HT4634: Mac OS X: What is a Port?
Learn about Mac OS X: What is a Port?
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Jan 29, 2013 7:01 AM in response to Dutchrobby Barry Hemphill,Hello:
"Airport card" is, I think, a misnomer. All iMacs (for the past few years) have wi-fi capability built-in.
First thing to try is to reset the SMC.
The, go to system preferences>network. At the top it should say "status: connected." Also, there is a button that refers to the wi-fi. Click on it if the wi-fi is off.
You do not indicate which OS X version you are running (this is based on OS X 10.8).
Barry
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Jan 29, 2013 7:20 AM in response to Barry Hemphillby Dutchrob,Hi Barry,
The Wi-fi button isn't there. it only shows that I'm connected via Ethernet. I am running 10.7.5 OS
It has never worked since I bought it in 2009 when it was running 10.6.
When I want to '+' wifi, it doesnt show up in the network list.. Only bluetooth and firewire and ethernet.
Any other suggestions? SCM won't change anything else to the computer?
Thanks a a lot.
Rob
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Jan 29, 2013 7:25 AM in response to Dutchrobby Barry Hemphill,Hello:
Resetting the SMC will not hurt anything.
Barry
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Jan 30, 2013 8:12 AM in response to Barry Hemphillby Dutchrob,nothing changed after the SMC reset.
the only options are 'ethernet, FireWire, Bluetooth, VPN, PPPoE, 6 to 4.
all airport utilitiies are installed but no wifi from my iMac 27" 2009.
Any other solution?
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Jan 30, 2013 10:47 AM in response to Dutchrobby Barry Hemphill,Hello:
Since I am running a later version of OS X, I cannot replicate what you are seeing. The SMC reset usually brings missing BT to life.
Barry
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Jan 30, 2013 11:41 AM in response to Barry Hemphillby Dutchrob,Is there a way to see if the actual hardware with driver has been installed in the iMAC?
it shows that tht following software versioin are installed for Wifi;
Software Versions:
CoreWLAN: 2.1.3 (213.1)
CoreWLANKit: 1.0.3 (103.2)
Menu Extra: 7.2 (720.1)
configd plug-in: 7.4.1 (741.1)
System Profiler: 7.0 (700.3)
IO80211 Family: 4.2 (420.3)
WiFi Diagnostics: 1.0.2 (102)
AirPort Utility: 6.1 (610.31)
But I can't find any hardware in the list of 'system report' that refers to 'airport card'
Is there a way to find out if there is any of such a device built in the iMac at all?
the hardware overview shows: no devices installed of the following:
- ATA
- Fiber Channel
- Hardware RAI
- PCI Cards
- Parallel SCSI
- SAS
- Thunderbolt drivers not loaded.
it's a iMac, OS 10.7.5, but started with 10.6 when I bought it, 4GB, ethernet, 27".Wifi never worked.
any other solutions that could work? thanks for your help so far Barry!
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Jan 30, 2013 11:59 AM in response to Dutchrobby Dutchrob,I can;t find anything with airport extreme or airport card in the list.
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