Re: Wireless network problem - help!

[John Siple]

On Nov 9, 2005, at 4:53 PM, Howard Katz wrote:

Oh--and question--what would macstumbler give me that I'm not seeing
with airtraffic control?  I was able to see the network, the channel,
strength, and choose which channel to connect to.

Later..Howard

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Noise level and occasionally the manufacturer of the router or access  
point. It keeps a log of signal strength and last connection date,  
and there's a field for notes, though I don't find that very useful.  
Mostly what I use is channel and strength, and if you're getting that  
from 


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Re: Mail.app and Keychain

[Jason Long]

It does seem likely to be a timeout as my DSL connection has been very 
intermittent of late. I've had times though when the DSL appears to be 
working fine, but I've had to restart Mail as it was always asking to the 
password every time it tried to access the server.




From: Anne Judge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "G-Books" 
To: "G-Books" 
Subject: Re: Mail.app and Keychain
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 16:19:17 -0500


On Nov 7, 2005, at 3:18 PM, John Siple wrote:

Used to happen a lot on my Comcast mail account, but it hasn't  cropped up 
for a few weeks now. I always found that if I reset my  DHCP addresses by 
shutting down everything from the cable modem to  my eyeballs it cleared 
up.


I never have to do anything that drastic - mail download always works  fine 
the next time it tries.


Happens very occasionally, mail download via POP, can be to either my  
spamcop.net or mac.com address (sometimes both at the same time, but  
usually not).  I always figured it was a timeout at the POP server end.


Anne


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Re: Wireless network problem - help!

[John Siple]

On Nov 9, 2005, at 6:23 PM, Brian McEwen wrote:

On Nov 9, 2005, at 7:17 PM, Clark Martin wrote:



IT isn't too mac savvy here, so I'm basically on my own.

Any suggestions or help?




Best guess is you aren't getting a DHCP lease.  Open the Network  
Preference Pane and see what IP address your Airport interface is  
getting.  If it is 169.254.x.x that is what is known as "Self  
Assigned" (the Network Preference Pane will refer to it as such).   
It means your Mac couldn't get a DHCP address from a server and  
made up it's own address which is usually used with ad hoc networks.





the OSX wireless/ open WAP thing is partly broken as far as I can  
tell.  Both at my workplace and at the hospital where I was spending  
many hours a few months back, I could get online fine with any laptop  
except the OSX powerbook.


I could get an IP, signal fine, see the SSID of the open network,  
etc. but trying to ping anywhere let alone DNS lookups gav e"no route  
to host".


Apple support ('book was new) was no help, local admins said "yup for  
whatever reason OS X can't get online, we have no ideas, but would  
like it to work".


I thought perhaps I had an idea of the problem- the hospital had 2  
open networks named "PUBLIC" but on 2 channels, I thought perhaps  
things were confused on the Mac due to that (though my Clie UX-50,  
Win98, WinXP, and Newton Messagepad were fine (I had lots of time and  
trips to work on this :)  but the work one, "DORA" is open and the  
only one around.


I gave up.  Macs just don't work as well as windows machines  
sometimes.  I know my karma will take a pummelling but that's the data.


B

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Daughter had a serious connection problem in her dorm at the  
beginning of this year. Absolutely nothing worked until we moved to  
Tiger on her iMac flat screen.
Her symptoms were similar to yours, ability to see wireless but  
inability to log in using a WEP password she knew was good, ability  
to connect via unencrypted access points but not reliably, ability to  
do pretty much everything when on ethernet connections. She was  
running Panther.


This baffles me because I've never had trouble connecting to anything  
I can see on wireless detectors (running a G4 iBook and Airport  
Extreme via Tiger). Wish I could be more help here.


John

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Re: something stupid

[Laurent Daudelin]

on 09/11/05 23:19, gladys pérez-almiroty at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> simple enough, but how do i "resurrect" the erased data? what do i
> tell data rescue to look for? if you want email me directly. i don't
> want to be embarrassed  any further ;-)

I found myself in a similar situation a few weeks ago. I had some freezes at
some point that I could not explain. So, I booted from the installation DVD
and ran Disk Utility. Sure enough, Disk Utility found problems in my startup
partition. I went ahead and asked Disk Utility to repair the problems. Disk
Utility started working on the drive, but after a few minutes, it reported
that it could not repair all the problems. When Disk Utility repairs a disk,
it unmounts it. So, I tried to mount my partition again but Disk Utility
would not be able to mount it anymore! I had a backup for vital data but I
didn't really want to go through a full installation.

So, I ended buying DiskWarrior online and downloaded it. Installed it on an
external FireWire disk that had a basic system on it and rebooted from that
disk. I ran DiskWarrior, then went through the repair and, after a while, it
reported that the disk was repaired successfully. The disk was now mounted.
So, I rebooted from it and had no problem anymore.

I might add that I think the cause of my problems were that I didn't wait
for the laptop to be completely asleep before storing it in the bag. At some
point, shortly after that problem, I noticed that it took a few seconds to
get the sleep light. Usually, I would just close the lid, disconnect it and
pack it. Since then, I have been careful not to move it until the sleep
indicator is pulsating and I haven't had any problem since.

Bottom line: I'm glad I paid $80 and avoided a full installation.

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Re: Wireless network problem - help!

[R. P. Bell]

Brian wrote, "I hate all these nicknames.  especiallly the laptop ones.  Pismo 
indeed."



Hey, now wait just a minute there.  Those of us from the California coast think 
"Pismo" is just about the sexiest name on the Planet.  And besides, it has the 
best golf course, too; not to even mention the best Powerbook of all time (can 
you believe that I'm still running this 400 MHz/512 MB machine from Summer 
Y2K--with 10.4.x at that?!?  Try that with a Windows notebook!).  Personally, I 
think Apple has the best working names in the biz.  For example, compare 
"Pismo" 
to "Vista" (the new Windows; that elevator doesn't even go to the top floor; no 
panache, at all).

Anybody got any ideas on wireless with WPA and this Pismo?

rb 


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Re: Recommend Skype/Snapz Pro compatible microphone/headset?

[Timothy Luoma]

On Nov 9, 2005, at 5:13 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote:

I've tried two different microphones and so far neither of them  
work (I thought my input jack might not work but I tested it with  
something else and it worked OK for that).


Aha I've just learned this is a LINE IN and not a mic jack.  That  
was important to know.  Apparently the iMic ($40US) can solve that  
issue.


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Re: Wireless network problem - help!

[Brian McEwen]

On Nov 9, 2005, at 11:18 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:

access points support AppleTalk, but, otherwise, it shouldn't  
matter. The
network negotiation from the PowerBook to the WAP should be the  
very same.
Heck, it should be the same if you switch to built-in Ethernet. If  
it's

802.11b or 802.11g, then it should work.



Oh, I truly agree.

B


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Re: something stupid

[gladys pérez-almiroty]

simple enough, but how do i "resurrect" the erased data? what do i  
tell data rescue to look for? if you want email me directly. i don't  
want to be embarrassed  any further ;-)

gladys pérez-almiroty
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]




On Nov 10, 2005, at 12:03 AM, Tom Ethen wrote:

Since the HD in a Pismo is so easy to remove, just take it out and  
put it in

an external case, then access it from another Mac.

Tom

On 11/9/05 9:33 PM, "gladys pérez-almiroty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


good night to all:
i am embarrassed to admit to it but i did something very stupid while
installing tiger in my pismo and i erased all the data pertaining the
only user, namely me. i thought: no big deal. i'' reinstal from the
external hd. to my horror, the hd failed and all the data is lost.
i have data rescue X, but i don't even know how to search for my user
data using it. can somebody point me in the right direction. please?
tia,
gladys



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Re: Wireless network problem - help!

[Laurent Daudelin]

on 09/11/05 22:43, Howard Katz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> On 11/9/05, Laurent Daudelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> 
>> What about 10.4.3? There were a lot of fixes in that (huge) update...
>> 
> 
> 
> 10.4.3 is what I'm currently using.  It sounds like IT doesn't want to
> deal with anything newer than 10.3.  However this Univ deals primarily
> with teacher education.  you'd better believe that there's a fair
> number of PB's  being using around here!  IT knows it has to support
> Tiger.  (I hate to think what'll happen when the next
> version--Leopard?--appears)

I still don't understand what 10.4.3 would have introduced that would
require some intervention from your IT department. 802.11b and 802.11g are
well known specifications and every vendor wishing to be compliant has to go
through certification tests before he can call his stuff 802.11b or 802.11g
compliant. The only problem you might experience is that not all wireless
access points support AppleTalk, but, otherwise, it shouldn't matter. The
network negotiation from the PowerBook to the WAP should be the very same.
Heck, it should be the same if you switch to built-in Ethernet. If it's
802.11b or 802.11g, then it should work.

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Re: something stupid

[Tom Ethen]

Since the HD in a Pismo is so easy to remove, just take it out and put it in
an external case, then access it from another Mac.

Tom

On 11/9/05 9:33 PM, "gladys pérez-almiroty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> good night to all:
> i am embarased to admit to it but i did something very stupid while
> installing tiger in my pismo and i erased all the data pertaining the
> only user, namely me. i thought: no big deal. i'' reinstal from the
> external hd. to my horror, the hd failed and all the data is lost.
> i have data rescue X, but i don't even know how to search for my user
> data using it. can somebody point me in the right direction. please?
> tia,
> gladys


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Re: Wireless network problem - help!

[Brian McEwen]

On Nov 9, 2005, at 10:43 PM, Howard Katz wrote:


Tiger.  (I hate to think what'll happen when the next
version--Leopard?--appears)



I hate all these nicknames.  especiallly the laptop ones.  Pismo indeed.

I hadn't been down to the hospital group since early July so hadn't  
tested that setup with 10.4.3.  I should put it on and try the work  
one, though- it just automatically goes through the WEP protected one  
now so I hadn't bothered doing more unpaid work testing for Apple.


Sounds like Howard has the 10.4.3 installed with the same issue  
persisting, though.


Brian

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Re: Wireless network problem - help!

[Howard Katz]

On 11/9/05, Laurent Daudelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


>
> What about 10.4.3? There were a lot of fixes in that (huge) update...
>


10.4.3 is what I'm currently using.  It sounds like IT doesn't want to
deal with anything newer than 10.3.  However this Univ deals primarily
with teacher education.  you'd better believe that there's a fair
number of PB's  being using around here!  IT knows it has to support
Tiger.  (I hate to think what'll happen when the next
version--Leopard?--appears)

Later...Howard

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something stupid

[gladys pérez-almiroty]

good night to all:
i am embarased to admit to it but i did something very stupid while  
installing tiger in my pismo and i erased all the data pertaining the  
only user, namely me. i thought: no big deal. i'' reinstal from the  
external hd. to my horror, the hd failed and all the data is lost.
i have data rescue X, but i don't even know how to search for my user  
data using it. can somebody point me in the right direction. please?

tia,
gladys

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Re: Wireless network problem - help!

[Laurent Daudelin]

on 09/11/05 22:27, Brian McEwen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> 
> On Nov 9, 2005, at 10:18 PM, Brian McEwen wrote:
> 
>> The hospital IT guys worked hard with me to troubleshot but I
>> finally gave up.  It's in Apple's court.  In June they said they
>> would have an update that addressed some network stuff- but 10.4.1
>> didn't touch it.
>> 
>  
>   
> sorry, meant 10.4.2.

What about 10.4.3? There were a lot of fixes in that (huge) update...

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Re: installing OS 9 on an OS X tibook

[Laurent Daudelin]

on 09/11/05 21:37, TVirkkala at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> A friend's TiBook went kerflewie. Classic stopped working. Her install
> disc of OS 9.2.2 fails. I'm going to help her with my 9.0.4 disc.
> Questions:
> 
> 1. Will 9.0.4 actually install onto her computer?
> 
> 2. Should we start up from the Install Disc, or from within OS X?
> 
> 3. Should we trash all other classic OSes on the computer before going
> ahead with this re-install?
> 
> She's going to have to upgrade, update by update, to 9.2.2 from the
> discs. Any problem with this? Should it be done within OS X or 9?

What do you mean by "kerflewie" exactly? What is happening? It might be
easier to troubleshoot than to go through full installation.

Not knowing which TiBook she has makes it difficult to know which exact
version of 9 it can boot. I would imagine that it should boot from a 9.0.4
CD. I think you'll have to boot from the install CD. I don't think you'll be
able to install 9 from within X.

I also think you should get rid of other Classic installations. There is
usually no need to keep more than one Classic installation anyway. Maybe
that's what causing the problem? When you go in the Classic preference pane
under X, do you have a system folder selected there?

I don't think there is a problem updating step by step from 9.0.4 to 9.2.2.
You could try to start the installer from within X but since your Classic
installation is needed to run the updater, and since the updated modifies
the Classic installation, I think you will have to boot from the update CD,
if it comes on a CD. Otherwise, you should be able to install from within OS
X, of course.

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Re: Wireless network problem - help!

[Brian McEwen]

On Nov 9, 2005, at 10:18 PM, Brian McEwen wrote:

The hospital IT guys worked hard with me to troubleshot but I  
finally gave up.  It's in Apple's court.  In June they said they  
would have an update that addressed some network stuff- but 10.4.1  
didn't touch it.



 

sorry, meant 10.4.2.

B



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Re: Wireless network problem - help!

[Howard Katz]

FWIW, it was a Panera's that I was at earlier too.  I'll try it out
there tomorrow, as well as the public library's free wifi - hopefully
all will be well.  And should I hear something about what the IT folk
do or change, I'll pass it on.

Later...Howard

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Re: Wireless network problem - help!

[Brian McEwen]

On Nov 9, 2005, at 9:55 PM, Howard Katz wrote:


turns out--Tiger.  She couldn't connect either.  I've a feeling the
problem isn't mine, but the IT folk who aren't big mac fans.  I'll
test it out tomorrow at the wifi cafe and give a report back.



FWIW, I can connect fine at work on the WEP protected network- just  
the open one won't work.


Laptop is fine at Panera stores, other places.

The hospital IT guys worked hard with me to troubleshot but I finally  
gave up.  It's in Apple's court.  In June they said they would have  
an update that addressed some network stuff- but 10.4.1 didn't touch it.


If you can find out what they are doing for server stuff at your  
workplace (routers versions etc) I've ben meaning to trap our guy  
near the coffee pot and find out.  The weird thing is our AP is just  
a bog standard off the shelf Linksys or some such.  Big Cisco thing  
behind it, but I'm not sure why the Cisco hardware would matter at  
that point.


It's really Apple's issue, I think- if everything else is fine, and  
9.1 machines are fine, and Win98 machines are fine- Apple's the cause  
in my book.  Heck my Newton Messagepad is even fine, and its TCP/IP  
stack is a poster child for broken...


Luck;

B


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Re: Wireless network problem - help!

[Howard Katz]

Brian--that sparked something.  I called our HelpDesk people back.  I
actually got someone who said "We don't support Mac OSX except for
10.3 and earlier.  His coworker thought this was an odd statement, but
let it go.  Seems that they applied a microsoft update sometime today
to the server software--he thinks it broke something Mac related--to
test it, I found a student with an iBook, who also was running it
turns out--Tiger.  She couldn't connect either.  I've a feeling the
problem isn't mine, but the IT folk who aren't big mac fans.  I'll
test it out tomorrow at the wifi cafe and give a report back.

Thanks!


Later.Howard

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installing OS 9 on an OS X tibook

[TVirkkala]

A friend's TiBook went kerflewie. Classic stopped working. Her install 
disc of OS 9.2.2 fails. I'm going to help her with my 9.0.4 disc. 
Questions:


1. Will 9.0.4 actually install onto her computer?

2. Should we start up from the Install Disc, or from within OS X?

3. Should we trash all other classic OSes on the computer before going 
ahead with this re-install?


She's going to have to upgrade, update by update, to 9.2.2 from the 
discs. Any problem with this? Should it be done within OS X or 9?


t


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Re: Wireless network problem - help!

[Brian McEwen]

On Nov 9, 2005, at 7:17 PM, Clark Martin wrote:



IT isn't too mac savvy here, so I'm basically on my own.

Any suggestions or help?



Best guess is you aren't getting a DHCP lease.  Open the Network  
Preference Pane and see what IP address your Airport interface is  
getting.  If it is 169.254.x.x that is what is known as "Self  
Assigned" (the Network Preference Pane will refer to it as such).   
It means your Mac couldn't get a DHCP address from a server and  
made up it's own address which is usually used with ad hoc networks.




the OSX wireless/ open WAP thing is partly broken as far as I can  
tell.  Both at my workplace and at the hospital where I was spending  
many hours a few months back, I could get online fine with any laptop  
except the OSX powerbook.


I could get an IP, signal fine, see the SSID of the open network,  
etc. but trying to ping anywhere let alone DNS lookups gav e"no route  
to host".


Apple support ('book was new) was no help, local admins said "yup for  
whatever reason OS X can't get online, we have no ideas, but would  
like it to work".


I thought perhaps I had an idea of the problem- the hospital had 2  
open networks named "PUBLIC" but on 2 channels, I thought perhaps  
things were confused on the Mac due to that (though my Clie UX-50,  
Win98, WinXP, and Newton Messagepad were fine (I had lots of time and  
trips to work on this :)  but the work one, "DORA" is open and the  
only one around.


I gave up.  Macs just don't work as well as windows machines  
sometimes.  I know my karma will take a pummelling but that's the data.


B


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Re: Wireless network problem - help!

[Howard Katz]

No go--now even putting in DHCP manually doesn't seem to work--and the
diagnostics keep failing on internet and server.

Later.Howard

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Daystar is offering a new Lombard upgrade; a G4/433 and 250 MHz L2 
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I bought one of thier G4/466 Wallstreet upgrades and am very satisfied with it.

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Re: Wireless network problem - help!

[Howard Katz]

Oh--and question--what would macstumbler give me that I'm not seeing
with airtraffic control?  I was able to see the network, the channel,
strength, and choose which channel to connect to.

Later..Howard

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Re: Wireless network problem - help!

[Howard Katz]

Yup--a DHCP problem--I'm on now wireless, but I had to choose an
arbitrary IP number based on what I was getting from the plug-in
ethernet info.  It won't get one for me when I renew or try automatic
DHCP when I'm airport connected.  It just won't do it automatically.

Is there a preference I should trash, maybe?  I CAN connect--at least
here, but it's going to be problematic at some of the free wifi
sites--they don't usually have ethernet ports to plug into.  :)

Later.Howard

On 11/9/05, John Siple <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I agree with Clark. It's probably a DHCP problem.
>
> Go to the NETWORK system prefs panel
> Show Airport
> Click TCP/IP and make sure the setting is "Using DHCP" not "Using
> DHCP with manual address."
>
> You might also take a look at MacStumbler if you do any war driving
> at all. It gives you a good idea what's in the air.
>
> John
> ---
> On Nov 9, 2005, at 4:03 PM, Howard Katz wrote:
>
> One of my part-time jobs is working at a local university--I'm there
> now.
>
> I've used the wireless capabilities of my G4 15" AL unit for months
> here with no problems.  Univ. network is open, unprotected. I was
> sitting at my desk today using the wirelss connection, via automatic
> airport setting when all of a sudden it stopped working.  I've tried
> two different browsers (icab, firefox), a telnet client, as well as
> launching a few internet-connected widget to see if anything would
> take care of the problem.  Even removed the battery for 10 min on the
> off-chance that would work.  It didn't, and neither have multiple
> restarts and shutdowns.
>
> Airport's icon in the menu bar shows a strong signal.
> AirTrafficControl widget shows network(s), and strength.  However,
> nothing I try will get anything to connect thru the wireless.  (A
> co-worker's peecee is working fine wireless.)  It does however, work
> fine when I plug directly into an ethernet jack, like right now.
>
> It was working earlier today when I stopped for coffee at an place
> that offers free wifi, and like I said, it was working here for maybe
> an hour and then just stopped.
>
> I ran the netowrk status diagnostics, and it fails on ISP and server.
> It does see the network, and I've got a good strong, all-bars signal
> showing.
>
> IT isn't too mac savvy here, so I'm basically on my own.
>
> Any suggestions or help?
>
>
> Later..Howard
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: Wireless network problem - help!

[John Siple]

I agree with Clark. It's probably a DHCP problem.

Go to the NETWORK system prefs panel
Show Airport
Click TCP/IP and make sure the setting is "Using DHCP" not "Using  
DHCP with manual address."


You might also take a look at MacStumbler if you do any war driving  
at all. It gives you a good idea what's in the air.


John
---
On Nov 9, 2005, at 4:03 PM, Howard Katz wrote:

One of my part-time jobs is working at a local university--I'm there  
now.


I've used the wireless capabilities of my G4 15" AL unit for months
here with no problems.  Univ. network is open, unprotected. I was
sitting at my desk today using the wirelss connection, via automatic
airport setting when all of a sudden it stopped working.  I've tried
two different browsers (icab, firefox), a telnet client, as well as
launching a few internet-connected widget to see if anything would
take care of the problem.  Even removed the battery for 10 min on the
off-chance that would work.  It didn't, and neither have multiple
restarts and shutdowns.

Airport's icon in the menu bar shows a strong signal.
AirTrafficControl widget shows network(s), and strength.  However,
nothing I try will get anything to connect thru the wireless.  (A
co-worker's peecee is working fine wireless.)  It does however, work
fine when I plug directly into an ethernet jack, like right now.

It was working earlier today when I stopped for coffee at an place
that offers free wifi, and like I said, it was working here for maybe
an hour and then just stopped.

I ran the netowrk status diagnostics, and it fails on ISP and server.
It does see the network, and I've got a good strong, all-bars signal
showing.

IT isn't too mac savvy here, so I'm basically on my own.

Any suggestions or help?


Later..Howard






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Re: Wireless network problem - help!

[Clark Martin]

At 6:03 PM -0600 11/9/05, Howard Katz wrote:

One of my part-time jobs is working at a local university--I'm there now.

I've used the wireless capabilities of my G4 15" AL unit for months
here with no problems.  Univ. network is open, unprotected. I was
sitting at my desk today using the wirelss connection, via automatic
airport setting when all of a sudden it stopped working.  I've tried
two different browsers (icab, firefox), a telnet client, as well as
launching a few internet-connected widget to see if anything would
take care of the problem.  Even removed the battery for 10 min on the
off-chance that would work.  It didn't, and neither have multiple
restarts and shutdowns.

Airport's icon in the menu bar shows a strong signal.
AirTrafficControl widget shows network(s), and strength.  However,
nothing I try will get anything to connect thru the wireless.  (A
co-worker's peecee is working fine wireless.)  It does however, work
fine when I plug directly into an ethernet jack, like right now.

It was working earlier today when I stopped for coffee at an place
that offers free wifi, and like I said, it was working here for maybe
an hour and then just stopped.

I ran the netowrk status diagnostics, and it fails on ISP and server.
It does see the network, and I've got a good strong, all-bars signal
showing.

IT isn't too mac savvy here, so I'm basically on my own.

Any suggestions or help?


Best guess is you aren't getting a DHCP lease.  Open the Network 
Preference Pane and see what IP address your Airport interface is 
getting.  If it is 169.254.x.x that is what is known as "Self 
Assigned" (the Network Preference Pane will refer to it as such).  It 
means your Mac couldn't get a DHCP address from a server and made up 
it's own address which is usually used with ad hoc networks.


It should ultimately re-find a DHCP address.  You can force it by 
either hitting the "Renew DHCP Lease" button in the TCP/IP section or 
creating a new location with a static IP address (it doesn't matter 
what), switch to it (hitting Apply Now) then switch back (again 
hitting Apply Now).  The former is simpler but the latter is more 
reliable.

--
Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting

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Wireless network problem - help!

[Howard Katz]

One of my part-time jobs is working at a local university--I'm there now.

I've used the wireless capabilities of my G4 15" AL unit for months
here with no problems.  Univ. network is open, unprotected. I was
sitting at my desk today using the wirelss connection, via automatic
airport setting when all of a sudden it stopped working.  I've tried
two different browsers (icab, firefox), a telnet client, as well as
launching a few internet-connected widget to see if anything would
take care of the problem.  Even removed the battery for 10 min on the
off-chance that would work.  It didn't, and neither have multiple
restarts and shutdowns.

Airport's icon in the menu bar shows a strong signal. 
AirTrafficControl widget shows network(s), and strength.  However,
nothing I try will get anything to connect thru the wireless.  (A
co-worker's peecee is working fine wireless.)  It does however, work
fine when I plug directly into an ethernet jack, like right now.

It was working earlier today when I stopped for coffee at an place
that offers free wifi, and like I said, it was working here for maybe
an hour and then just stopped.

I ran the netowrk status diagnostics, and it fails on ISP and server. 
It does see the network, and I've got a good strong, all-bars signal
showing.

IT isn't too mac savvy here, so I'm basically on my own.

Any suggestions or help?


Later..Howard

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Recommend Skype/Snapz Pro compatible microphone/headset?

[Timothy Luoma]

I have a 15" 1.5GHz Powerbook.

I've tried two different microphones and so far neither of them work  
(I thought my input jack might not work but I tested it with  
something else and it worked OK for that).


Am looking for recommendations for headsets, either USB or  
(preferably) Bluetooth, which people recommend with a Powerbook.


Price isn't as much of a concern as working well and reliably and  
clearly.


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