My flat screen won't connect to the internet, even when I use the cord from my working iMac.

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My flat screen won't connect to the internet, even when I use the cord from my working iMac.

I have an old dome base flat screen running Tiger and a newer intel iMac running Snow Leopard. My newer model connects to the internet just fine and my old one did too, until recently. Both work off the same Comcast modem and one will connect and the old one won't, even when I take the cord from the new one and plug it into the old. I didn't make any changes to it so I don't know what the problem is. Any suggestions?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.1), 15 in flat panel iMac running Tiger

Posted on Nov 10, 2013 11:43 PM

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Answer 1

a brody

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Nov 13, 2013 12:19 PM in response to Orangekiss

The modem may need to be powered off before connecting to a different computer.

Make sure the Network System Preferences are setup the same way on both machines.

Much easier would be to get an ethernet router (not a hub).

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Orangekiss Author

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Nov 13, 2013 10:26 PM in response to a brody

I think what happened is I had Hide My *** Proxy running and for some reason it won't let me get on line with it running, although it used to so I don't know what the deal with that is. On my other computer I can get on line with it running. Anyway, after I quit HMA I could get on line. Thanks for your reply. By the way, my other computer is not connected to a hub, but to the Comcast modem/wireless device that my other computer is connected to.

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