WIFI Hookup
I have a iMac G5 2.66GHz sitting beside an Airport Extreme 4th generation and a Arris 822G/T cable modem. I currently have a ethernet cable between the Airport and the Cable Modem and run the iMac internet wirelessly since the ethernet port on the iMac is bad.
My question is would I gain anything if I bought a USB to ethernet adapter so that I could plug the iMac directly in to the Airport? Comcast recently upgraded our internet to 100 mbps and I want to get all the benefit I can out of it.
Thanks.
Sorry, my mistake. It is a Intel Core 2 Duo running 10.9.2
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I followed the setup but did not have the router password. Using a wifi connected laptop I changed the password to something known. Now when selecting the network the IPAD does not go to the password screen. It only has a small blue arrow which takes me to a screen requesting IP Address, Subnet Mask, etc. What happened? There seem to be no other options.
Tapping on the network name highlights the bar while my finger in on it. The bar un-highlights when I remove my finger but does not go to another screen. I am now at another location with a different network and get the same response.
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Wired vs wireless performance problem
I have a Linksys WRT54g router. When we use a PC laptop wireless, the response time for download is noticeably less thatn when we connect it to the router. The input from Cox is 27 mbps and the PC tells us it is receiving 100 mbps wired, 54 mbps wireless, both faster than the input, so there shouldn't be an issue, but downloading from youtube as a test shows the wireless download buffering, whereas the wired download is perfect. The laptop is placed in the same place in both cases, less than 10 feet from the router. I had a chat session with Linksys, who suggested there was interference, and we should change the wireless channel. We did, to both channels 1 and 11 (it had been the default 6). That made no difference.
We do have a 2.4 ghz remote phone in the room, but that shouldn't be a factor if it isn't being used. We also have an iMac wired, but even turning it off doesn't impact the test. There is a large window in the room. Cox proides statistics on use and that would indicate that no one else is using the wireless (it is secured). And this is not a new problem, it has always been there through two physical routers - it has just been made more critical since we have bought an internet ready TV and would like to take advantage of it, but the wireless response is terrible.
So is there something else I am missing here? Would getting a newer N router fix the problem? Presumably there is some interference around that covers the whole 2.4 GHZ band.
Help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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Go to Solution.good day to you. your testing looks very good.(you have a very good service) the ping test is "very good" also if you had no packet loss that would mean that all the wiring to your server is good and has no problem. i have to agree with you at this point it has to be the the wireless.
first thing i can think of is how strong is your signal? (how many bars do you have) good may get you utube with little or no buffering, strong or better is needed for hdtv, and 3D pretty much has to peg the signal ranges. start with the signal because if it is not where it should be the speed test and dowloads will always have buffering and the speed test should be intermitent and slow on the wireless device. also that should help you identify anything that is interfearing with the wireless.
if your bars are strong. then you need to look at what is reciving the signal. if you have had this problem for years and its the same laptop or device that you are hooking up that would tell me that its wireless cards are outdated. remember if your router is a "G" and what your hooking up is a wirless "A or B" device it will slow your wireless back down to the "A or B" speeds even if the signal is strong
try to hook up one device with a wireless "G or N" card to the "G" router and test with only that wireless device hooked up (wired devices can still be hooked up) and at this point if all else fails take your wireless device out to a good public wifi hookup and do a speed and signal test there. after that maybe barrow a router from somebody you know. remember go one step at a time you should find the problem. DO NOT GIVE UP.
you have a great service not to use wireless for the future. i have 5 wireless computers and 1 x-box,2 wiis,2 dvds, a cell phone and i also have a guest account up to ten devices when my kids come home with there cell phones and computers, also a 1tb hard drive connected straight into my routers usb port that way all the music and movies can be shared straight from the router. you may need to do some updateing but if i was you i would find my problem first before spending money and getting upset with a problem that may still be there.
maybe this will also help you. on my brand new routers box it says broad compatibility, works seamlessly with all a/b/g/n wi-fi devices.
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So i have an HP e118dx running on windows 8.1 with very little software on it. Currently running FF 37.0.1 and in wireless mode it always hangs up, runs slow, or times out. When plugged in it runs just fine. Can get on net using IE via wireless and no issues. So it seems to be something specific to FF on the wireless side. Thought it might have been my wireless card but running IE just fine seems to rule that out.
Have already tried system restore a few times, factory reset, turn off hardware accel., run in safe mode(FF), disabled add ons and nothing seems to help. If i have tabs open while wired, then go wireless and refresh the pages or browse on the already open pages i tend to get a couple minutes of trouble free experience before it slows to a halt again.
To recap....FF on wireless=slow and wired=fast. No difference when using IE wireless---always fast.Not sure what you mean by # of connections being made. Not sure if that means tabs open, or folks using the actual wireless network. A while back when i was going through this with the isp i got a crash coarse on how to go into the modem and check a bunch of different stuff, as well as reset things. When looking in there only 1 or 2 computers showed on the network. The network is password protected......i guess protected only to the extent that a pswrd can. Not certain if someone nefariously connected somehow.....didn't show up when looking for users on the network though.
The first bullet point......Not sure how to do any of that so i'd say no.
Second bullet point......Yes, did lots of clearing temp files, caches, history, etc. along with systems restores and factory resets. although not exactly sure what you mean by dns cache. Might have done this but don't recall specifically seeing that.
Third bullet point.....It doesn't make any difference on this end whether its on no proxy, auto proxy, manual proxy. While i have no idea what all this stuff does/affects performance i played with it on all different settings and nothing changed here. Put it back to no proxy.
The thing is even when my wireless FF is acting up other devices in the home can be on the wireless with no issues. Think the other devices are using Chrome and some phone wifi hookup. Keep in mind if i switch to IE on the same device with FF windows open the IE will run just fine. At any given time there should only be 1-4 devices on the network so i'm guessing that shouldn't overload anything. Besides none of the other devices ever seem to come into this issue.
There always seems to be some issue that pops up after updates. Can't ever just leave working things alone. -
Does anyone else hate YouTube?
Previously I was able to upload an answer print to YouTube without much trouble.
Tonight, however, YouTube and/or Google demanded that I set up a "YouTube channel." I clicked on this. And waited.
And waited.
And waited.
And waited.
And waited.
This despite that I'm on a 4G Wifi hookup!
After watching the "working" spinner for exactly 10 minutes (this after a previous 6 minute session of watching the spinner) I threw in the sponge.
My only grief with this Formum is that there is a Language Nanny that won't let me express my real opinion of Google and YouTube. In rich Anglo Saxon.
I'd wanted to put up an interim Answer Print to get some early feedback from Hunt, Romano, and Grisetti.
With any luck I'll be able to upload the Answer Print to my own website via FTP. If I can carry it off, I'll pass along the link sometime tomorrow.
In meantime ... am I alone in my contempt/distress/hatred/loathing/rancor/discust regarding YouTube?
rhMy distress with YouTube was overstated. The problem became self-resolving, for reasons that are still unclear to me.
For clarification of, and a retraction to, my rant (and a posey to the Language Nanny) see http://forums.adobe.com/message/5534042#5534042.
I'm a novelist who dabbles in graphics.
Vimeo is swell for anyone who does a lot of up- and down-loading. For me, however, this is a unique issue, insofar as my only concern is getting this video to Kickstarter as just one element of a project. (Text in html, rewards, and video.) Once that's done, I don't see any real need to create videos, and I can't justify the cost of Vimeo.
My interest in photography, dating from high school, and my education at Santa Barbara's Brooks Institute in '54, has always been still images.
And ... Bill ... have you taken a peek at http://youtu.be/W6RhSbn2mzU?
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I'm having trouble with back to my MAC. I had everything working on my home wifi network but now I am at my daughter's house and trying to connect via a verizon hotspot wifi connection. I'm wondering if the Verizon hookup is a problem.
I finally figured it out. Needed to update her Airport firmware and allow guest access, and also changed Sharing preferences to Allow Access for All Users.
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So I am trying to hook up a tired net antenna to an asus wifi router so my iPad can have a stronger signal, but when I turned on asus it went to auto window on iPad and I think I must have answered a question wrong. I can not hook up to Internet, can anyone tell me how to configure, or delete asus and start all over.
Have you tried erasing your network settings under settings/general/reset?
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What am I doing wrong?
I'm trying to use AirPort Untility to configure the old APExtreme to extend the network, but it won't let me.
"Extend" is only used if the two AirPort Extremes are connecting using wireless only.
"Create" is the correct setting to use since the AirPort Exremes are connecting using Ethernet.
Configure the second AirPort Extreme to create a wireless network using the exact same wireless network name, same security setttings and same wireless password as the "main" AirPort Extreme and make sure that you are choosing the Bridge Mode option for the second AirPort Extreme before clicking Update to save the settings.
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Dell Venue 11 Pro 7140 WiFi becomes disconnected during idle or waking from sleep
I have a Dell Venue 11 Pro 7140 in which the wi-fi consistently becomes disconnected when either the tablet is idle for a period of time, or if it has woken from sleep. Period of time varies -- more than 5 minutes, but less than an hour.
When wi-fi connection is lost, the only way to connect again is to reboot. Not much of a solution. USB 3.0-to-Ethernet adapter is rock-solid, but there isn't much point in having a tablet if you can't be wireless at some point.
Things I've tried:
- Optimized the intel driver settings roaming agressivenes: medium-low, Throughput booster: enabled, Transmit Power: highest.
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Really, not sure what I can try next. I've used other Windows 8.1 Pro laptops, and none of them have been this spotty.
If anyone has a solution out there, I'm game to try. Otherwise, I'll be returning this back to Dell as a defective product. There seems to be issues about earlier versions of the Venue 11 Pro, but I haven't been able to find much on the 7140 version.
Fully updated Windows 8.1 Pro. Using Intel dual-band Wireless AC 7265 adapter with v17.13.11.5 of the driver. BIOS version A03.Hi Jennifer, Saturday 4th April 2015
This whole process from order date 14th March 2015 to now has been frustrating, my mistake was to get one of the sales consultants on chat to check the saved cart, had compatible accessories for this tablet. From then on, after multiple quotes in the end he still managed to get the address wrong and missed putting screen protector on the order, multiple emails and phone calls the following week finally got address changed but couldn't get screen protector added to order in the end I ordered it over the internet. I should have cancelled order when I wanted to.
What should have been a simple process is now a nightmare the Tablet with screen protector needs to be replaced has not worked properly since unboxing and first switch on , spent many hours of installing updates, contacted technical assistance last Thursday they did a remote hookup changed some things worked for a little time.
Totally disappointed
Leigh
PS update 7th April 2015 started factory reinstall last Friday reinstalled all recomended updates more wasted time tested over weekend WiFi still not working after sleep mode. When I check for new updates keeps asking to reinstal theses 2 updates already done, reinstal them over and over still tells me to update them, second file fails to instal have to manually instal O2 Micro file searches wrong place for missing component.
"Automatic updates
These updates can be installed automatically.
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How to connect my iphone to imac on wifi
Hi
I want to connect my iphone to imac on wifi. Actually i want to use internet on my iphone. So how can i do this ?If you have a wifi router you can set up/turn on the wifi... set the user name and password wifi in your router... open wifi in general settings on the iPhone... log into your router, user name and password. (If your don't know how to turn on the router wifi. Google the router make and model and you will find instructions on how to do this.)
If you don't have a wifi router and your Mac has wifi capabilities you can hookup to the internet over wifi from your Mac to your iPhone.
System Preferences on the Mac... Network... Wifi... Advanced tab... Hit the '+' to add a user name and password...
Make sure you use WPA2 Personal for Security... Hit ok... Turn on the wifi... Same as above with the iPhone, log into your wifi settings on the iPhone.
*Important point... Use WPA2 for the encryption/Security setting. If you use anything else for this setting, your wifi can be hacked. -
I installed OS X Mavericks two days ago. My computer will not access Airport Extreme. I downloaded printer software for Mavericks for HP 7520 a wireless machine. The HP 7520 can find Airport but my computer can find neither. (A direct USB hookup does work, however.) For Time Machine backups I am using WD MyBook Live 3T. The HP and WD are share with my wife who uses a MacBook Pro, is running OSX 10.6.8, and is having no issues. Software seems to be up to date in both machines. These things seem to point to the Airport Extreme being the problem. How can it be fixed?
Hello aeioux,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
Wi-Fi: How to troubleshoot Wi-Fi connectivity
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4628?viewlocale=en_US
About Wireless Diagnostics
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5606
iOS and OS X: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4199
Best of luck,
Mario -
Hello, this may be quite a stupid question and all, but I need some help when referring to a good, thorough hookup with my etheret cable to my Mac. I've had this hookup for a few months since we got the Mac now and it's done okay ( also recently found out my internet is the worst my company gives out..so I'll be upgrading that soon) but, recently, the internet seems to stop working randomly and you have to close off the internet pages and wait a few minutes for it settle out or whatever. I was wondering, though, if there's an easier more direct route for my ethernet cable to hookup to my Mac. The hookup for the cable to Mac is as states: the company modem is on bottom (might upgrade for a better modem if company let's us buy our own) the ethernet cable then goes to hookup to my WiFi router (that main ethernet cable is blue), and then from the router a yellow cable (maybe ethernet, not sure) goes to hook up to my Mac. See, I just feel as if that is also slowing down the internet connection on the Mac because the main source of internet is going to the router before the Mac and the router is also sending off the internet to my iPod and Xbox. If anyone knows a better, more efficient hookup, please reply! Thank you.
Solved!
Go to Solution.Your modem and router are capable of carrying much faster signals than you are getting from your carrier.
I am assuming that you are a cable internet subscriber. With cable internet, you are a tiered subscriber on a shared node architecture. What this means is that the "speed" of your internet connection is limited by your hardware to the level for which you are subscribed. You won't get any faster than your package, no matter what cable or arrangement of hardware you use. Being a shared node achitecture, means that you are sharing bandwidth and central switching with a large number of other subscribers that share your node. The more of these users that are online, the more that bandwidth is shared among those users, so even if you subscribe to the fastest service, during peak use times, you may not get anywhere near your rated speed.
I doubt that your connection of wall outlet > modem > router > computer is affecting your connection spped, as that is the scenario that almost everyone uses.
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CP1525nw wifi setup using a verizon jetpack
Hi, We wanted to share our story since google has this forum listed as the top results for the problem we had, but we couldn't find an answer in the forums. We solved it finally on our own as I was writing this post.
We have been trying to hookup the CP1525nw printer to our verizon jetpack (the only internet provider we can get at our house) so that we can print using wifi with our ipad, we changed the ink and for some reason lost our ability to print.
It appeared that the only way to choose the ssid and input the password is by hooking up the printer via an ethernet cable to a network and going to the printer's webserver page.
Are there other ways? We are on a mac (and have windows as well) . Tried the HP toolkit and it appears that it only gives status.
I know there is another post in this forum, but I couldnt tell who the moderators were responding to in their directions, so it appeared confusing.
------SOLVED-----
We solved this problem by redownloading the setup utitlity and going through the setup via a usb cable. That setup utilitiy will scan for networks and let you put in your new password.
best of luck out there
JasonHello rnbarg,
You can simply connect your printer to the router by running the wireless setup wizard from the setup menu in the front panel of the printer. Be sure to enable ePrint from the front panel of the printer once you are connected.
The iPad, iPhone, or iPod needs to be on the network and it should be able to see the networked printer. That's it! You should be ready to print.
A few things you need to be sure of is that you need to have a router with bonjour, multicast, or MDNS on it and your iOS must be 4.2 or later on the device.
You can use this link if you have any issues getting it set up. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4356
Although I am an HP employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP.
If I have resolved your issue, feel free to provide Kudos and make sure you mark this thread as solution provided. -
Just installed the airport card for my powermac g5 2.3. It is recognized in the system profiler, however when configuring access to my wifi network it is not registering my network, on any of the wifi networks in my area. The Bluetooth part of the card works. What would I have to do to get it to recognize wifi networks? It is powered on and I have tried to reseed the card.
I have a late 2005 model with the internal antenna. Do you know if there is anything I need to hookup too the airport, or by internal it is inside the airport card (the antenna that is).
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Using 21.5 imac,10.6.3, as wifi base station, questions
Hi all. I'm wondering if anyone here can help. I have 2 questions
1. I want to use my new Imac as the base station for a wifi network. Easy enough-hookup ethernet cable from cable modem to imac, go to sharing pref, click internet sharing, voila. That works fine. The trouble comes when I use "enable encryption" from Airport options. As long as I don't put in a password, all my other computers surf the net via the wifi network from the imac fine. If I add password protection, my other computers cannot get onto the network. They see the network but when I enter the password into the prompt window, I get the "trouble getting onto network" message. What's up with that?
2. Once i've established this unprotected network, I'd like to use my airport express module as a network extender. But when I try to set it up using the airport assistant setup app, the app doesn't see the wifi network emanating from the imac. I tried to do it using the setup assistant in the imac itself, and I tried to do it from a laptop, thinking the imac might not see it's own self-emanating network. Can't get the express to be an extender either way. Is this possible? I haven't found any documentation saying it isn't possible, so...
Any help is appreciated. Thanx ahead of timeIf I add password protection, my other computers cannot get onto the network. They see the network but when I enter the password into the prompt window, I get the "trouble getting onto network" message. What's up with that?
It has long been an issue that Windows computers can't wirelessly join an encrypted network provided by a Mac acting as a base station. There is no resolution other than not using encryption.
Can't get the express to be an extender either way. Is this possible?
Sorry but OS X's wireless Internet sharing is not compatible with the technology needed to allow the AirPort Express (AX) to wirelessly extend the network.
The solution is to get an inexpensive wireless router and use that instead of using your iMac.
BTW, your 21.5 inch iMac is not an iMac G5. It is an Intel-based iMac. You should post any future questions in the Intel-based iMac discussion area.
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