connect mac mini using 10.4.11 to wifi

IIIaass,

sorry for the span of time, life got in the way; first, thank you for your comments, but even with your expertise, I am leery of of your ability to solve this problem for two reasons (not wanting to put you off, because I DO want to solve this if it's possible) but when you say, "right click", it sounds like you're a PC guy, and using a MBP there is no "right click" as there is only the track pad; and on the Mac Mini there is a simple mouse, no buttons

secondly, as I said above, I am doing this in JAPAN, through the NTT ISP, whom we have called and the "tech" said that the M-mini running OS X 10.4.11, could not be connected, period (maybe they know, maybe they don't, maybe they're not skilled with Mac ("right click"?) maybe they just don't want to try

but

first, how is the M-mini using WiFi? through the Airport card? (not "built-in Ethernet") as per the pictures on the Set-up Assistant? so I have tried to input all the required fields asked for with the same result: no connection

to answer your first question: I have no idea what security protocols the router is using, all I know is that when we connected to it with the MBP many months ago, it was a struggle, but NTT walked us through it and it's working; we have three "ports", if you will available: rt500k-ca0fe9-1, 2 and 3 with associated passwords

when I click on "other" I can see the rt500k-ca0fe9-2 as also available (the MBP is using rt500k-ca0fe9-1) and I insert the password

to answer your second question: when the M-mini is turned on, Safari automatically boots up and loads, then in the menu bar at the "WiFi" fan the words, "looking for PPPoE server host" comes up and then a screen splash that says it can't find the host

from your next statement, I don't know by what means we connected the MBP (because it was with my wife who got terribly frustrated, between US and JP text inputs, me yelling in English and the tech talking to her in Japanese) and as above, the tech at NTT said it couldn't be done

I have filled in all the fields I could find without successful connection

I look forward to your next try, again, it must be simple step by simple step and perhaps in the order initially required, and I thank you in advance for your efforts on my behalf

VTY

B3

Good Evening,

I'm glad you are still with me, OK, back to basics: I see no place on the M-mini Preferences screen that speaks directly to "WiFi" and my assumption was, that at least at one point (before I started screwing with absolutely everything I could find) that it tried to connect as it had been in the past, in the USA where I had it configured (don't know how I did that, maybe "Set-up Assistant") with a cable that ran from the computer Ethernet port back to my router in another part of the house

now, here in Japan we are wireless and the MBP through "WiFi" connects just fine to the NTT tower, but I don't understand with what piece of the M-mini it is supposed to connect; I assumed the "Airport" card

is this so? I find no other Preference screen that speaks to "WiFi" particularly, the closest is configuring the Airport

so

when the M-mini starts up it launches Safari automatically and tries to connect to the "Internet" (by what means I don't know) and a screen comes up that says, "computer is not connected to the Internet" (that I am painfully aware of) then another screen comes over that that says, "Built-in Ethernet is set up to use PPPoE" and then another screen comes up about "Internet connection: could not find a PPPoE server"

under Preferences, Network: I get choices of what to fiddle with: Airport, Bluetooth, Built-in Ethernet, and Built-in FireWire

assuming the Airport card is the key, I have entered the "WiFi" router address 9-2 and the password, see the first two screens I attached, so obviously I am going down the wrong path

what is the step-by-step right way to do this? I can make more screen shots to show you what I am doing wrong, but feel it would be better to either start over, clearing out all the set-ups, or like a recent "Dilbert" cartoon panel, just go out and buy a new M-mini (except here the $499 unit, after taxes, but before delivery is about $750

your wisdom is greatly appreciated and your guidance will be followed as best I can

VTY

B3

nice is easy, screen shot:

wasn't so easy, took 4 tries, some file corruption or other it would be a little harder on the M-mini, since there is no connection it means putting the image on my flash drive (I don't want to try to set up Bluetooth tonight

I knew you would ask that, so:

your wish is my demand

I knew you would ask that, so I have moved me and the MBP to the room where the M-mini is, side by side

what happens is a screen comes up that says, "the selected airport network requires a password to join." and I have 3 choices: WPA personal, WPA Enterprise (whatever that is) and 802.1X WEP (also an unknown) and below that a box where you can enter the password, which I input (on the back of the router there are the 3 networks 9-1, 2 and 3 and below that are the three passwords, each associated with each of the three network addresses

if I choose the second one (or third), input the password and try to connect, it tells me it can't find the PPPoE server

and when I try on another screen it asks for a password of EXACTLY - 64 hexadecimal characters and nowhere is that to be foundv

so now I just tried (for the first time) to choose the first one, the one that the MBP uses and find that with the first address and password,

IT LOGS ON (never thought to try that as I thought it would slow down the connection of the MBP)

will both computers on the one channel will either or both be slow? (a relative term with the old M-mini)

if you think you've helped, I'm so happy I could cry

I probably owe you one (or more)

VTY

B3

thanks again for the work with me, but the question remains un-answered: will either machine run slower logged on the same network? seems the M-mini is only "somewhat" connected (not full fan, but seems to work OK, just slow, maybe it always was

will there be a speed tax?

B3

the last speed test applet I had was in the USA from Comcast, doesn't seem to want to work here (wonder why!)

where do I find the "transfer rate", looked on Google, but the first couple of "calculators" seemed obtuse

no need to respond to me right now, it's almost 10:00pm and I need my sleep, too much an old man

I'll check back in the morning

B3

PS: do you get stars or something? where are you located to be up so late?