Help with connecting to Internet

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Help with connecting to Internet

Hi there, I am having problems connecting to the Internet on my old PowerBook G4.

I have full signal strength but the page won't load. Once I go through the network diagnostics, it loads momentarily, but as soon as I try to navigate to a different site, it kicks me off again and it doesn't work. Has anyone had this happen before? I originally thought it might have something to do with my keychain password because it asked me for it at first... any help would be appreciated.

PowerBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Mar 11, 2013 12:56 PM

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Answer 1

romko23

Level 2

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Mar 11, 2013 6:24 PM in response to Mollykins123

Hi,

What PowerBook G4 do you have? I do know the older Titanium series were notorious for rotten airport signal strength which was later corrected in the Aluminum PowerBook G4's.

What you might want to try is go into /System/Library/Preferences and find com.apple.airport.plist and trash that.. having a new plist for airport will possibly fix the problem, or you can do a PRAM reset by holding down the option+command+p+r.

If none of those work, get a signal booster to boost airport signal..or forget the onboard airport which is slow anyway and get a USB Wireless G or N or combo B,G,N wireless adapter.

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Answer 2

Mar 13, 2013 8:17 AM in response to Mollykins123

Hello,

Have you tried resetting your Wireless router?

Sometimes it can be as simple as the router needing retting. If it don't have a reset button, try turning the router on and then off after about a minute.

Best of luck

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Answer 3

Klaus1

Level 9

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Mar 13, 2013 8:45 AM in response to Mollykins123

Internet Quick Assist:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1144?viewlocale=en_US

Troubleshooting internet settings:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1714?viewlocale=en_US

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