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August 7th, 2007, 03:59 AM
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 MacBook not connecting to Belkin wireless router My mother-in-law's just this week got herself a new MacBook. The network she and her husband have at home is with a Belkin ADSL modem/wirelss router. It's not an encrypted network. Her iMac G3 can connect, as can my wife's iBook G4. Although the network shows up on the MacBook, the airport status icon is grayed out and when she selects the network to connect to it she gets an 'error connecting to network' message. Going into the network preferences panels we observe that the MacBook has not been given an IP address, - 'Using DHCP' is enabled, whereas the other Macs get one without a problem. She brought the MacBook to our house yesterday and it connected to our Airport network without any problem. Even if there's a problem with the Belkin router, why on earth does this not affect the PowerPC Macs? Any ideas? Her husband and step-son are PC using Mac-sceptics and this experience is causing her to think about taking her Mac back to the shop and getting her money back - she's not had it a week yet.  |
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August 7th, 2007, 09:11 PM
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| Is the router using MAC Address (not a Mac but a MAC Address) filtering? Note: If she goes to /TheHardDrive/Applications/Internet Connect/ and launches that program and follow the application's direction it should help.
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August 12th, 2007, 02:51 AM
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| Thanks. Mother-in-law's step-son did something to the Belkin - didn't say what, it adds mystique to the way these PC guys work - and it worked - for a while... Same problem recurred, so they've now got themselves an Airport Express and an ADSLnation modem. Hey Presto! Everything works - as you would expect. |
