mode to ON.</desc>
     <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
   </info>
 
 <title>Turn off wireless (airplane mode)</title>
 
-<p>If you have your computer on an airplane (or some other area where wireless connections are not allowed), you should switch off your wireless. You may also want to switch off your wireless for other reasons; to save battery power, for example.</p>
+<p>If you have your computer on an airplane (or some other area where wireless connections are not allowed), you should switch off your wireless. You may also want to switch off your wireless for other reasons (to save battery power, for example). To do this:</p>
 
-<p>To do this, click the network icon on the top panel and switch <gui>Airplane Mode</gui> to <gui>ON</gui>. This will turn off your wireless connection until you switch off airplane mode again.</p>
+<steps>
+ <item>
+  <p>Click your name on the top bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+  <p>Open <gui>Network</gui> and switch <gui>Airplane Mode</gui> to <gui>ON</gui>. This will turn off your wireless connection until you switch off airplane mode again.</p>
+ </item>
+</steps>
 
 <note><p>Using <em>Airplane Mode</em> will completely turn off both wireless and Bluetooth connections.</p></note>
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