IPadConfiguration

This page provides a basic overview of the steps necessary to configure a new iPad in my home IT environment.

Network integration

Wireless network integration

Two steps are necessary to integrate the new iPad into my home wireless network.

Configure DHCP

• Find out the hardware (MAC) address of the iPad's wireless network adapter
  • Launch the Preferences app on the iPad
  • Navigate to Allgemein -> Info
  • The hardware address for the wireless network adapter is noted under "Wi-Fi address"
• Add a DHCP entry to the LDAP directory, providing the device's name and hardware address
• At the time of writing, my wireless network is 192.168.2.0. The LDAP entry therefore should be something like cn=bundeslade,cn=group-192.168.2.0,cn=dhcp,dc=herzbube,dc=ch
• If in doubt, consult the DHCP page on this wiki

Configure the iPad to connect to the wireless network. This is done directly on the device, i.e. not via iTunes

• Launch the Preferences app
• Navigate to Wi-Fi
• Enable Wi-Fi if it is not enabled
• After a few moments my wireless network (landroval-net) should automatically show up
• Select the network
• Enter the password

Certificates

To be able to use services such as mail and calendar provided by my server, the CAcert root certificates must be installed on the iPad:

• Launch Safari on the iPad
• Navigate to http://www.cacert.org/
• Select the page that contains links to the CA's certificates
• Install both the class 1 and class 3 certificates

Synchronization

Media

Apps

• Start out by synchronizing all apps in iTunes
• Afterwards remove apps that are not really needed on the iPad
• Rearrange apps directly on the iPad
• On the next sync, iTunes will reflect the changes made on the iPad

Music

• Tell iTunes to synchronize only selected playlists
• Select the following playlists to synchronize
  • Top Albums
  • Einkäufe (this acts as a sort of backup of the stuff that I bought at the iTunes Store)

Pictures

• Tell iTunes to synchronize pictures from iPhoto
• Select the following albums to synchronize (it may be necessary to have iPhoto running in order to be able to select individual albums)
  • BestOf

Movies, TV, Podcasts, Books

• Tell iTunes to synchronize all

Mail and calendar

Mail

• Apple Mail must be configured with the desired IMAP accounts
• Tell iTunes to synchronize all mail accounts
• Before mail can actually be read on the iPad, the necessary certificates need to be installed; see above under "Network integration"

Calendar

• Calendars cannot be synchronized from iCal, they must be manually added on the iPad device
• Refer to the DAViCal page for details how to do this

Other

Tell iTunes to synchronize all of the following

• Addressbook contacts
• Safari bookmarks
• Notes