HT201974: Manage the Wi-Fi connection on your Mac

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smb4521

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Q: I have an old macbook. It won't connect to my home wi-fi and the message says "Airport has the self-assigned IP address of 169.254 (etc.) and will not be able to connect to the internet." Any help? Thanks

I have an old macbook. It won't connect to my home wi-fi and the message says "Airport has the self-assigned IP address of 169.254 (etc.) and will not be able to connect to the internet." Any help? Thanks

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Posted on Mar 7, 2014 1:19 PM

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Q: I have an old macbook. It won't connect to my home wi-fi and the message says "Airport has the self-assigned IP address of 169.254 ... more

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by Tesserax,

Tesserax Mar 7, 2014 7:52 PM in response to smb4521
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Mar 7, 2014 7:52 PM in response to smb4521

Can your MacBook connect to any other Wi-Fi network or just not the one provided by your AirPort base station?

Was it able to connect before or has it never been able to connect to your network?
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HT201974: Manage the Wi-Fi connection on your Mac

Q: I have an old macbook. It won't connect to my home wi-fi and the message says "Airport has the self-assigned IP address of 169.254 (etc.) and will not be able to connect to the internet." Any help? Thanks

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