Self Assigned IP Addresses amber lights and no internet HELP!

t_love07, Welcome to the discussion area!

It sounds like your iMac is not properly connecting to the DHCP server. It then will self-assign an IP address starting with 169.

Does the wireless router have an access list enabled? If so, you will need to add the MAC address of the iMac's AirPort card to that list so that it is allowed to connect. You can find the MAC address of the iMac's AirPort card on the AirPort tab inside the Network preference pane.

Hi,

Duane is right in that if ACL's (access control lists) are set on the wireless access point, (as they are in my school) you will need your mac address of your airport card to add to the router.

Here's what I would do.... Open up Network Prefs in the System Prefs app. Create a "New" location and name it whatever you want ("Wireless at Home"). In the "Show" drop down menu, select airport. You should see 5 tabs in the airport window. Airport, TCP/IP, PPoE, Appletalk and Proxies. Click the airport tab and select automatically where it asks you what default network you want to join. You'll also find your mac address for your airport card in that pane. Next, click on TCP/IP and select DHCP from the IPv4: drop down menu, make sure no information is showing in this window. In other words, no numbers in DHCP or DNS servers, etc. If it's blank and ready to go, hit apply. The router should then hand off an IP address. Close system prefs and look in the menu on the upper right hand corner of your screen (by the date and time). See the airport fan? Does it have black bars through it? Or are they grey? Or, does it just look like a blank semicircle (airport is not turned on). If you don't see this menu, go back to network prefs and open the new location you've just made and go back to the airport tab. There is a check box in there that says, show airport status in menu bar. Turn that on. Now, go back to the menu and if the bars are grey, click on the fan and see if your network is listed there. Click on that to join. You have made a new location with fresh DHCP settings and told your airport card to connect automatically to whatever network is available.

Your tech guy at school is probably a PC head and that's why he's been stumped. He shouldn't be.

Hope that helps.

Tim
Tech Asst
Bertschi School
Seattle, WA.

Power Mac G4 667 Digital Audio Mac OS X (10.3.8)

I have exactly the same probleme!
The connection to the WLan Router ( Hitachi AH4021 ) seems to work propperly. DHCP assigns an IP Adress, which expires unused by the Airport Extreme Card.
In System.log I found the following:

Mar 4 00:02:47 localhost configd[121]: Error: AuthorizationRightSet() could not create right com.apple.airport.allow.network.change (-60008)
Mar 4 00:02:47 localhost configd[121]: Error: AuthorizationRightSet() could not create right com.apple.airport.allow.computer-to-computer (-60008)
Mar 4 00:02:47 localhost configd[121]: WirelessConfigure: 88001003
Mar 4 00:02:47 localhost configd[121]: initCardWithStoredPrefs failed.
Mar 4 00:02:47 localhost configd[121]: WirelessConfigure: 88001003
Mar 4 00:02:58 localhost kernel: AirPort: Link Active: "MEINNETZ-9F8071" - 0003c9a94711 - chan 1
Mar 4 00:02:58 localhost configd[121]: SecKeychainFindGenericPassword err= -25308 ( =0xffff9d24) (current= MEINNETZ-9F8071)
Mar 4 00:03:00 localhost kernel: AirPort: Link DOWN (Client disAssoc 0)

For me it looks like, that Airport can't assign the given IP Adress to the Powerbook. But Why?????

Please help me. Or even give me a hint where to ask or look 😉

Thanks Dirk





Powerbook 1GHz G4 768MB Mac OS X (10.3.9) Airport Extreme Card Firmware 404.2 (3.90.34.0.p16)