Airport: Not Configured

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Airport: Not Configured

This problem started happening after I moved to a new house and got a new internet connection. In the menu bar, it shows the empty diamond for the airport. When I click on it, it says "Airport: Not Configured". So I click on Open Network Preferences, and choose my wireless network. Once I hit apply, the empty diamond doesn't change. It doesn't show the signal strength. Also, I have to open Network Preferences every time I start up my laptop. Can anybody help me out with these problems?

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Dec 9, 2007 12:36 PM

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Jake Moore Author

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Dec 11, 2007 9:31 PM in response to Jake Moore

Could someone please help? This issue is REALLY annoying.

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Drnow

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Dec 13, 2007 5:01 AM in response to Jake Moore

Jake:
Interesting problem. That same problem has occurred to me, since I changed internet providers and installed their set-up software. Currently researching it, but it seems that I am unable to turn on the Airport for some reason.

Drnow

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Dec 13, 2007 8:33 AM in response to Jake Moore

Jake,

I had this problem for the last couple days, exactly as you described. It seems the problem is in the configuration settings supplied by the network setup software (in my case, Comcast). So open your network preferences, and turn your airport off. Switch your location to "Automatic" (mine was at "Comcast"). Make sure airport is the top-priority port. Now turn the airport back on and connect to your desired network. This fixed everything for me.

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Dec 13, 2007 8:38 AM in response to Krautstache

Oh yeah one more thing: You can actually remove the problematic location in network preferences by clicking "location" and then "edit locations".

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Jake Moore Author

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Dec 13, 2007 12:55 PM in response to Krautstache

Thank you! That fixed it!

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Feb 24, 2008 5:28 PM in response to Jake Moore

It worked! 🙂

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Mar 5, 2008 1:35 PM in response to Krautstache

Well this didn't work for me. Automatic is the only location I have setup. I can use Safari, do System Updates and read mail. When I reboot I have to re-enter system preferences.

Anyone have any ideas?

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