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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I have the same issue at home. My wife's IBook suddenly went on the fritz and wouldn't connect to the internet, so I called Apple and they took me through steps to reset our Apple AirPort wireless router. Now my computer won't connect to the net, and no matter what I do, I can't make it work. My ISP provider very candidly suggested I "throw away" my AirPort (says they never work well). It's insanely frsutrating.
The issue, as I'm told, is that my router is not accepting my computer's IP Address. How I cure that I have no idea. I'm just going to throw out the fucking piece of shit router and buy a PC-compatible product. I like Apple's stuff, but save the ITunes (which is wonderfully easy), its all more trouble than its worth. Fuck Apple.
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The issue as stated makes no sense. If you set security to allow access only to specified MAC addresses (that's not Mac addresses, but a computer-specific identity code), then you need to change that setting. Also, the default answer of any internet support service is "if you have a Mac or Apple product, that's the problem." Of course, that's BS, because both macs and PCs both us a universal TCP/IP standard, so the screwup is usually with the ISP. And a router is not PC-compatible or not. A router is either based on the TCP/IP standard or not. And if not, won't work with much of anything.
Anyway, if you can't configure your airport to work with your iBook . . . well good luck in the PC world.
