[X4U] Connecting to airport but not internet

Gail Grainger ggrainger at deweybrowse.org
Fri Dec 28 14:48:17 PST 2007


Peter,
     It shows that it is connected to the airport. I've had other 
people, both Mac and PC connect without a problem, and use the 
Internet. I also was going to try putting in DNS number, but it 
wouldn't let me.
Thanks,
Gail
At 4:58 PM -0500 12/28/07, Peter Saint James wrote:
>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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