Imac Networking Problems

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Imac Networking Problems

I'm attempting to hook up my iMac to my Linksys wireless router, however whenever I attempt to enable security settings on the network, I lose my internet connection and the I have limited connectivity. It works fine on an open network, but no matter what I tried it hasn't worked. I know the password is correct. I'm using a hex password for security, just so you know. Any suggestions.

iMac G5 2 GHz Processor Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Posted on Jan 27, 2006 7:23 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 27, 2006 7:35 AM in response to David Laudenslager

How are you doing this? Are you using a web browser to set it up in the router? And what kind of security? WEP, WPA?

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Answer 2

Jan 28, 2006 12:41 AM in response to Barbara Brundage

On none Apple Wireless equipment any WEP key has to be prefixed with a $ sign, so if your using a WEP key like me make sure you have the dollar symbol before the hex key and you'll be sorted.

Thanks

Christian

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Answer 3

Jan 30, 2006 4:28 PM in response to David Laudenslager

I'm using a WEP 40/128-bit hex password, and I wasn't able to type the dollar sign ($) when I tried the enter the password in Internet Connect. Is this something I need to try when I set the initial password. Any help would be great.

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Answer 4

Jan 30, 2006 5:52 PM in response to David Laudenslager

Did you really mean internet connect? If so, that's your problem. That's for dialup passwords. To set up your router, go in as the admin via a browser and set things up there in the router itself. Then the first time you try to connect via airport it will ask you for the password via a popup window. Enter it and you should be good to go.

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Answer 5

Jan 30, 2006 8:23 PM in response to Barbara Brundage

The router is actually set up, using my PC, I just need to connect to the router that is already set up, but I keep getting that limited connectivity thing, whenever I enable security on the router.

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Answer 6

Jan 30, 2006 9:06 PM in response to David Laudenslager

You didn't also set up MAC addressing, did you?

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Answer 7

Jan 31, 2006 8:17 PM in response to Barbara Brundage

Ok, this is the statement I get from my network settings in system preferences, "Airport is connected to the network <network name>. Airport has a self-assigned IP address and may not be able to connect to the internet." I do not know how to fix this specifically. Is this something I simply need to adjust in my router setup, or a setting on my airport.

I apologize for not understanding everything, as wireless networking is still sort of new to me.

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Answer 8

Feb 1, 2006 7:49 AM in response to David Laudenslager

Hi, David. No problem. MAC addressing is nothing to do with Macs. Even a PC has a MAC, which stands for Media Access Control. That's the unique address of a particular computer, and it's a common way of restricting access to your network to set it up so that only the MAC addresses of your own computers can join the network. I was checking to see if maybe you'd set this up and then only entered your Windows computer's address.

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Answer 9

Feb 3, 2006 6:55 AM in response to Barbara Brundage

I have entered the MAC addresses for my iMac as well as my windows computers, and still get the same problem.

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