Why does my MacBook Pro not always connect to the internet via WiFi even when my iMac, which sits on the same desk as the notebook, does? The MacBook Pro connects to my home network, but it is unable to access the internet!
I have a first generation AirPort Extreme Basestation (802.11n) that I have hooked up to a big USB drive to provide centralized storage for my house.
However, my wife hasn't installed the AirPort Disk Utility on her (Tiger) MacBook and I can't seem to find the disc that came with the basestation. This seems like the kind of thing that I ought to be able to download from Apple somewhere, but I can't seem to find it.
It looks like AirPort Disk Utility isn't needed in Leopard, but until we upgrade, is there somewhere to download it?
Why does my iMac say "Self-Assigned IP address" and not connect to the network when 1) it has been working fine and 2) the other computers on the network are able to connect without any issues?
How can I make my iMac connect to the internet again. It has never done this before!
In our flat we have three MacBooks, and two of them are repeatedly dropped off the wireless network, every five minutes or so. The other one works fine. We all have the same OS version (10.4.11). Possible relevant differences: the working one has a model identifier of "MacBook2,1" while the others have "MacBook1,1". Also, the working one has an AirPort card firmware version of 1.2.2 while one of the others has 1.1 I believe (not sure about the third). All Apple software updates have been applied to the non-workng one; the problem has persisted for weeks. Has anyone seen this before?
The wireless router is a BT Home Hub, for what it's worth. The non-working Mac owners report that this problem has not happened with other wireless networks.
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cjwinn
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