Day 1
I just got through the biggest pain-in-the-ass problem I've had on my Mac since I got it about 5 months ago. I'm in the middle of a research paper and all of the sudden my internet goes out. I figured it was @home because they've been rather finnicky since going bankrupt.
Anyhow, all the modem lights are on so I check it on my roommate's PC. Works fine. I look at my Airport, everything seems cool. I do a bunch of resetting but to no avail. I still have a signal but no internet.
Day 2
Next day I decide to bring it to the Apple Store and see if they can look at it. The Mac Genius there (Bryan) runs a bunch of tests and everything seems fine. So he does a HARD reset on the BaseStation and sends me on my way.
I get home to reconfigure it and now, and the freaking net still does not work. So I go back to the Apple Store and meet up with Bryan again. He says the BaseStation is probably messed so he gives me a new one.
Back home I try to configure the replacement BaseStation but my iBook doesn't even see the thing now. No signal, no nothing. Now I'm a bit pissed. I read through the manual and it says you can configure it with a crossover cable, so I goto the Apple Store and drop 10 bones on one.
Day 3
Now with everything wired together, the BaseStation starts being a bitch and resetting itself while I'm configuring. Now I've had it, I go back to see Bryan and he starts doing a load of tests on it. Turns out, the one he gave me is trash. He busts out my original BaseStation and loads up the new Airport software.
I head back home and voila! It all works! Now that was a MAJOR pain in the ass. But imagine if I didn't have an Apple Store 10 minutes away. It would have been 3x worse and taken 3x longer to fix the problem. Especially for a goof like me.
I just got through the biggest pain-in-the-ass problem I've had on my Mac since I got it about 5 months ago. I'm in the middle of a research paper and all of the sudden my internet goes out. I figured it was @home because they've been rather finnicky since going bankrupt.
Anyhow, all the modem lights are on so I check it on my roommate's PC. Works fine. I look at my Airport, everything seems cool. I do a bunch of resetting but to no avail. I still have a signal but no internet.
Day 2
Next day I decide to bring it to the Apple Store and see if they can look at it. The Mac Genius there (Bryan) runs a bunch of tests and everything seems fine. So he does a HARD reset on the BaseStation and sends me on my way.
I get home to reconfigure it and now, and the freaking net still does not work. So I go back to the Apple Store and meet up with Bryan again. He says the BaseStation is probably messed so he gives me a new one.
Back home I try to configure the replacement BaseStation but my iBook doesn't even see the thing now. No signal, no nothing. Now I'm a bit pissed. I read through the manual and it says you can configure it with a crossover cable, so I goto the Apple Store and drop 10 bones on one.
Day 3
Now with everything wired together, the BaseStation starts being a bitch and resetting itself while I'm configuring. Now I've had it, I go back to see Bryan and he starts doing a load of tests on it. Turns out, the one he gave me is trash. He busts out my original BaseStation and loads up the new Airport software.
I head back home and voila! It all works! Now that was a MAJOR pain in the ass. But imagine if I didn't have an Apple Store 10 minutes away. It would have been 3x worse and taken 3x longer to fix the problem. Especially for a goof like me.
Thats closed that the peah-bo-dy location