Re: Major Airport issues
On Dec 13, 2008, at 8:26 AM, Chris N wrote: Any input on this would be much appreciated. I've got a bunch of Macs at home, ranging from a G4 400 (wireless) through a G4 dual 1.25 (wired), G5 iMac (wired), Intel iMac (wireless) and a couple of powerbooks/macbooks. I have a Comcast cable modem network at home driven by a MaxPower (OWC) draft 802.11n wireless network. For the older macs and powerbooks I have either PCI cards or PCMCIA adapters running the manufacturers software and everything works well (except iTunes video streaming of content that was not directly downloaded fom the iTunes store - this broke quite a few versions ago and was my reasoning for upgrading the network in the first place). The problem comes when I try to use inbuilt Airport software to access the network. The WEP passwords are correct, IP addresses are assigned to the machines and the DNS addresses for Comcast are all added. Sometimes on some machines I can get access to the internet and sometimes I can't. And sometimes when I have access I randomly lose it. This isn't machine specific, it is specific to the mode being used to log on, and I'm not having any issue getting an IP address assigned, so I am out of guesses. Any input would be much appreciated - machines are either running 10.4.11 or 10.5.5 with the latest versions of airport installed. I had a very similar issue using an Apple Time Capsule 802.11n router. My situation was slightly different in that it mainly involved older 802.11b 802.11g connections, but it WAS related to the WEP encryption. I did a lot of internet research trying to locate this issue, and the only solution that worked was to disable WEP encryption. That didn't bother me any, I had an unencrypted network my entire life before getting the Time Capsule, I don't mind sharing my connection with those who passby, and have nothing I'm ashamed of or need to protect. Unencrypted everything works and connects fine. I THOUGHT it was a bug in the Apple Time Capsule software, but your similar issue would seem to indicate it's in the client software, unless our issues are coincidence and related to our respective routers? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Major Airport issues
On Dec 13, 2008, at 9:14 AM, Chris N wrote: I thought this might be it, but I can get IP addresses from my neighbors unencrypted networks and still can't access the internet. That sounds different. You should be able to connect. The DNS on these networks might not be correct, but I should still be able to get something - right? I gave up on my ISP's DNS and went to using OpenDNS. If you do this, go to the DNS tab in you Network Preferences, delete all the other DNS addresses and add 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Major Airport issues
On Dec 13, 2008, at 9:26 AM, Chris N wrote: Folks, Any input on this would be much appreciated. I've got a bunch of Macs at home, ranging from a G4 400 (wireless) through a G4 dual 1.25 (wired), G5 iMac (wired), Intel iMac (wireless) and a couple of powerbooks/macbooks. I have a Comcast cable modem network at home driven by a MaxPower (OWC) draft 802.11n wireless network. For the older macs and powerbooks I have either PCI cards or PCMCIA adapters running the manufacturers software and everything works well (except iTunes video streaming of content that was not directly downloaded fom the iTunes store - this broke quite a few versions ago and was my reasoning for upgrading the network in the first place). The problem comes when I try to use inbuilt Airport software to access the network. The WEP passwords are correct, IP addresses are assigned to the machines and the DNS addresses for Comcast are all added. Sometimes on some machines I can get access to the internet and sometimes I can't. And sometimes when I have access I randomly lose it. This isn't machine specific, it is specific to the mode being used to log on, and I'm not having any issue getting an IP address assigned, so I am out of guesses. Any input would be much appreciated - machines are either running 10.4.11 or 10.5.5 with the latest versions of airport installed. Thanks Chris Chris, Don't know if this will help, I had my wireless phone within three feet of my base station and whenever I answered it it would interrupt the transmission. Had to re-establish each time. John Callahan jcalla...@stny.rr.com If there are no dogs in Heaven, when I die I want to go where they went.ยจ --Will Rogers extreme positive = (ybya2) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Major Airport issues
On Dec 13, 2008, at 10:24 AM, John Callahan wrote: On Dec 13, 2008, at 9:26 AM, Chris N wrote: Folks, Any input on this would be much appreciated. I've got a bunch of Macs at home, ranging from a G4 400 (wireless) through a G4 dual 1.25 (wired), G5 iMac (wired), Intel iMac (wireless) and a couple of powerbooks/macbooks. I have a Comcast cable modem network at home driven by a MaxPower (OWC) draft 802.11n wireless network. For the older macs and powerbooks I have either PCI cards or PCMCIA adapters running the manufacturers software and everything works well (except iTunes video streaming of content that was not directly downloaded fom the iTunes store - this broke quite a few versions ago and was my reasoning for upgrading the network in the first place). The problem comes when I try to use inbuilt Airport software to access the network. The WEP passwords are correct, IP addresses are assigned to the machines and the DNS addresses for Comcast are all added. Sometimes on some machines I can get access to the internet and sometimes I can't. And sometimes when I have access I randomly lose it. This isn't machine specific, it is specific to the mode being used to log on, and I'm not having any issue getting an IP address assigned, so I am out of guesses. Any input would be much appreciated - machines are either running 10.4.11 or 10.5.5 with the latest versions of airport installed. Thanks Chris Chris, Don't know if this will help, I had my wireless phone within three feet of my base station and whenever I answered it it would interrupt the transmission. Had to re-establish each time. I had a similar issue of my QS dropping the Airlink USB 2 WLAN, WEP encrypted connection to my Westell 327W Wireless router. Funny how it never dropped it when it was located away from the (wireless) telephone base, but began random dropouts when it was moved in line with ... I could never get the new CCC 3.1.2 (now 3.1.3) to complete a backup over the wireless network ... so I changed to a wired PCI card by Rosewill for the QS. My over the network backup works fine now. Will reconsider using my USB 2 Airlink3026 (via WEP encryption) with this info at hand ... maybe try without WEP as an experiment ... I thought the device was going bad ... being over a year old ... Thanks. Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Major Airport issues
On Dec 13, 2008, at 10:54 AM, Chris N wrote: Thanks for the addresses - is there a search domain with that? I tried those and everything seems to start off being ok (i.e. for half a page), NEW INFORMATION but then slows down NEW Information. and the connection is lost again. Not being a 'Network GURU', my thoughts may be way off base BUT I would start looking for the cause of the 'slow down'. Keep note of times when the 'slow down' starts to occur, and check the logs for strange happenings. Run with 'Activity Monitor' working and watch things there. The 'Network problems' may just be the most noticeable byproduct if something else going on. Chuck D. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Major Airport issues - resolved
Thanks to all who offered possible solutions to my airport problem. Switching to no encryption did solve the problem, but that was not a long term solution. From an Apple discussion board I was advised to switch to WPA, as WEP encryption does not play nicely with updated airport software, so now my security is WPA2-Personal. This has resolved, at least for now, all of my issues including both internet access from ALL machines and the ability to stream iTunes video across a network, something I have been trying to get to work sicne it broke maybe 8 months ago. Thanks Chris --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Major Airport issues - resolved
On Dec 13, 2008, at 3:30 PM, Chris N wrote: Thanks to all who offered possible solutions to my airport problem. Switching to no encryption did solve the problem, but that was not a long term solution. From an Apple discussion board I was advised to switch to WPA, as WEP encryption does not play nicely with updated airport software, so now my security is WPA2- Personal. This has resolved, at least for now, all of my issues including both internet access from ALL machines and the ability to stream iTunes video across a network, something I have been trying to get to work sicne it broke maybe 8 months ago. Thanks Chris Hooray! I'm going to RE-try my wireless device without encryption later ... Thanks for your persistence! Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Major Airport issues - resolved
At 12:30 PM -0800 12/13/2008, Chris N wrote: From an Apple discussion board I was advised to switch to WPA, as WEP encryption does not play nicely with updated airport software, so now my security is WPA2-Personal. Just as well, as WEP has been cracked. Ditto for WPA. Current recommendation is for WPA2. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
