lol trust me I don't need an excuse to buy gadgets. However, I already have a rather nice Extreme, and an Airport express at home which are working beautifully. However, if you want to give me your credit card, I'l happily buy a second one for myself! *smile* On 21 Jun 2010, at 15:53, Scott Howell wrote:
> Hmmm, sounds like an excuse to purchase an AirPort Extreme or Time Capsule. > :) Yeah, I'm just trying to help you spend money. he he > This does sound like a rather perplexing problem and I would be interested in > the end results. > On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:13 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > >> Thanks Scott, everything is using DHCP. Unfortunately, I don't think the >> router supports dhcp reservations, but it's an excellent thought. >> >> Dónal >> On 21 Jun 2010, at 15:05, Scott Howell wrote: >> >>> Anne, >>> >>> Like you, I also have a number of Macs and iPhones connected to the >>> wireless network and I am not or have not experienced any problems. >>> I am curious if all of the machines on the network are configured to use >>> dhcp or a mix of dhcp and static. It should not matter, but if using dhcp >>> and if it is possible, I would use dhcp reservations to ensure each machine >>> gets the same address. This is sort of like static, but yet new machines >>> can get addresses. >>> Just a thought from my perspective, which may be of little benefit. :) >>> On Jun 21, 2010, at 9:05 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Dónal, >>>> >>>> We regularly have 4 or 5 Macs connected to our wifi network and never have >>>> the problems you describe. >>>> >>>> We have an Airport Extreme and an Airport Express with the Airport Extreme >>>> connected via ethernet to our modem-router. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Anne >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jun 21, 2010, at 1:14 PM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> Just wondering if anyone has encountered this one. I have three macs at >>>>> home, and when any two of them are on, and trying to use the wifi router, >>>>> the entire thing falls over. >>>>> >>>>> Any of several things happen: >>>>> 1. one of the machines cannot connect to the network; >>>>> 2. the router itself drops connectivity to the broadband service >>>>> provider. >>>>> >>>>> I don't think it's an issue with the number of machines, as connecting a >>>>> mac and a windows machine (or two) doesn't cause this. >>>>> >>>>> Anyone any ideas? >>>>> >>>>> Dónal >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
