Q: iMac used to connect to internet now assigns 169.254... ip
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by Linc Davis,Mar 17, 2012 5:16 PM
Linc Davis
Mar 17, 2012 5:16 PM
in response to josephfrombrookfield
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ApplicationsAre you connected to the wireless network?
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Mar 17, 2012 5:52 PMby josephfrombrookfield,It does connect to the wireless network however, when I have the Network utility open the Airport connection will be green for a while then reassigns the ip to the 169.254... ip and the Airport connection shows amber. By the way, when the Airport connection showed green, the ip address looked like an extended version of a Mac address.
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by Linc Davis,Mar 17, 2012 6:01 PM
Linc Davis
Mar 17, 2012 6:01 PM
in response to josephfrombrookfield
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Mar 17, 2012 6:59 PMby josephfrombrookfield,Did a complete shutdown and disconnect of the router. Reconnected, boot up and the Windows PC and this Mac Book Pro work fine... not the iMac. Even turned Airport off for a minute. Once it was back on the Airport connection was green with an IP address that looked like a Mac addr. After about 30 seconds, the 169.254.21.210 was assigned. The message says: "Airport has the self-assigned IP address 169.254.21.210 and will not be able to connect to the internet."
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by Linc Davis,Mar 18, 2012 4:09 AM
Linc Davis
Mar 18, 2012 4:09 AM
in response to josephfrombrookfield
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If you've taken all the steps in that article, including checking for a firmware update for the router, without success, then you need a different router.
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Mar 19, 2012 10:28 AMby josephfrombrookfield,I'm not (yet) sold on the idea of getting a different router to resolve this. Maybe as a (very) last resort. Since this issue has begun, I've still been able to connect to this router (which is new as of mid-January 2012) with 3 different Mac Book Pro's and a Dell laptop (from work). No issues with any of these. Why can they connect and not the iMac? It's an interesting dilemma.
There has to be some way of addressing this... maybe a file to reset or possibly remove or ???. It will be interesting to find out what it is. Once I have figured it out I will certainly be sharing the information.
Thanks again for your input. I do appreciate it.
