Cant connect my new iMAC wirelessly?

[Rushy]

My new MAC arrived a day early today less than 24hrs after i ordered BUT I cant connect wirelessly to my fairly standard Netgear DG834 router.

I can connect to the internet with an ethernet cable in the router.

I've set the security on the router to allow the iMAC access using the MAC address of the Airport wireless card. I said my ISP (talktalk) is a PPOE connection and used the account name & password that talktalk gave me but still no joy

My old Imac G3 was up and running in 5mins but i've spent an hr and a half on this now....................what am I doing wrong???

The fekkin thing is bloody gorgeous though

 

[richie]

My new MAC arrived a day early today less than 24hrs after i ordered BUT I cant connect wirelessly to my fairly standard Netgear DG834 router.

I can connect to the internet with an ethernet cable in the router.

I've set the security on the router to allow the iMAC access using the MAC address of the Airport wireless card. I said my ISP (talktalk) is a PPOE connection and used the account name & password that talktalk gave me but still no joy

My old Imac G3 was up and running in 5mins but i've spent an hr and a half on this now....................what am I doing wrong???

The fekkin thing is bloody gorgeous though

It's all easy with macs, must be you....

 

[SamD]

I've set the security on the router to allow the iMAC access using the MAC address of the Airport wireless card. I said my ISP (talktalk) is a PPOE connection and used the account name & password that talktalk gave me but still no joy

My old Imac G3 was up and running in 5mins but i've spent an hr and a half on this now....................what am I doing wrong???

The fekkin thing is bloody gorgeous though

Not sure where you are seeing the PPOE option, you shouldn't have to tell the Mac anything about that at all. Simply select the network in the drop down list at the top right of the screen and enter the password when prompted...

 

[Rushy]

It's all easy with macs, must be you....

It is me for sure, technology just DOES NOT like me , I can have trouble getting light bulbs to work.

 

[cookie]

Not sure where you are seeing the PPOE option, you shouldn't have to tell the Mac anything about that at all. Simply select the network in the drop down list at the top right of the screen and enter the password when prompted...

indeed.

wireless icon looks like this:

at least, it does when it's connected

 

[judge]

My new MAC arrived a day early today less than 24hrs after i ordered BUT I cant connect wirelessly to my fairly standard Netgear DG834 router.

I can connect to the internet with an ethernet cable in the router.

I've set the security on the router to allow the iMAC access using the MAC address of the Airport wireless card. I said my ISP (talktalk) is a PPOE connection and used the account name & password that talktalk gave me but still no joy

My old Imac G3 was up and running in 5mins but i've spent an hr and a half on this now....................what am I doing wrong???

The fekkin thing is bloody gorgeous though

Ian you've got it all cafuddled there, your iMac has no interest in knowing what type of ADSL connection your ISP uses to connect your router to TalkTalk's service. And it doesn't need your TalkTalk username or password either.

Remove those settings from wherever you put them on your iMac (I presume in Internet Connection.

If you've locked it down to MAC address does this mean you have no encrytion on your router? Do you see your router in the list of available access points in the pull down list under the Airport Express?

Also if you've locked it to the MAC address you have admin access to the router in which case you can go to Wireless Security settings and confirm you have them correct.

Find your SSID in the list and click on it, if there's no padlock then it doesn't want a passphase, if there is a padlock then it requires the passphrase.

The last Macbook I dealt with didn't like the type of WEP encryption used by the owners BT Homehub so I had to go in to the advanced settings and tell it what settings to use for this particular WEP type.

 

[Rushy]

Not sure where you are seeing the PPOE option, you shouldn't have to tell the Mac anything about that at all. Simply select the network in the drop down list at the top right of the screen and enter the password when prompted...

Is the password required the WEP key?

That doesnt work so Network assistant comes to the rescue and asks for DHCP /PPOE info, that still doesnt work either.

 

[Rushy]

Ian you've got it all cafuddled there, .

Wouldnt be the first time .
I manually added the MAC address of the airport to the router because the router didnt see the imac which is strange because it can see my works laptop which currently has no access. Doesnt the imac broadcast its MAC address like my laptop?

 

[richie]

Wouldnt be the first time .
I manually added the MAC address of the airport to the router because the router didnt see the imac which is strange because it can see my works laptop which currently has no access. Doesnt the imac broadcast its MAC address like my laptop?

Ian, sit back and make yourself a hot poteen/poitin and it'll all come about in the end, at least tats what I am doing....

 

[Ropey]

I had same prob with my Macbook pro connecting to old 802.11b router... fecked around with all sorts and final fix was to change channel as MAC's are sensitive if several networks with same channel... I'm in apartment and 10 wifi networks around me.... changed channel to '9' and hey presto works a treat.... got that from some website or other.... but it worked!!!

 

[judge]

Lets go back a bit...

Did you need to set the MAC address of your work laptop before you could use it? If no then your new iMac doesn't want it either so remove it

Does your netgear router have any encryption on it?

What sort is it? WEP/WPA/WPA2? If WEP its probably the same problem I had with the BT Homehub, the iMac assumes one type of WEP and it isn't the right one.

Did you see your Netgear routers SSID listed under the available wireless networks when you first started out?

I think you need to undo all you've done and get things back to out of the box settings.

 

[richie]

Lets go back a bit...

Did you need to set the MAC address of your work laptop before you could use it? If no then your new iMac doesn't want it either so remove it

Does your netgear router have any encryption on it?

What sort is it? WEP/WPA/WPA2? If WEP its probably the same problem I had with the BT Homehub, the iMac assumes one type of WEP and it isn't the right one.

Did you see your Netgear routers SSID listed under the available wireless networks when you first started out?

I think you need to undo all you've done and get things back to out of the box settings.

And I thought plug and pray was for windoze.....

Good luck with it

 

[forry]

You don't need one of these gadgets Rushy take the fecker back check out my thread here

 

[judge]

And I thought plug and pray was for windoze.....

Good luck with it

If I was a betting man I'd put 5 of your Allihies punts on it being the WEP problem

The rest is the Rushy factor

 

[Wapping]

Lets go back a bit...

Did you need to set the MAC address of your work laptop before you could use it? If no then your new iMac doesn't want it either so remove it

Does your netgear router have any encryption on it?

What sort is it? WEP/WPA/WPA2? If WEP its probably the same problem I had with the BT Homehub, the iMac assumes one type of WEP and it isn't the right one.

Did you see your Netgear routers SSID listed under the available wireless networks when you first started out?

I think you need to undo all you've done and get things back to out of the box settings.

Warming up for Wapping Towers, I see

 

[judge]

Warming up for Wapping Towers, I see

If its in the bag still I'm home and dry, if it isn't then for Rushy Factor see Wappo Factor

 

[Rushy]

Lets go back a bit...

Did you need to set the MAC address of your work laptop before you could use it? If no then your new iMac doesn't want it either so remove it

Does your netgear router have any encryption on it?

What sort is it? WEP/WPA/WPA2? If WEP its probably the same problem I had with the BT Homehub, the iMac assumes one type of WEP and it isn't the right one.

Did you see your Netgear routers SSID listed under the available wireless networks when you first started out?

I think you need to undo all you've done and get things back to out of the box settings.

The netgear router has WEP security.I have it with access control ON and have the Wii, my personal Acer laptop and my father inlaws laptop set up as trusted wireless stations.

I have tunred the access control OFF and airport still deosnt connect.

My SSID is RUSHY and the iMAC sees it broadcasting but doesnt connect . It says my password is incorrect. Does this mean my passphrase OR does it want the WEP key?

How would I best go back to the 'out of the box settings' then ?

 

[Rushy]

I had same prob with my Macbook pro connecting to old 802.11b router... fecked around with all sorts and final fix was to change channel as MAC's are sensitive if several networks with same channel... I'm in apartment and 10 wifi networks around me.... changed channel to '9' and hey presto works a treat.... got that from some website or other.... but it worked!!!

Right i'm on channel 11 so i'll try 9 intead

 

[Dahoum]

The suspense is killing me

 

[judge]

The netgear router has WEP security.I have it with access control ON and have the Wii, my personal Acer laptop and my father inlaws laptop set up as trusted wireless stations.

I have tunred the access control OFF and airport still deosnt connect.

My SSID is RUSHY and the iMAC sees it broadcasting but doesnt connect . It says my password is incorrect. Does this mean my passphrase OR does it wnat the WEP key?

How would I best go back to the 'ou of the box settings' then ?

Its the WEP problem

The Apple iMac defaults to one type of WEP and unfortunately when you've put the WEP key in it doesn't compute because your router is using a different WEP encryption than Apple's default WEP encryption.

Go in your router and see what type of WEP is in use 40 or 128 bit. Then match that in your advanced settings for RUSHY on the iMac.

Personally WEP is the devils work and highly insecure (which is probably why you're locking down devices by MAC address?). WPA would have been childs play

Taking all encryption off the router as a temorary test to ensure the Mac connects will however rule out a problem with the Airport card