Imac g4 dropped off home network, other still good

airport (snow) network with g3 ibook, intel imac and
g4 imac. g4 was tuned off for couple days and will
now not see home wireless network. airport symbol
appears gray and it shows up in system profile, so i
think it is functioning. in addition, the other
computers, as well as this problematic g4 imac have
always picked up 3 or 4 other neighborhood networks.
but now this g4 imac will not see any of these other
networks when the other 2 computers do.
i have tried the airport admin utilities and network
assistant in preferences with not luck. the fact
this computer is not seeing any of the networks that
the other 2 are picking up makes me think this is a
hardware problem ( card, wire). before i take it
appart, are there any recommendations. thanks.
I also have an airport (snow) network with G3 iBook, intel iMac and G4 iMac. I also have been able to pick up 3 or 4 neighborhood networks with all three computers. After a recent power outage, my G4 was no longer able to see any of the networks (my intel imac and ibook G3) automatically reconnected to my home network. My G4 cannot seem to see the airport. I have run airport admin utilities and network assistant (diagnostics and assist me) with no luck. Can anyone help us?
Thanks.

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Hi LennieZup
I understand you can print over the network one time and then you have to turn the printer off and on again to continue to print.
I will be happy to assist you with this.
It may not be the printer, it may be your router's inability to wake the printer.
Disconnect the power cable on the router for 10 seconds, then reconnect the power cable again. You might need to check to see how many devices can be setup on the router at the same time. Depending on each router.
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IMac G4 dropped off network

Hello,
I have a home business network set-up where I do my creative work on an iMac G4 and Mac Book and use a cheap box PC as a print server for my wide format and large colour laser printer. The PC, iMac and laser printer are connected to a Lynksys WRT54GS by ethernet and the MacBook to the router via wireless g.
Everything has been going great with all machines able to see, print and fileshare with each other. The other day, having done nothing special to the machine or new programs loaded, the iMAc convinced itself it is off the network.
In the Status tab of Network prefs, I am told that an ethernet cable is not connected, yet the MacBook can still mount the User/Computer volume ofthe iMac (but can not see the hard drive as a sharable volume). So the ethernet connection has not failed. Running diagnostics bangs into the "your ethernet cable is not plugged in".
From the PC side - it can see the MacBook and vice versa but tells me I do not have sufficient permissions or password (whatever) to mount the iMac drive.
Investigating the entire Network prefs pane, it seems that all settings are normal - IP addresses, etc.
When I tried to print to the ethernet printer, I was told by the iMac that "Appletalk is not enabled" (it is).
Any thoughts on this one?
TIA
Brian H
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airport (snow) network with g3 ibook, intel imac and
g4 imac. g4 was tuned off for couple days and will
now not see home wireless network. airport symbol
appears gray and it shows up in system profile, so i
think it is functioning. in addition, the other
computers, as well as this problematic g4 imac have
always picked up 3 or 4 other neighborhood networks.
but now this g4 imac will not see any of these other
networks when the other 2 computers do.
i have tried the airport admin utilities and network
assistant in preferences with not luck. the fact
this computer is not seeing any of the networks that
the other 2 are picking up makes me think this is a
hardware problem ( card, wire). before i take it
appart, are there any recommendations. thanks.
I also have an airport (snow) network with G3 iBook, intel iMac and G4 iMac. I also have been able to pick up 3 or 4 neighborhood networks with all three computers. After a recent power outage, my G4 was no longer able to see any of the networks (my intel imac and ibook G3) automatically reconnected to my home network. My G4 cannot seem to see the airport. I have run airport admin utilities and network assistant (diagnostics and assist me) with no luck. Can anyone help us?
Thanks.

My fix for the AE dropping off the network in client mode

Turn off any encryption.
I have the linksys/vonage/wireless G router, which supports WPA. The AE will sometimes join the network with WPA but it takes anywhere from 1-5 minutes for it to do so. When finally on the network it shows up on the Airport manager list and in iTunes. The most playtime I could get out of it was 15 mins, before it would drop from the network. The light on the AE would be solid green, but I couldn't ping it. The only solution was to power cycle the AE. Note this is dropping w/out running the microwave, cordless phone, verifying my network channel is different from my neighbors, etc.
I tried fiddling with WEP but the only way I could get that working was to specify the full key in hex, appearantly Apple and Linksys don't agree on the way to take a passphrase and turn it into a key.
So I dropped to the unencrypted network, disabled the SSID broadcast and restricted wireless access to my machines. Works great now. :/ If I run the microwave and the cordless phone at the same time I can get Airtunes to drop, but it comes right back when the microwaving is done.
Very frustrating, and the part that is the most irritatating is that my mac laptop and iMac can get on the network just fine.
Still deciding if I want to keep it this way or say nevermind and return the AE.

I found the solution after many many many attemps.
It's not a MBP problem, it's your wireless router.
1- Set your BEACON between 20 and 50. D-LINK router for example use 100 has default value. It's too long.
2- Change your channel. D-link default is 6. Use whatever channel. I use 10.
Hope you enjoy!

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I have had issues for some weeks now and spoke to BT who said there was an issue on the line and then arranged after a long wait of over a week for them to test the line, come out and then fix the issue. The home hub was dropping off and the orange light would come on . SInce they have fixed this issue the blue lights are on the home hub but i still have issue with internet constantly cutting out.
I am using Windows 8 and have my home hub near the TV.
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as it is probably your wifi that is dropping and not your internet you can try downloading inssider3 (istumbler if MAC) and then run it. This will show the broadcasting networks round about you and their channels including your own. If you then enter your router and change your wireless channel to a free or less congested channel.
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I also lend books I read and CDs I own and that isn't stealing either.
Yes it is, and it's precisely what the music industry has been fighting about for years.
Interpreting the law to suit yourself does not render law ineffective. Apple's Terms of Use mention this:
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...which is why my original response was framed as it was. Nothing to do with "attack mode". (You're the one with an "attack style" user name.)
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Heck, as I understand it, I can legally burn up to five copies of a bought song for noncommercial, personal use....so copying in and of itself is also not illegal.
As I recall, the music industry has acknowledged that making a copy of a CD (that you own, and still have in your possession) is regarded as "Fair Use" - and is therefore tolerated. But until that point was established just a few years ago, then technically, it was illegal to rip a CD into iTunes and onto an iPod. Slightly different to your interpretation. That same music industry (and the musicians) regard the following as unacceptable:
keeping a copy of a CD but disposing of that CD to someone else
lending the CD to friends, so that they can make a copy
making copies and giving them or selling them to someone else
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use of the CD by someone in your family, living under the same roof
At this time, if a couple wish to combine their two iTunes accounts of purchased digital music once they get married, they cannot. Perhaps that's where Home Sharing comes in.

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I use my G4 in the office, at home, and on the road. My network guys at work set me up with a "mobile account". When I log in at work, it takes less than 15 seconds after hitting the "login" button before the standard OS X screen starts assembling itself, which is great. Logins are similarly rapid when I'm somewhere without network access, like on a plane. My problem only kicks in where my Airport can detect a wireless network, e.g. at home or in the airport. When my computer can sense a network but I'm not at work, logging in takes an inordinately long time (at least five minutes).
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Only Apple device exhibit this kind of behaviour?
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williamfromsaddlebrooke wrote:
... I have virus barrier 6 installed, and there is no indication of outside mischief.
Intego Virus Barrier is self-infliced mischief. Get rid of it. It will do nothing but cause problems for you.
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Do not install such junk on a Mac.

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