Thanks a lot Tom, I am going there tomorrow to try to fix it. They live an hour from me so I plan to go there (Bethesda) and see If i can apply your approach. You dont make house calls do you!!!!
On 11/10/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >My dad has a mac mini and my mom has a ibook and both were sharing an Epson > >stylus printer using an airport modem. Everything was working fine and they > >were using Verizon DSL. Couple months ago they switched to Verizon fios (?) > >fiber connection, and now the Ibook has lost connectivity with the printer. > >I went over there to try to help...and now my dad cant print either!! > >I am at a loss as to what I should try next....I am sure it is some kind of > >network problem which I have no experience with... My powerbook asks for a > >password to their network.....and they dont even know what it is! > > Step 1 is to get everything to a known state. The Airport modem has a > reset procedure that will get everything back to defaults. The procedure > varies from model to model so you will need to look it up. > > After you reset the Airport you should be able to go through the standard > setup procedure and get everything right. > > I know that some models have a security freature that only lets you > change some settings within a few minutes of powering up. You have to > take this into account when making adjustments or face frustration. > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ><((((ª> ><((((ª> ><((((ª> ><((((ª> ><((((ª> ><((((ª> ><((((ª> Sandra J. Raredon New home email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] New work email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
