Only one computer connected to network?

I just purchased a new Airport Extreme to replace a Linksys router that was dropping signal too much. I used the Airport Utility on my iMac to set up a Wireless network for my iMac and Macbook to connect to.
Right away, my iMac showed full Airport bars and the wireless network was connected, but no web pages could be displayed. Meanwhile, my Macbook in the kitchen was working just fine. I restarted my iMac and that seemed to fix the issue.
Later that night, I was on the internet on the iMac and my wife was unable to connect on the Macbook, getting the same issue I had earlier on the iMac...full bars and it showed it was connected to my wireless network, but Safari said there was no internet connection.

Welcome to the discussions, brado09!
+I just purchased a new Airport Extreme to replace a Linksys router that was dropping signal too much.+
Based on the information in your post, it's likely that the Linksys was experiencing the same type of challenges that your AirPort Extreme is now facing...wireless interference from another source such as cordless phones or other nearby wireless networks, security systems, microwave towers, power lines, the list is unfortunately endless.
See this Apple Support Document to learn a bit more about this epidemic problem.
If you have cordless phones there, please power them and the base stations all off for 60-90 minutes to see if your wireless performance improves. Even if you don't have cordless phones, the neighbors probably do. My neighbor...across the street....can bring my wireless network to a crawl if he's in his front yard talking on his cordless phone. But, not much you can do about the neighbors except know that they can be causing problems.
Next, we'll tackle some possible adjustments to your wireless network, but first, we need to understand a bit more about your layout to provide the best suggestions
How far from the AirPort Extreme are the iMac and MacBook located?
How many walls must the signal pass through to reach each device?
If the iMac is used as a desktop, is it feasible to connect it to the AirPort Extreme using an ethernet cable?

Similar Messages

  • AE: only one computer connecting to network

    We recently moved back from Northern Japan where I originally had the network settings programed. Yes, it is an American spec product, I bought it on Post.
    So when we finally moved to the states I tried to reset to the factory settings with no joy. It was a chore just to get my network reconfigured on just one computer. Every time I reset the settings to factory, it still had its name and all the settings in place.
    the problem is that i cannot connect one more than one computer. can anybody help??
    i have a MacBook Pro that the wireless is actually working on but the desktop Mac computer which is inches away from the AE is not able to get on the internet.
    HELP??

    It could be a combination of things. Try the following
    Complete reset of your cable modem (when you say modem, I am understanding that this is a simple modem with one ethernet port, correct?)
    Push the reset button on the modem
    Power it off
    Pull the battery if it is easily accessible
    Leave it off 30 minutes
    Power off everything else, AirPOrt Express, computers, etc.
    Connect the modem to your AirPort Extpress with the ethernet cable
    Power up the modem only and let it run 3-4 minutes by itself
    Power up the Express the same way
    Power up your computers the same way
    Check to see if multiple devices can connect.
    If no, open AirPort Utility - click Manual Setup
    Click the Internet icon
    Make sure that the settings for Connection Sharing is set to Share a public IP address (if you have a simple one port cable modem).
    Post back on your progress

  • Sharing a folder with only one computer on the network?

    I have a local network with one OSX.6 server and eight workstations in the office and two more using VPN). The server has one shared directory for use by all workstations - that directory automounts when each in-office workstation is rebooted. Each workstation has a different computer name and account name.
    All workstations have full access to the office directory.
    I have been asked to create another directory on the server that can only be seen and accessed by one computer in the office (and eventually two others via VPN). I can easily create the new directory and share it with the entire office, but I cannot seem to make that directory available to only the three computers - it is all or none!
    Obviously I am not a unix junkie and I need help here.
    Thanks,
    Marty

    It has been a couple of days. I sure could use some help with this.
    Does anyone have a hint as to what to even try?
    I can take the scorn and ridicule of not knowing (because it is probably something simple).

  • Suddenly only one computer connects at a time

    I have an airport extreme.  It's connected by ether to my cable modem unit.  My desktop iMac runs it's online through the extreme....and then whenever I bring my work laptop home (Powerbook) it automatically joins my wireless network.  It' worked this way for over a year.
    The other night my server/internet provider went down.  It was not my malfunction, it was the server company.  But I didn't know it at first and I was trying to get it back up on my iMac.  When I found out it was my server, I waited and later that night it came back up and everything was working.  At least my iMac.  I forget whether I tried out my laptop....I think I did, but I was packing to go out of town.
    Now I've arrived back from out of town and I find that the iMac is connected and working to internet but the laptop is not.  I do a diagnostics and restart the modem and the laptop is then online and working.  But then my iMac upstairs is suddenly not online, but the laptop is.  So it seems suddenly that I'm only able to get one of the computers onto the wireless network at a time.  I could do the network diaganostics on the laptop again, which would tell me to restart the modem and then it would probably be working on the laptop, but as the pattern is showing I then suspect my desktop iMac would not be on again.  Why are they connecting only exclusively to each other???  I had not problem prior to this.
    Thanks,
    James

    Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
    Click Manual Setup
    Click the Internet icon, then the Internet Connection tab
    The setting for Connection Sharing is likely Bridge Mode.
    It should be Share a public IP address.
    Make the change and click Update
    Then, it would be a good idea to restart the entire network in sequence. Power everything off then start the Modem first, then next device, etc.

  • Only one computer can connect to internet at a time!

    When my modem is connected, I plug one ethernet line into one computer. That computer sometime has access to the internet, but sometimes it doesn't work, and another computer is able to access the internet. Each computer uses different cables. When one computer has internet, other computers cannot access the internet if we decide to connect via another cable. Using the same cable doesn't work, also. Sometimes, all computers cannot access the internet.
    For example, this computer I am using to write this currently has internet. However, when I unplug this computer's ethernet line from the modem and connect the other computer's ethernet line into the modem, it cannot connect. (Safari cannot connect to the internet.) Network diagnosis has a GREEN light next to "Built-In Ethernet," YELLOW for "Network Settings," and RED for the rest (ISP, Internet, Server)
    Lastly, in the Network Status in System Preferences, Built-In Ethernet is YELLOW and says that it has a self-assigned IP address. However, I did not self assign the IP and is set to 'Automatic.'
    Thank you so much!

    Do I understand this correctly? You have one modem with one ethernet jack on it. Only one computer can have access to the internet at a time, depending on who you plug in to the modem? If the computers have wireless capability, you don't have a wireless access point or wireless router, so you can't take advantage of the computers' wireless. You don't have a wired hub or more than one ethernet jack on the modem nor do you have a stand-alone router (that plugs into the single ethernet jack on the modem) with multiple ethernet jacks, so multiple computers cannot connect to the internet simultaneously.
    If this is the case, then when you turn on a computer that isn't plugged in, since there is no router there for it to obtain an address from (I'm assuming your computers are set up for DHCP), it is going to try to create/join it's own ad-hoc network and give itself a self-assigned address beginning with 169.x.x.x. (If you had a multi-port hub or wireless access point, with no routing capabilities, this is how you could set up an isolated network of computers without access to the outside world but with access to each other).
    Meanwhile, your modem is either giving the plugged-in computer a 192.x.x.x or a 10.x.x.x address (unless you changed stuff in it) or it is passing your public IP address presented to it by your ISP straight through to your plugged-in computer (that was plugged when when you booted up).
    So when you unplug one and plug in another, the network settings don't match. If you unplugged one and plugged in the other and then booted up the other one, I would expect to see a working internet connection at that point.
    If my original assumption of your home configuration is in error, please describe how you are set up, e.g., internet<-->modem<-->router<-->computers or whatever. Maybe do that anyways, even if my assumption is accurate. Describe whether your modem employs NAT or is in bridge mode? Does it have a DHCP server and is it enabled or is it set up for static IP on your home LAN? Describe whether your router, if not built into the modem, employs NAT or is in bridge mode? Does it have a DHCP server and is it enabled or is it set up for static IP on your home LAN? How are your network settings configured in your computers? DHCP or other (what)? A visit to your modem and/or router configuration pages, to see what the external WAN address (a.k.a. public IP address) (at least the first one or two or three octets), and what do your computers' sys prefs IP address, router address, and DNS server addresses say they are, would be helpful, too (you can safely divulge publicly full 192.x.x.x, 10.x.x.x, and 169.x.x.x addresses because they are not routable). I don't know about other folks reading this, but I would need to know quite a bit more about your home network architecture and configuration.

  • Connectivity issue from only one computer

    Let me start by saying i have 10 servers and about 15 workstations on this network. only one computer (my main computer) has this issue. all other computers work as they should.
    This problem started to happen recently and randomly affecting RDP connections to 2 of 10 servers and now affects 5 of 10 servers. I am not sure i did anything to make the problem worse. Additionally I at first suspected it a DNS issue as connecting to the
    ip address of effected computer as opposed to host name allows connection but as I said the issue is only on one computer. Looking at the logs below i am stumped. 
    ELECTRO4UBLADE
    20499
    Warning
    Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-RemoteConnectionManager
    Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-RemoteConnectionManager/Admin
    3/18/2014 9:39:45 AM
    Remote Desktop Services has taken too long to load the user configuration from server \\ADDS1.PDX.DAVISDARVISH.COM for user davis
    RDPClient_SSL: An error was encountered when transitioning from TsSslStateDisconnected to TsSslStateDisconnected in response to 25 (error code 0x8000FFFF).

    I'm experiencing the same issue, intermittently, when remotely using two of our eight SBS 2003 network computers via Remote Web Workplace. The two SBS computers are Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit machines.
    Intermittently, the RWW connection is lost and I'm returned to the RWW page with the message "VBScript Remote Desktop Disconnected...an internal error has occurred.
    When the issue occurs, the Event logs on both SBS computers contain the Event ID 20499, Remote Desktop Services has
    taken too long to load the user configuration from server XXXXX. The event is logged at the time the RWW connection is lost.
    As the issue occurs with RDP sessions to Windows Server 2012 R2 (based on reports from others) and, in my case, SBS 2003,
    perhaps the common element is Windows 8.1.

  • Only one computer/device connected to wireless interenet at a time, how can I change this?

    I had this set up a couple years ago to where only one computer could be connected to my wireless internet. However, now that I have 2 laptops, an xbox and a Wii, I would like to change this to where more than one computer or device can be connected to my internet at a time. Anyone got a clue how to change this?
    I have a WRT54G wireless router.
    Thanks.

    Have you tried to connect the devices? If so, is the router allowing you to? If not, are you getting any error messages?
    By default, if you setup the router before, anyone should be able to connect to it without a problem.

  • Airport Extreme 'sees' only one computer at a time

    Just ought a new Airport Extreme to replace on old Airport Express (flying saucer type) and find that only one computer can access the internet at a time. This is a downgrade odf service from the old Airport Express, and we cannot find any method to fix the problem. Until we solve the computer problem, we cannot go on to figuring out how to connect our iPod Touches and iPhone. All our equipment is Apple, except for the DSL modem supplied by Earthlink. Anyone have any ideas? Earthlink said that there equipment is working properly, and we beliee that because the old system still works perfectly.

    No. Something else is going on.
    Your son may be hogging all the bandwidth but your wireless network should never simply disappear. Moreover, if your son isn't doing anything the available bandwidth for other devices should remain unaffected.
    I suspect that something is miswired, and from what you describe I suspect that link is between the Extreme and the "other computer".
    The way to accomplish what you propose is
    Modem > Ethernet cable to Extreme's WAN port
    Extreme's LAN ports > wired Ethernet devices.
    There should be nothing but an Ethernet cable linking an Extreme LAN port and any other wired device. If you run out of available LAN ports on the Extreme, you need to by an "Ethernet switch" - they are not expensive, but don't call it a "splitter" or you will only confuse yourself. The switch would be connected to one of the Extreme's LAN ports, and you would connect additional devices to it. You can also use one of your Expresses for that purpose, assuming it is the current generation model with two Ethernet ports.

  • Only one computer at a time??

    I have a Airport Express setting up a wireless network in the place I'm staying at, and can successfully connect with my iPhone, and MacBook.. but when my wife tries to connect with her Windows Vista laptop, she can not get past the local network to the internet. If I turn off the Macbook, she can then connect, but I cant... It seems that only one computer can connect at one time... is this right? is there a way to change that?
    The settings of the AE says that there are 3 connections to it (my Laptop, her laptop and my iPhone). I' have tried changing and even turning off all securities on the AE. And help is GREATLY appreciated.
    Thanks.

    I believe I read somewhere that the AX limit is ten.
    It could be that the LAN it is connected to (I assume that's how you have it connected to the internet) only allows two computers per node -- and the iPhone counts as a computer.
    Try turning off Wi-Fi on the iPhone. Will both computers connect then? Since you can't use Wi-Fi for iPhone phone calls, that seems the most expendable of the three devices in the wireless network.
    Phil

  • Configuring PPP options for only one VPN connection

    How do you configure PPP options for only one VPN connection that is using L2TP over IPSec? The built-in VPN client in 10.4.9 is failing authentication because it won't talk MSCHAP-V2 (this is the only authentication protocol I can use) with the server. I am able to establish a connection if I add the following to /etc/ppp/options:
    refuse-eap
    refuse-pap
    refuse-chap
    refuse-mschap
    require-mschap-v2
    However, these options will affect all PPP connections. The preference file that contains the network configurations (/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist) also contains PPP options for each specific network service. After some searching around, I found that there are several keys that seem promising (MSCHAP2, etc.). But these keys take a string value and I have no clue what they should be. These keys are defined in SCSchemaDefinitions.h file.
    Any ideas?
      Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

    Hi Brian,
    I just tried to check all of ADDT´s "includes" files for any internal references (read: "require" or "require_once" statements) to the file "tNG_config.inc.php". So far I can only see this file referenced in the file "tNG.inc.php" (within the "$KT_tNG_uploadFileList1" array).
    So what could this mean ? Maybe you´ll have to make copies of the the original "tNG.inc.php" as well and save them as, say, "tNG.inc_ital.php" file plus make sure that these copies internally point to a different "tNG_config_ital.inc.php" file -- because it´s always the first mentioned file which gets referenced from e.g. an ADDT login page (see the "Load the tNG classes" - part)
    I want to use ADDT’s User Registration Wizard and I have looked at all the neat stuff in the Control Panel/Login Settings
    The Control Panel will always update the main "tNG_config.inc.php" file, so any further modifications will have to become manually applied to the custom files you´re creating.
    Cheers,
    Günter

  • Two Macs - only one can connect to Airport at a time

    Starting today, after 10 days of successful operation, when I came home I couldn't connect to my home (new "square" Airport Extreme) network with my Core 2 MacBook Pro. My wife was happily connected on her PowerBook G4.
    Puzzled, I tried a few obvious things:
    Airport OFF, Airport ON ... no joy
    Logout and back in ... no joy
    Restart ... no joy
    Then I turned my attention to the Base Station:
    Restart ... nope
    Change to "None" security ... nope
    Change back to "WPA Personal" ... nope
    Humbled, I stopped and had dinner. My wife's G4 went to sleep, my Intel went to sleep. Now it gets interersting! My Intel woke up first and immediately joined the network -- I'm happy till I hear my wife say SHE can't get connected.
    To make a long story short, I have two laptops on my desk, and only one can connect at a time! This is BIZARRE. Turn off Airport on either one and its buddy gets a connection immediately, and vice versa. Sleep the connected one and the other connects.
    I am out of ideas.
    Errors on the G4:
    Feb 28 20:09:45 localhost configd[35]: WirelessConfigure: 88001003
    Errors on the MBPro:
    various 88001006 errors as reported by others in this forum.
    Both Machines at all the latest updates; the MBPro has the new Extreme software installed from the CD that came with the new hardware.
    I would welcome suggestions ...
    MacBook Pro Core 2   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  
    G4 Cube   Mac OS X (10.4)  

    Software Update is not offering me any Airport updates on the G4 (or the Intel).
    The recent Airport Update, "AirPort Extreme Update 2007-001", is of course only for Intel Macs.
    They could only be "trying to use the same IP address" if they were not configured to use DHCP, but they are configured to use DHCP, and whichever connects does get an address in the 10.0.1.[2-200] range so I think that's not the problem.

  • Access oracle forms from only one computer

    Hi,
    We have an ERP software which is created by using Oracle Forms 4.5. We want to give an access to user to use the specified screen of our ERP program from only one computer. Apart from that no one should access the screen from any computer.
    Is it possible to do that?
    thanks

    Upgrade all clients to Windows 7, and leave one with windows 2000 in place. The windows 7 clients most certainly won't be able to run a forms 4.5 application ;)
    Why would you want to limit it to one computer? Isn't that what user accounts are for? Or are all users using the same account? You could of course check for the hostname of the client connected to the database:
    CHE_TEST@tcp_asterix_impl> select sys_context('userenv', 'host') from dual;
    SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','HOST')
    LINZ\CHE-WSBut this is not a very safe method, as I could boot a virtual machine with NAT so I don't get a name resolution conflict, name it like your machine and connect to the database. User accounts are protected by passwords, if I don't know the password I can't connect to the application (at least it's a little bit harder to hack a password then a hostname ;) )
    cheers

  • Is it possible to sync two different iphones and an ipad on only one computer?

    Is it possible to sync two different iphones and an ipad on only one computer??
    My husband has an iphone 4 &amp; ipad. I have an iphone 4S. We both use the same  itunes account. We are having trouble w/ all of our contacts/calendars &amp; info getting all mixed up. We want to both use the same itunes account &amp; apple id so that we dont have to separatley repurchase everything. Can anyone help us w/ this issue? Are we obligated to buy another computer so that we each have one--or is there some way around it? Thanks!!

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495

  • Home sharing is turned on on both of my computers but only one computer is showing the icon.

    I have both of my computers turned on and home sharing is turned on on both computers as well but only one computer is showing the icon so I can't share.  I have tried turning off the home share and turning it back on but nothing changed.
    Any suggestions?

    Hi there nc999!
    I have an article here for you that will help you troubleshoot this issue with Home Sharing:
    Troubleshooting Home Sharing
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2972
    Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
    Cheers,
    Braden

  • How to say application module(s) to consume only one DB connection

    Hi,
    In my application, i use UI Shell template. All of my task flows are said to have new transaction always and not to share the data control. i have bunch of application modules (not nested AM) with many view objects. All the view objects are custom java data source implemented and none of them requires DB connection as they interact with DB using tuxedo connection. Expected concurrent users will be around 800.
    i can understand that application module requires DB connection for activation/passivation, but how can i say all of my application modules to consume only one DB connection??
    Thanks in advance.
    Raghuraman

    Jobinesh,
    My application is based on UI tab shell template with each and every task flow set to begin with new transaction always.
    I was using database tables for LOV view objects data population alone. Now that also has been changed to custom view data source implementation because of client requirement (LOV data needs to be cached till user-browser session)
    With the new implementation,
    1. I have some AMs with instances of entity driven VOs. With this, I do transaction with legacy system through Tuxedo. Custom view data source implementation is done to populate data from service. Similarly Update to service will happen by reading transaction listener list on save.
    2. I also have couple of AMs with instances of non entity-driven VOs, which will be used as read-only table/LOV. For this also custom view data source implementation is done by reading the reference database table only one time during deployment.
    3. As of now, none of my AMs are specified as Shared AM.
    Questions:
    1. I want to utilize the AM passivation/activation feature to control memory usage. I came to know "*The passivation process saves information used by the AM into the passivation store - usually a database*". I have a database, from where i am reading data for LOV during deployment. Can i have the single connection of that database configured for all the AMs (Both tuxedo transaction VO's AM and LOV VO's AM) so that i can avail this feature. If so, how can i configure all the AMs to consume only one connection?
    2. Any other way to avail this AM passivation/activation without database.
    Thanks in advance.
    Raghu

Maybe you are looking for