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- domacle
Hey all,
I've been trying to solve this problem for the last hour, and in a last ditch attempt at help I thought I'd ask the collective QBN brains trust.
I'm on holiday where there's public wifi. One laptop is connecting to it, but the others (4 of them, all Macbook Pros) aren't.
They detect the WiFi, but won't actually connect to the network. After a few minutes of attempting to connect to the wifi - I get an '!' over the airport symbol.
I've tried playing around with network preferences, resetting the router etc but no luck.
I've also tried resetting the PRAM (holding down control + option + p + r on restart).
Any ideas? Very frustrating!
Thanks in advance,
Dom
- Stylus0
you take 5 laptops on Holiday ?
- Miesfan0
These Macs have serious problems to work on holidays. Refers to their religion.
- foz0
access list?
- raf0
Anything else joined the network, ie. a phone, a tablet?
- detritus0
Let me guess, the router isn't Apple own-brand?
Disable ipv6, specify unique IPs for each mac on the router, setup each mac to only use its address, reset macs. Buy a pc next time - they're ugly, shit, cheaper, overpowered and work. </demi-troll>
- All my Macs have worked fine with any router. Ridiculous.monospaced
- ok.detritus
- TheBlueOne0
I LOL'd at " the collective QBN brains trust."
- slappy0
Probably uses an encryption that mac doesn't like. You running the latest large feline system?
- horton0
go to Network prefs and play some more.
- autoflavour0
buy new macs
- sureshot0
^
- utf80
Are you getting a valid IP address?
- fadein110
macs don't have problems
- dskz0
router firmware is prob too ancient
- fresnobob0
I was using public hospital wifi for the last few days and occasionally when I tried to connect it would do that. The only fix was waiting and trying again a few minutes later.