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Networking Preferences
I received my new PM G4 today and so I (tried) setting up down stairs (where the cable modem is). So I plug the RJ-45 cable into the PM and plug in all the necessities and start her up.
Go through the registration steps including setting up the network (or so I thought).
I entered in my DHCP, and just to be safe I added in the DNS addresses. The PM acquired a new IP and I thought I was done. So OS X starts up and I click on the internet to see how it runs. No luck. Doesn't find any server.
So I think that for some reason it didn't remember my preferences. So I go to the System Preferences and check my network preferences and they are just like I specified them.
Is there any reason why my PC (what I'm using now) will work (i.e. access the internet, check email, yadda yadda yadda) and why my PM doesn't know what's going on? Perhaps I forgot something.
Any help (for this Mac newbie) is greatly appreciated.
Go through the registration steps including setting up the network (or so I thought).
I entered in my DHCP, and just to be safe I added in the DNS addresses. The PM acquired a new IP and I thought I was done. So OS X starts up and I click on the internet to see how it runs. No luck. Doesn't find any server.
So I think that for some reason it didn't remember my preferences. So I go to the System Preferences and check my network preferences and they are just like I specified them.
Is there any reason why my PC (what I'm using now) will work (i.e. access the internet, check email, yadda yadda yadda) and why my PM doesn't know what's going on? Perhaps I forgot something.
Any help (for this Mac newbie) is greatly appreciated.
Here are some ideas:
1) Rather than Manually enter the address, connect using DHCP and let the puter get all its stuff from the server (do this in your System preferences under network).
2) If that does not work, try this. Change from Ethernet to Modem. Hit the apply button. Then change back to ethernet and hit apply (do this in your System preferences under network).
3) If that still does not work, try running the internet setup assistant. This is an app. that is on your mac somewhere. You can use the finder to search for it.
4) If that doesn't work, disable the modem and airport.You can do this in System Preferences under the Network panel. Where it says "Show:" Select Network Port Configurations from the drop down menu. Deselect everything but Etehrnet. Then repeat 1-3.
That should work. Also, check to see if you are getting an IP address. If it starts with 169, that means it's a fake address (ie it isn't connected to anything). If you are getting anything else, you are connected. I find that using DHCP works better than doing the manual configuration.
But that's just me, I'm a different breed of cat.
Peace,
O
B unce!
1) Rather than Manually enter the address, connect using DHCP and let the puter get all its stuff from the server (do this in your System preferences under network).
2) If that does not work, try this. Change from Ethernet to Modem. Hit the apply button. Then change back to ethernet and hit apply (do this in your System preferences under network).
3) If that still does not work, try running the internet setup assistant. This is an app. that is on your mac somewhere. You can use the finder to search for it.
4) If that doesn't work, disable the modem and airport.You can do this in System Preferences under the Network panel. Where it says "Show:" Select Network Port Configurations from the drop down menu. Deselect everything but Etehrnet. Then repeat 1-3.
That should work. Also, check to see if you are getting an IP address. If it starts with 169, that means it's a fake address (ie it isn't connected to anything). If you are getting anything else, you are connected. I find that using DHCP works better than doing the manual configuration.
But that's just me, I'm a different breed of cat.
Peace,
O
B unce!
You probably need to call your cable provider and give them the MAC address of the NIC in your new computer. Many, if not most cable providers limit the number of machines you can connect to the modem by recording the unique MAC address of the network card you first connect to the modem. If you connect a new card (even a new card in the same computer), they sometimes refuse to function.
This is one of several reasons (security being the foremost) that I use a "cable/DSL router." These boxes usually give you the capability to mimic the MAC address of whatever network device you want, so when you change computers (or cards) you don't have this sort of problem.
Good luck.
This is one of several reasons (security being the foremost) that I use a "cable/DSL router." These boxes usually give you the capability to mimic the MAC address of whatever network device you want, so when you change computers (or cards) you don't have this sort of problem.
Good luck.
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Originally posted by GHPorter: You probably need to call your cable provider and give them the MAC address of the NIC in your new computer. Many, if not most cable providers limit the number of machines you can connect to the modem by recording the unique MAC address of the network card you first connect to the modem. If you connect a new card (even a new card in the same computer), they sometimes refuse to function. This is one of several reasons (security being the foremost) that I use a "cable/DSL router." These boxes usually give you the capability to mimic the MAC address of whatever network device you want, so when you change computers (or cards) you don't have this sort of problem. Good luck. |
Thank you both for your help, I'll thry your suggestions tonight when I get home.
Also, GH, you hit on something I was thinking about. I originally plugged in the PM directly from the cable modem, so that the network preferences would copy over to the airport preferences (when I start up the airport). Doesn't the new (snow) AirPort double as a router, by plugging the modem to WAN and the computer to the extra Ethernet port?
The quick answer is "yes, but." It's kind of complex, but your AirPort has its own MAC address (and a lot of cable companies HATE AirPort for some reason), and that's what the cable modem sees connected to it.
I finally got it to work!!!
I forgot who mentioned it to me, if it was on this board, on the Networking board at apple (apple.com) or another programming board I belong to (can you tell I was really desparate?).
Someone suggested I completely power off my cable modem as it probably only recognizes the first MAC address it is connected to.
So as soon as I got home from school and unplugged my cable modem. While it was unplugged, I plugged in the cable from the modem to the WAN port on the ABS and then added another cable from the Ethernet port from the ABS to my PC.
After that, I powered up my cable modem and it connected just fine. Then came the testing. I tested the PC first. Started up Opera and it connected just fine!
Then I went upstairs and powered up the PM. and it instantly recognized the connection and went from there.
Thanks to all. I have another question, but since it's not "Networking", I'll post on the appropriate board.
I forgot who mentioned it to me, if it was on this board, on the Networking board at apple (apple.com) or another programming board I belong to (can you tell I was really desparate?).
Someone suggested I completely power off my cable modem as it probably only recognizes the first MAC address it is connected to.
So as soon as I got home from school and unplugged my cable modem. While it was unplugged, I plugged in the cable from the modem to the WAN port on the ABS and then added another cable from the Ethernet port from the ABS to my PC.
After that, I powered up my cable modem and it connected just fine. Then came the testing. I tested the PC first. Started up Opera and it connected just fine!
Then I went upstairs and powered up the PM. and it instantly recognized the connection and went from there.
Thanks to all. I have another question, but since it's not "Networking", I'll post on the appropriate board.