Today we take a look at how to do it in OS X. when you land named the new location you will hit the connection you want to set manually.
In this example we will use Ethernet.
From the Configure IPv4 drop down we will choose Manually.
Now we will add the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Router, DNS and Search Domains.
It can be helpful when troubleshooting networks as well.
Another OS X networking article you might be interested in ishow to mount a Windows share in OS X.