Re: Wi-fi Query

2018-06-09 Thread Simon Fogarty
gt; I do have my iPhone and iPad using reserved IP addresses through mac >>>> address filtering, >>>> But none of my devices give me any errors with ip already in use. >>>> Also I wonderd why you turn yor router off over night? >>>> I never turn my router of

Re: Wi-fi Query

2018-06-09 Thread E.T.
. Also I wonderd why you turn yor router off over night? I never turn my router off unless the power to the house goes off. I just wondered why you do this?? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Friday, 8 June 2018 5:21 AM To: MacVisionaries

Re: Wi-fi Query

2018-06-09 Thread Simon Fogarty
wonderd why you turn yor router off over night? >> I never turn my router off unless the power to the house goes off. >> I just wondered why you do this?? >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On >> Behalf Of E.T. >> Sent: Fri

Re: Wi-fi Query

2018-06-09 Thread E.T.
he power to the house goes off. I just wondered why you do this?? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Friday, 8 June 2018 5:21 AM To: MacVisionaries Subject: Wi-fi Query I turn my router off at night so its fresh in the morning; Today after

RE: Wi-fi Query

2018-06-09 Thread Simon Fogarty
? I never turn my router off unless the power to the house goes off. I just wondered why you do this?? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Friday, 8 June 2018 5:21 AM To: MacVisionaries Subject: Wi-fi Query I turn my router off at night so

Re: Wi-fi Query

2018-06-08 Thread E.T.
Jonathan, Tim was spot on. Just give the router more time to boot up before starting the Mac. I was powering both on at about the same time. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 6/7/2018 12:00 PM, J

Re: Wi-fi Query

2018-06-07 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Another possibility is that both your router and your ISP are responding to DHCP requests. If you expect your router to be handling DHCP then make sure of the following: 1. Only one device is configured for DHCP on your LAN. 2. That broadcast ethernet packets on your lan do not get sent out beyo

Re: Wi-fi Query

2018-06-07 Thread E.T.
That may be exactly it. I will delay the Mac startup a little more. I can do a jig and them turn the Mac loose. :) Thanks Tim. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 6/7/2018 10:47 AM, Tim Kilburn wrot

Re: Wi-fi Query

2018-06-07 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Sounds like either your Mac was already on when the router started up, or the Mac started up faster than the router. Two ways to stop that message are to just restart the Mac so that it will get a new DHCP lease from the router, or you can go into System Prefs, Network, then to the Advance

Wi-fi Query

2018-06-07 Thread E.T.
I turn my router off at night so its fresh in the morning; Today after restarting the router and booting the Mac, then starting VMware Fusion but not yet running the VM, the Mac popped up a dialog informing me that another device was using the same IP address. I repeated the whole process af