do you have it is the question at this point. if it is listed and you cannot turn it on, something may need apple care attention.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Arrigo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 7:30 PM Subject: Re: setting up airport That seems to be where I'm having problems, I can't seem to get it to turn on, I'll give it another try though. On Aug 11, 2008, at 4:33 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > If you haven't a wireless network, then you won't be able to > accomplish much. As long as you can turn it on, you'll be fine. Turn > it on for grins and see if any of your neighbors are running open > routers. You may not be able to detect them depending where your > machine is located so this might prove to be a pointless activity. > Either way, you should have no difficulty at all connecting your mac > to any wireless available should you ever need to do so. > > On Aug 10, 2008, at 11:27 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> I just checkedthe menu, it has 2 choices, one says airport is not >> configured, and that option is dimed, the other is to open the >> network preferences. >> On Aug 10, 2008, at 7:26 PM, Scott Howell wrote: >> >>> You should only have to turn on the AirPort from the menu where >>> the clock and so forth is located. It'll look for wireless >>> networks to join. You shouldn't have to add the service. >>> >>> On Aug 10, 2008, at 7:06 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >>> >>>> Hi everyone. I'm wondering if someone can tell me what I am >>>> missinghere. I don't have a wireless network here at home, but >>>> was playing with the network configuration to try to figure out >>>> how to enable the airport feature, since their may come a time >>>> when I take my mac mini to a place that uses wireless networking. >>>> I realize I don't have a network to connect to, but I could not >>>> even get the airport feature to enable. In network preferences, I >>>> chose to add a service, and selected airport. An option became >>>> available to turn on airport, so I selected that but it had no >>>> effect. Do I actually need to use the assistant and enter the >>>> name of a wireless network before airport will enable? Also, do I >>>> need to use the airport utility application, or is all of this >>>> done in network preferences? >>>> >>> >>> Scott Howell >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > Scott Howell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >
