Can't connect to internet...any ideas ?
Hi All,
I have an older Mac Mini that does not have airport so I was trying to figure out a way to get my Mini and a PC hooked up at the same time to a cable internet line. The cable modem is the one I used prior to my moving in with a friend who has a PC. I hooked her PC up and everything is fine. When I unpacked my mini today, I hooked it up to the wired router I bought the other day and I can neither get my Mini to connect via the router or even directly connect to the cable modem via a long ethernet cable (the PC not connected at all)....I am at a loss as to what I could be doing wrong.
Anyone have any thoughts to why my Mini won't connect now? Is there some weird block by Cox internet that would keep me from having two computers use the one line even if they are not using the line at the same time?
Thanks,
Tammy
Mini Mac OS X (10.4.8)
Mini Mac OS X (10.4.8)
If the PC can connect via the router, the Mini should be able to, too.
If the PC can't connect via the router, then Cox may be using so-call M.A.C. addressing (Media Access Control) to limit you to one registered device. (There are ways around this, however.)
Let us know if the PC can connect via the router to Cox.
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