Dear Adam,

I don't have the trouble shooting experience (one reason why I moved to Mac)
but I also suspect an update side effect. Looks like someone *may* have
found a convoluted solution:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1806417&tstart=105

Malcolm

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 11:25 PM, Adam Field <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> This is exactly what I have
> I currently have the macbook connected via an ethernet cable
>
> Years of troubleshooting PCs would suggest a driver issue so i'm going to
> investigate any recent updates i installed
>
> -Adam
>
>  On 30 Nov 2008, at 23:18, Malcolm Harris wrote:
>
> I did a hard reset on the airport express and got the Mac Book to see it
> once and then lost it again!  I got a dialogue box on the Mac Book asking
> for the network name and password only and that worked.  Now I only get one
> wanting the type of wireless security and the user name (?).  I've tried
> numerous times to get the two question dialogue up but no luck.  I'm
> probably missing something really simple. Does any one know what type of
> wireless security AE has?
> All contributions gratefully received.  Unfortunately I won't be able to
> try anything for at least a couple of days.
>
> Malcolm
>
> PS the AE base station is still visible and accessible to the i Phone.
>
> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Malcolm Harris <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Strangely enough Adam I've been running it off a Netgear router for almost
>> two years now - no trouble in this respect until now - could this be an
>> update side effect?  Thanks Jason, I'll do some poking around at the
>> weekend.
>> Malcolm
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Jason Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Malcolm Harris wrote on 28/11/08 at 08:26
>>>
>>> >In the last couple of days, my Mac Book has failed to see my Air Port
>>> >Express base station even when it is less than a metre away. The wi-fi
>>> >on the Mac Book seems to be OK - it can see half a dozen of my
>>> >neighbours' base stations but not mine. I would conclude that the Air
>>> >Port base station has stopped working but my i Phone sees it OK and
>>> >runs Safari through it no problem.
>>> >
>>> >Any ideas what may be going on and how I might fix this?
>>>
>>>
>>> try changing the channel it's broadcasting on, change the name
>>> of the network, make sure it's broadcasting its name (have you
>>> tried 'Join another network...' and typing the name in?).
>>>
>>> most of these settings are fairly easy to find in the Airport
>>> Base station software, have a poke around.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>
>
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