[X4U] Connecting to airport but not internet

Peter Saint James peterstj at earthlink.net
Fri Dec 28 13:58:10 PST 2007


On 28  December2007, at 1:48 PM, Gail Grainger wrote:

> I have a friend staying with me who is using a MacBook with OS  
> 10.5. She can connect to our airport, but not to the Internet. When  
> I did the network diagnostics, it showed it could connect to the  
> airport but not the internet. I have tried comparing the settings  
> on my iBook G4 running 10.4, and my iMac with 10.5, but we can't  
> see what is stopping it. She uses the computer at her home and her  
> school with no problem. Does anyone have any idea what else we  
> could try?


	One of the things I would try is to reboot your Airport.

	On her machine, when  you open System Preferences-->network-- 
 >network status, what does it say in the column to the right of  
Airport?

	Have you had other visitors to your home who have tried to connect?   
Did they succeed?


								Peter



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