Wifi-n signal

Hi,
i bought a imac for christmas, but i can't seen to get wifi n signal on my imac, the wrt320n is set in mixed mode with 5 or 2.4 ghz band channel with 20 and 40 mhz channel on auto. i tried to set it on wifi n only but then i can't connect at all, i got the newest imac and it has wifi b g and n please help.
greetings
Ramon Koster
the netherlands

I'm not an expert on this subject, but I noticed that my router (Netgear) needs to have the MAC addresses of all equipment before it will recognize it.
To do that, go to System Preferences -> Network -> Airport (turn it on if necessary), click on "Advanced" tab and you will find Airport's ID (MAC address), usually a series of numbers, e.g. 00:1f:00:3d:07.
Go to your router's website and add your iMac with its' MAC address.
Hopefully that'll take care of it.

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