24-07-2005 04:02									#1
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Ok Heres the thing. My kid is part of a school that gave them laptops for the years of hi school. The problem I am faced with at this moment is the thing is a mac. The notebook is a ibookG4 I have no knowledge on macs all my computers are the PCs. My problem i suscribe to dsl and have a modem at home. The modem is picked up by the mac but every time i try to put in the sn to open the network it wont let me. I know it works for i use the wireless connection for my laptop. Any help would be great thanks.

	24-07-2005 04:07									#2
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Try the following link:

http://www.apple.com/support/ibook/

Specifically,

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106796

Also

http://www.apple.com/support/airport/

	24-07-2005 04:09									#3
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Maybe this well help

1. Get this information from your ISP or network administrator:
* Domain Name Server (DNS) addresses.
* Whether you should choose DHCP or manual IP address configuration, which will be done in Step 6 below.

For manual configuration only:
* IP address
* Router address
* Subnet mask

Tip: Your ISP or local network may provide DNS addresses automatically.

2. From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
3. From the View menu, choose Network.
4. Choose Built-in Ethernet from the Show pop-up menu (the Configure pop-up menu prior to Mac OS X 10.1).
5. Click the TCP/IP tab, if necessary.
6. Choose either Manually or Using DHCP from the Configure pop-up menu, as you were instructed by your ISP in Step 1.
7. Type the other information you gathered in Step 1 into the matching fields. Unless your ISP instructs you otherwise, you can ignore the DHCP Client ID field and the Search Domains field.
8. Click Apply Now.
9. Open a Web browser or other TCP/IP application to test your connection to the Internet.

	24-07-2005 04:20									#4
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Thanks ill try that im not sure if it will work but i will. this notebook finds my home portal modem but it wont take the password which on my other non mac pc is the serial number to the modem

	24-07-2005 04:27									#5
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You are using a wireless router that is plugged into your modem,right?

	24-07-2005 04:43									#6
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Turn on Airport.

	24-07-2005 04:50									#7
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I'm assume she doesn't have an airport, but a regular cable modem, like from Motorola.

	24-07-2005 04:52									#8
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no agathon is right i am trying to go thru airport it wont take the password

	24-07-2005 04:53									#9
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Awesome. Aggie to the rescue!

	24-07-2005 04:54									#10
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we have a dsl modem. Airport is turned on, it just doesn't seem to like the password.

This is Tubes,btw.

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	24-07-2005 04:57									#11
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the laptop then ask me the wep password which I assume is the serial number from my modem since that is how it worked with my laptop that is not a mac

	24-07-2005 04:59									#12
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So I put in this pass word then it tells me there is an error trying to join this network

	24-07-2005 05:00									#13
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Have you called your DSL provider?

	24-07-2005 05:06									#14
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Some routers are basically Windows only. That might be the problem.

Make sure you have set up the Airport like so. Presumably, you'd want to choose WEP not WPA.

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	24-07-2005 05:06									#15
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would i need to if the 4 other non mac pcs are connected and being used right now?? Im new to this my non mac picked up and i didnt need to call i guess i can try that

	24-07-2005 05:07									#16
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What brand of modem is it?

	24-07-2005 05:08									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Mrs. Tuberski would i need to if the 4 other non mac pcs are connected and being used right now?? Im new to this my non mac picked up and i didnt need to call i guess i can try that

I'm not sure what you are using. I take it that your actual modem has a built in router or something like that. What is the name of the modem/router?

	24-07-2005 05:14									#18
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If the router only works for windows would the mac laptop pick up the fact that the modem is in the house?? And im not sure this mac is 100 percent mac it has windows office on it

	24-07-2005 05:16									#19
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2wire It comes from my local phone company

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If its from your local phone company, maybe contacting them and asking if it works with Macs may be something to try.

	24-07-2005 05:19									#21
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im sorry guys i know i probably aint making a whole lot of sense
the modem at home is a 2wire my direct number is 415. The mac laptop recgonizes the fact the modem is in the house but it wont take the pass word i used for my non mac whic was the serial number on the modem. so the modem found is 2wire415

	24-07-2005 05:19									#22
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Try entering a $ sign before your password

	24-07-2005 05:21									#23
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Well, I'd still recommend calling them... if you trust their customer support .

	24-07-2005 05:28									#24
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I wish I'd gotten a free iBook for high school

	24-07-2005 05:33									#25
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon Try entering a $ sign before your password

Because that makes sense.

	24-07-2005 05:39									#26
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Thanks aggie that seem to do the trick it worked the dollar sign it is now telling me it is gettin status. It does say it is connected to my modem

	24-07-2005 05:46									#27
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Ok i got the machine to accept the password but it has not connected to the internet any other tricks i can learn or need to know??

	24-07-2005 05:48									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Verto I wish I'd gotten a free iBook for high school

I dont think its free for one we had to pay 70 us dollars for insurance on it and i think he only has it for the 4 years of hi school.

	24-07-2005 05:51									#29
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Well, Aggie, you did the trick. I'm sure Mrs. Tubes will also compliment you on your timely and accurate advice.

	24-07-2005 05:52									#30
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It now works properly, I'm using it to post this.

Thanks aggie and Imran and Verto, from me and the Mrs..

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