mac mini IP address

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mac mini IP address

I've been told that I need to set up an IP address for my mac mini which will allow me to get my wireless extender working. Is this correct and how can I do it?

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mac mini, Mac OS X (10.4.11), mac mini IP address

Posted on Jan 12, 2010 10:08 AM

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macbig

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Jan 12, 2010 4:36 PM in response to skippers76

Please describe your network/internet set-up. I.E. Modem, Router?

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Jan 13, 2010 6:46 AM in response to macbig

I'm using BT Home Hub router

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macbig

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Jan 13, 2010 10:30 AM in response to skippers76

You should already have an IP address assigned by your Router. Go to System Preferences, click on the network icon> The pane on the left side of the window shows all your available connections. Yours should show "Ethernet-Connected". Your IP address is in the main window and should look something like this: 192.168.?.?, with the ? marks representing the IP numbers assigned by your router.

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Jan 14, 2010 9:12 AM in response to macbig

The problem with this mac is that it's airport doesn't have the range to connect to the router so I'm trying to set up the wireless extender.

When I click onto Built-in Ethernet or Airport in the Network status I can see an IP address there. Is it likely that this IP would have been set up by a previous router?

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macbig

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Jan 14, 2010 6:37 PM in response to skippers76

Have you previously connected to this router via airport from your mini?

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Jan 15, 2010 2:31 AM in response to macbig

Yes I did take it downstairs to connect previously. Upstairs, it does occasionally show the signal for the Home Hub in the airport but has an error when trying to join the network.

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macbig

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Jan 15, 2010 11:21 AM in response to skippers76

Then that ip address was assigned by your router. Not all extenders work with all routers. You need to check for compatibility issues with the maker of your router.

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Jan 15, 2010 3:35 PM in response to macbig

So to confirm, the IP for my mac should be the one under Built-in Ethernet even though it is no longer connected by ethernet? When I click to other networks such as Airport there are different IP addresses.

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macbig

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Jan 15, 2010 4:11 PM in response to skippers76

No. You said you had previously connected via Airport and that is the ip address assigned by your wifi router. That is the address you should use.

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Jan 20, 2010 9:23 AM in response to macbig

well I thought it had an IP assigned but in fact there was nothing there. So I took my mac mini downstairs and next to the Home Hub, connected to the net and was given an IP under the TCP/IP section in Airport. Taking this back upstairs the IP number disappeared along with the subnet mask and router number.

Do I go with the number that was assigned downstairs?

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Jan 20, 2010 9:32 AM in response to skippers76

and now since plugging in the Sitecom Wireless Adaptor the mac has been assigned a new IP and shows the subnet mask IP but not the router IP.

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