Intel Mac Mini Duo on WiFi network

Just got my Intel Mac Mini Duo and had upgraded to 10.4.6, firmware, boot camp, Windows XP Pro all running alright.
I had an Airport Extreme and Airport Express based wireless network at home configured with closed network. My PB G4 and another Sony Viao sitting in the same room running nicely over the network to the Internet. Everytime I started the Mini it can locate the closed network and connected but no connection status, and no matter how long I had waited the same thing happened. The only work around is turn off the airport and turn it on again. But still though sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Any one got any clue what's happening or having similar experience?

very long running thread on Mini Core Duo WiFi and Bluetooth problems. see
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=387407&tstart=0
person who originally started that thread, which now has 320 posts, just posted that his mini now works after two rather complete repairs.

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    http://www.asante.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3164
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    You can rest assured that printing to a AppleTalk
    printer through wireless network is way down on the
    list of things that is ever going to be tested in the
    labs.
    Point taken. I'm just curious about what might be going on.
    Since I can't test here - the only thing I can do is
    think of possible differences between your two
    networks (wired and wireless)
    I'm not an expert but as I understand it the Intel Mac mini should "see" the network as a single contiguous entity. In other words the AirPort Base Station that bridges between the wireless and the wired parts of the network should be entirely transparent, so I think the answer to your next question is yes.
    Is your network flat (sameIP address range and routes
    wireless as wired)? I could see issues if there were
    a firewall or you had separate networks set up (you
    can have different networks that talk to each other
    through gateways and routing - but things like
    Bonjour/Rendezvous and if my rusty memory is to be
    trusted - Appletalk too - depends on things being in
    the same "network" for broadcast packets to get to
    everyone.)
    Again, I don't know if it proves anything but when I had another computer on network here, the IP address assigned to it by the router was within the specified range. This machine is getting on for three whole years old, has begun to self-destruct and so it's gone for repair under the last gasp of its AppleCare warranty extension.
    The Intel Mac mini can also "see"/print to a Bonjour wireless printer. This may also answer your question about the possibility there being two networks here rather than one. On the other hand, I guess that the ability to print to the Bonjour device does not involve any bridging between the wireless and wired parts of the network, so this may not be relevant.
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    sense - open up the Network Utility application and
    post the results of your "Display routing table
    information" from the netstat section...
    Finally, here's what Network Utility, Netstat comes up with:
    Routing tables
    Internet:
    Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire
    default 192.168.0.1 UGSc 20 55 en1
    127 localhost UCS 0 0 lo0
    localhost localhost UH 17 199665 lo0
    169.254 link#5 UCS 0 0 en1
    192.168.0 link#5 UCS 2 0 en1
    192.168.0.1 0:9:5b:46:64:3 UHLW 19 17 en1 1177
    192.168.0.3 localhost UHS 0 0 lo0
    192.168.0.255 link#5 UHLWb 1 12 en1
    Internet6:
    Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire
    localhost link#1 UHL lo0
    localhost Uc lo0
    localhost link#1 UHL lo0
    link#5 UC en1
    ray-thomsons-compu 0:14:51:ef:99:b1 UHL lo0
    ff01:: localhost U lo0
    ff02::%lo0 localhost UC lo0
    I hope it makes more sense to you than it does to me!
    Kind regards,
    Ray
    PowerBook G4•1GHz•512MB•15•AirPort unExtreme   Mac OS 9.2.x  

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    fabulous thanks for testing that - sounds like the intel mini is about to become a file server here!
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  • Intel Mac Mini networked to G4?

    Hi there!
    Can I connect the new Intel Mac mini to a network containing an old Mac G4 dual running OSX.3.9, and if so will I be able to access files from either computer despite the different operating systems? Also, can I install and run all my old office based software onto the Mac mini (Word, Filemaker, Photoshop, Cleaner 6 etc) and will I notice a significant drop in performance under Rosetta?
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    Microsoft Office for Mac will work under Rosetta, and although it should take a lot of time to load, performance should be correct (comparable to a single G4). I don't know about Filemaker, but Photoshop will definitely be slower on a Core Duo than on a Dual G4, and no Universal version is planned until 2007 ...
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    THANKS EVERYONE!!!!
    Mac Mini 1.67GHz Intel Core Duo, 2GB ram, 1.5TB storage, OS X v.10.4.6, 30GB iPo   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

    I would like one day to have a tower with 4-8 HD drives
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    Good luck Even the Dell towers we have at work have space for 3 HDs, and thats only of you give up one of the CD bays.
    Honestly, I unless a blueray player ships in the CPU, I would get a PS3. 1/2 the cost of a standalone blu-ray player, and a game system too
    Expected street prices from Sony and Toshiba web sites:
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    Sony PS3 w/ bluray: 499/599
    Is the reason the PowerPC G4 can't handle HD DVD is
    processor speed or what? Cause there is always
    processor upgrade cards up to 1.8GHz and 2.0GHz Dual.
    Thanks.
    One of the Apple support pages says you must have a G5...
    does not give the background behind it.
    On a G4, the OS will not allow HDDVD playback (as HD is defined by FinalCutHD) via the DVD player, BUT it will play back HD video clips (like QT trailers)
    On my 867, 720i clips played back w/o a problem, but 1080 would freeze for 20 seconds at a time, (while audio continued normally)
    on my Dual 1.42, I have no problems with 1080.
    I hesitate to consider or recommend processor upgrade cards b/c for some, the price approaches the cost of a new machine w/o the benefits of faster busses, etc, and, right on the side of the OS X box, it says processor upgrade cards not supported. I would hate to upgrade the OS to find it refused to support my machine.

  • Someone tell me why is it so difficult to print from my Intel Mac Mini

    I'm so frusrated at this Intel Mac Mini of mine. I wish honest to God that I never bought this evil little machine.
    I have the following printers:
    HP Photosmart 7550
    HP Laserjet 1012
    Canon MP830
    I can't get anything to print! It so **** frustrating. I switched my wife from her WinXP to a Intel Mac Mini (10.4.6). She hates the Mac Mini because she can't print anything.
    Why is it so difficult? Please someone enlighten me.
    After months (not kidding) of searching on the web I was able to get the Photosmart 7550 to print using one of the gimp drivers, but I couldn't get it to change the paper type or quality. So that tells me I can't print any photos from my Mac. Need to use the WinXP box.
    Then I was able to get the 1012 printing by selecting "open using rosetta" for the Printer Setup Utility, and selecting the "HP LaserJet 4 series - Gimp-Print v5.0.0-beta2". So now I could at least print BW docs. Great the Mac Mini is not a total waste. Then I updated software, which include the Mac mini SMC Firmware Update. I don't know what did it, but now I can't print to the 1012 anymore. ARGHH!
    I tried deleting the Library/Printer/HP directory, Reseting the Printing System, Restarting the CUPs, Installing PDDs, Installing the gimp drivers. What the ****! Why do I need to do any of this? I thought the Mac was suppose to be so easy. With all those **** commercials talking about how the Mac can do anything a PC can do, you would think one of those things is being able to print.
    Those people making those commericals should try using the "Printer Setup Utility" program. That will change their tune. First you have to search for your printer, then pick the Printer Model, and then pick the specific model. And God forbid you click to fast, oops you've now picked a generic printer, needs to start all over again. There's no back button. You've already committed to the generic printer type. Now you have to open the Printer Setup Utility again and delete the generic printer and go search for your printer again. Lame.
    Don't get me started with the Canon MP 830. I thought, ok maybe its because the 1012 and 7550 are older printers. I'll go buy a new printer - they must have current drivers for that. Canon tells me that the MP 830 is only a single OS machine, meaning you can only connect it to a windows machine and only other windows machines can print from it, or connect it to a Mac, and only other Macs can use it - Again, Lame.
    Really I wanted to love the Mac OS. When I first got it, I was loving it. But what good is it if I can't print. I searched the web and it seems I'm not the only person having issues with printing.
    I hate this Intel Mac Mini with every fiber of my being. Ok, maybe my printing woes are only because it's a Intel chip, and the PPC macs are golden. But come on, if you can't print from a computer, what good is it?
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    mac mini duo core Mac OS X (10.4.6)

    You have two different issues: HP and Canon.
    I don't know if I believe the Canon people. Windows XP has lots of different print options. Try installing Bonjour on Windows and then setting up a networked, Color Apple Laserwriter PS printer using "http://macmini.local:631" (assuming macmini is the name of your Mac). I have done this before (though not on a Canon). I am sure Canon will only support a standard configuration and this is not quite standard. Give it a try. It doesn't sound like it can hurt anything in your current setup.
    For the HP, you might have to just wait for an updated driver from HP. HP has always had this problem. They are a huge printer company and I'm sure they get Apple hardware and OS versions before anybody else in the world. And yet, it seems as if they don't even begin working on their drivers until Apple officially releases a new OS. HP drivers are always the last to show up for a new OS and the first to break. If you get it working under MacOS 10.4.6, and then upgrade to 10.4.7, it is very likely that the HP drivers will stop working.
    Unlike some of the other big companies, HP seems to have made the transition from Classic MacOS to MacOS X seamlessly. Their printer driver software works just as well on MacOS X as it did under MacOS.

  • Can not for the life of me get printing to work on my mac mini duo core

    I have a photosmart 7550 and laserjet 1012. And I can't get my mac mini to recognize either printer. This has been driving me nuts. I was a long time mac user in the 80s and early 90s. Switched to Windows. Just switched back with the mac mini (intel duo core). And I hate to say it, but it's just been an awful transition. My wife, which hates me that I made her get rid of her windows machine and switched it with this mini. If I don't get this mac printing I'm going to have to get rid of it.
    I've installed/reinstalled drivers from HP, removing the library/printer/hp directory. Guten-print. Nothing is working for me.
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    mac mini duo core   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

    If the printers are not being recognized by the Printer Setup Utility, it may mean that the printing services has not started up. You can check for this by using the Activity Monitor (/Applications/Utilities). Set it to show "All Processes", then click on the "Process Name" tab. That will sort the running processes in alphabetical order. Look for an entry for "cupsd". If you find no such entry, printing services is not running. You can probably turn it on by enabling Printer sharing (System Preferences-->Sharing).
    There should be a driver for the Laserjet 1012 that will be useable once you get the computer to recognize that there is a printer there. This according to the Apple article listing the drivers included with Intel Macs . Unfortunately, that article does not list a driver for the 7550. According to HP's support site, they do have drivers for Mac OS X 10.4. There is no entry, however, for the Intel Macs. I think you will have to wait for HP to release Intel drivers for the Photosmart printer.
    Matt
    Mac Mini; B&W G3/300    

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    <Edited by Host>

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