Hi Lauren,
It is definitely not normal for the status menu to stop appearing.
What happens if you use Control-F8 from Finder instead of VO-M twice?
You should be able to use the regular Mac keyboard shortcuts as well
as VO-M, so Control-F2 from Finder is an alternative way to navigate
to the menu bar (equivalent to VO-M), and Control-F8 from Finder is an
alternative way to navigate to the status menu bar (equivalent to
pressing VO-M twice). Similarly, you can use Control-F3 from Finder
to navigate to the Dock in place of VO-D.
Setting up an AirPort Express is fairly fast using AirPort Utility.
It just takes a couple of minutes. The only issues I've ever heard of
occurred when there were requirements to add the AirPort Express WiFi
network as an extension to an older, existing wireless network that
had to run on a lower grade of WEP security in order to support old
equipment on the network. My AirPort Express is over 5 years old, and
actually predates my having broadband connectivity. After 2 or 3
years I worried that at some point the device might eventually fail,
so I bought a spare, but never had to use it. Since getting an iPod
Touch (which uses wireless internet), I started traveling with the
spare AirPort Express and using it to set up a wireless network when
I'm in locations where there's an ethernet connection but no
wireless. Then I can use my MacBook on a locally secured network (and
share the connection with a colleague who has a laptop, if needed),
and also run my iPod Touch wirelessly at the same time. I wouldn't
have expected this to be such a fast setup, but it's actually easy to
do, and the AirPort Express is only about the size of the MacBook's
power adapter. HTH.
Cheers,
Esther
On Jan 17, 2010, Lauren wrote:
Is it normal for the status menu to stop appearing? When I press VO-m
twice nothing happens. It's always fine after a restart, but it
strikes me as kind of a random problem. This only started happening
recently. I've been having trouble with a wireless network, so I was
using VO-M a lot to check the status of my connection. It just
abruptly stopped showing up.
Also, speaking of wireless networks, how difficult is the airport
express to set up? Can it be done independently?
thanks so much for any help,
Lauren
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