Re: [OT] Wireless internet in my flat.

2015-02-26 Thread Richmond
On 26/02/15 01:45, Jim Lambert wrote: Richmond wrote: my son who has the MacBook is now back in the States at University Hi Richmond, Does he have problems connecting to WiFi at the University? Or anywhere else other than your home? if not, perhaps there’s a clue. No, he doesn't. Jim Lambe

Re: [OT] Wireless internet in my flat.

2015-02-25 Thread Mark Wieder
Richmond- Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 10:07:32 AM, you wrote: > Well, I may be daft, but not that daft. > We turned every single wireless device we had OFF except for my son's > laptop: no joy. > He was, however, running Mac OS 10.10.0 which had major problems with > wireless. Nonetheless, w

Re: [OT] Wireless internet in my flat.

2015-02-25 Thread Jim Lambert
> Richmond wrote: > my son who has the MacBook is now back in the States at University Hi Richmond, Does he have problems connecting to WiFi at the University? Or anywhere else other than your home? if not, perhaps there’s a clue. Jim Lambert ___ use

Re: [OT] Wireless internet in my flat.

2015-02-25 Thread Mike Bonner
You could do a roundabout. Install virtualbox and a linux virtual machine, and see if the linux machine can use connect to the wifi. Sneaker net and a stick to do it. Assuming you can get it to recognize the apple wifi device, and connect successfully, you'll know that the hardware itself isn't

Re: [OT] Wireless internet in my flat.

2015-02-25 Thread Richmond
On 25/02/15 21:13, Phil Davis wrote: Hi Richmond, One possibility I see no one has yet mentioned: When my network starts misbehaving, I often start the troubleshooting process by unplugging the router, waiting a few seconds, then plugging it back in. The effect is usually quite restorative! J

Re: [OT] Wireless internet in my flat.

2015-02-25 Thread Phil Davis
Hi Richmond, One possibility I see no one has yet mentioned: When my network starts misbehaving, I often start the troubleshooting process by unplugging the router, waiting a few seconds, then plugging it back in. The effect is usually quite restorative! Just a shot-in-the-dark thought. Phi

Re: [OT] Wireless internet in my flat.

2015-02-25 Thread Mike Bonner
Its probably not the answer, but if you seem to get a connect, but can't get anywhere, it may be horking the dhcp request. If you do get a connect, check your ip and see if its valid. If it is, see if you can ping by IP, first of the router, then of an outside server 199.190.151.2 should work, its

Re: [OT] Wireless internet in my flat.

2015-02-25 Thread Richmond
On 25/02/15 20:08, kee nethery wrote: On Feb 25, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Richmond wrote: On 25/02/15 18:31, kee nethery wrote: Compare all the variants of 802.11 that your router supports and that your MacBook Air supports. Could be there is no common 802.11 between them if your router is really o

Re: [OT] Wireless internet in my flat.

2015-02-25 Thread kee nethery
> On Feb 25, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Richmond wrote: > > On 25/02/15 18:31, kee nethery wrote: >> Compare all the variants of 802.11 that your router supports and that your >> MacBook Air supports. Could be there is no common 802.11 between them if >> your router is really old tech. >> >> Kee >> >

Re: [OT] Wireless internet in my flat.

2015-02-25 Thread Richmond
On 25/02/15 19:33, Robert Brenstein wrote: On 25.02.2015 at 18:25 Uhr +0200 Richmond apparently wrote: I have a wired+wireless router connected to my cable modem in my flat. Would be glad for any pointers as to why. Richmond. Presumably you checked that there are enough wireless addresses ac

Re: [OT] Wireless internet in my flat.

2015-02-25 Thread Robert Brenstein
On 25.02.2015 at 18:25 Uhr +0200 Richmond apparently wrote: I have a wired+wireless router connected to my cable modem in my flat. Would be glad for any pointers as to why. Richmond. Presumably you checked that there are enough wireless addresses active to support all your devices. RObert

Re: [OT] Wireless internet in my flat.

2015-02-25 Thread Richmond
On 25/02/15 19:06, William de Smet wrote: Hi Richmond, There are/were issues with OSX 10.10 and WiFi. I never had WiFi problems with OSX 10.10 but when you search the internet there are a lot of threads about it: http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/mac-software/mac-os-x-yosemite-wifi-airdrop-fix-upda

Re: [OT] Wireless internet in my flat.

2015-02-25 Thread William de Smet
Hi Richmond, There are/were issues with OSX 10.10 and WiFi. I never had WiFi problems with OSX 10.10 but when you search the internet there are a lot of threads about it: http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/mac-software/mac-os-x-yosemite-wifi-airdrop-fix-update-new-features-bugs-uk-video-10-10-2-349374

Re: [OT] Wireless internet in my flat.

2015-02-25 Thread Richmond
On 25/02/15 18:31, kee nethery wrote: Compare all the variants of 802.11 that your router supports and that your MacBook Air supports. Could be there is no common 802.11 between them if your router is really old tech. Kee So, what you are saying is that my son's MacBook air is a fussy thing

Re: [OT] Wireless internet in my flat.

2015-02-25 Thread kee nethery
Compare all the variants of 802.11 that your router supports and that your MacBook Air supports. Could be there is no common 802.11 between them if your router is really old tech. Kee > On Feb 25, 2015, at 8:25 AM, Richmond wrote: > > I have a wired+wireless router connected to my cable mode

[OT] Wireless internet in my flat.

2015-02-25 Thread Richmond
I have a wired+wireless router connected to my cable modem in my flat. My Dell Optiplex 745 running Linux is connected via a LAN cable to the router. My G3 iMac running Mac OS 9.2.2 is connected via LAN cable. My G5 iMac running Mac OS 10.4 and 10.5 connects wirelessly. My wife's laptop (gen