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BT Broadband wireless on OSX(ibook) not working~HELP

  • 18-02-2007 2:38pm
    #1
    su_dios
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,081 ✭✭✭


    I am setting up BT broadband for my gf on her ibook and am having some problems which are really confusing me. I myself use IBB and have an airport wireless router and wds station to bridge connections and have never had any hassle with this. I have also installed eircom on a few computers before but I'm lost and hoping someone can help!

    She had the wired router before and all works fine but she got BT to send her the voyager 2110 wireless router the other day. Went through the set up and connection shows up so I connect to the network. Internet light is on on the router but when I go to load any page it won't. It will either load after 5mins or timeout. So I put in the lead and pages connect straight away so its not the speed. The router is also next to the laptop while I'm trying this out. Strange thing is when I ping say google.ie using the wireless connection I instantly get replies at around 50ms each one.

    Whats going on here? Wireless connections on macs are usually so straight forward unlike some pcs. Can anyone help here?


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  • #2
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    disable firewalling on the ibook and see what happens

    you should maybe post in the mac forum for more specific advice , eg I am not sure if the ibook suports wpa encrytion and stuff

    also use anything but that awful safari :p


  • #3
    su_dios
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,081 ✭✭✭su_dios


    Cheers I'll try that out so but I may be back! As far as I know there is no firewall on.
    Safari beats explorer anyday but I use a mac g4 optimised version of firefox :)


  • #4
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    the detailed network stuff on the ibook may be accessed by launching a terminal window and using unix commands like ifconfig and such .....if its any help

    there is a /var/log directory where you can tail -f a few logfiles for packet by packet information to see what happens

    you may have bad packet fragmentation and you may find that the MTU is the problem so research that in OSX first, I would advise you to change it on the ibook not the bt voyager .


  • #5
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,536 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    moved to Mac forum


  • #6
    su_dios
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,081 ✭✭✭su_dios


    Sponge Bob wrote:
    the detailed network stuff on the ibook may be accessed by launching a terminal window and using unix commands like ifconfig and such .....if its any help

    there is a /var/log directory where you can tail -f a few logfiles for packet by packet information to see what happens

    you may have bad packet fragmentation and you may find that the MTU is the problem so research that in OSX first, I would advise you to change it on the ibook not the bt voyager .


    Ok that just went right over my head! I tried changing the channel on the router from 6 to 11 is there any way I can set the ibook to look for the network on channel 11?

    God the airport utility is so much easier to use


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  • #7
    ZENER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    My usual approach to problems with WiFi is to firstly disable all encryption such as WEP or WPA and leave an open network. Set your mac to dhcp client and allow it to connect to the access point. If you get this far then the rest should be easy enough.

    The Mac uses WPA-PSK (pre shared key). Set the key on the wireless router -write it down exactly as entered - and save the settings. A reboot is usually required on the router.

    Once done click on the Airport logo beside the clock on the Mac desktop, the wireless system should be present there - select it and you will be asked to enter the WPA key try the key entered above. Come back and tell us how it went.

    Sorry if this is over-simplified but I have always has success using this way.

    ZEN


  • #8
    su_dios
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,081 ✭✭✭su_dios


    ZENER wrote:
    My usual approach to problems with WiFi is to firstly disable all encryption such as WEP or WPA and leave an open network. Set your mac to dhcp client and allow it to connect to the access point. If you get this far then the rest should be easy enough.

    The Mac uses WPA-PSK (pre shared key). Set the key on the wireless router -write it down exactly as entered - and save the settings. A reboot is usually required on the router.

    Once done click on the Airport logo beside the clock on the Mac desktop, the wireless system should be present there - select it and you will be asked to enter the WPA key try the key entered above. Come back and tell us how it went.

    Sorry if this is over-simplified but I have always has success using this way.

    ZEN


    Cheers for that. Yeah I had to do that here on my network to get my xbox360 to see and connect to the network. I eventually ended up having to use mac address filtering intstead of encryption. All good.

    As regards to the network in question I will try that out as soon as I can. Its set to the default BT password which is WEP. Having used the aiport the whole time the BT router confuses me! Arg! Thanks for the help and I'll check back soon


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