Hi - Am relatively new to Macs and modems: can anyone please help me? Whats going on with my wireless internet connection? For months now, I have only been able to access the internet through the built in ethernet, or cable. (This problem occured suddenly; Airport worked fine initially..) When I try to connect wirelessly, the signal strength is always good, but the Network Status reads "...has a self assigned IP address and may not be able to connect to the internet." Have put up with this, sure my configuration is right and thinking maybe there's a fault with the modem.
But - Recently had a PC here, and found that I could connect wirelessly to the internet using the modem with no trouble! Concluded the problem was in fact in my Airport configuration, until I tried to access other modems with my mac, and found airport worked perfectly.
Now I discover that suddenly I CAN use my fickle wireless to my modem sometimes, but only after initially accessing the internet using my cable. That is, the airport connection does not seem to work until after the connection has been running a few minutes with the cable. This problem exists only with this modem connecting to this mac. It is annoying. Any suggestions??
But - Recently had a PC here, and found that I could connect wirelessly to the internet using the modem with no trouble! Concluded the problem was in fact in my Airport configuration, until I tried to access other modems with my mac, and found airport worked perfectly.
Now I discover that suddenly I CAN use my fickle wireless to my modem sometimes, but only after initially accessing the internet using my cable. That is, the airport connection does not seem to work until after the connection has been running a few minutes with the cable. This problem exists only with this modem connecting to this mac. It is annoying. Any suggestions??
