IMac gets exclamation mark on wifi icon
Hi,
My iMac gets an exclamation mark this afternoon saying alert: no internet connection. In network setting it says self-assigned ip. It worked perfectly before and all of a sudden it just won't connect to the Internet. My MacBook and iPad are able to connect to wifi so definitely some thing is wrong in my iMac. I got the exclamation mark once at school with my MacBook, but the problem seemed to be solve after one class which is 70 mins (I let it sleep and did nothing to it). Ive been trying to fix this problem with my iMac fir the whole afternoon but still get this exclamation mark.
I've tried: a. Turn off and on wifi. B. Trying to delete plist files in library but I couldn't find them. C. Renew DHCP lease d. Create new location. E. Restart
But no use. Any help?? Thanks in advance.
Mustache,
Thefrizz wrote:
Would love to know this answer as well. I have a MacBook pro and am staying at my daughters house. Last night I got on the Internet by typing in her password, but tonight I can't, however I am using my iPad. How can I get a connection on one but not the other. Very frustrating since my iPad won't open the connections I need to work on since they require flash. Would love to know how to fix this problem.
A simple restart has solved it for me on the few occasions it has happened.
Cheers
Pete
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