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Old 31-08-2007, 08:45 AM
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whats gone wrong with airport express
Hi,

I have a G4 model laptop which is compatible with the airport express card-and a WirelessG Billion Router. I installed the airport express card- everything worked fine and I was happy. Then one day for no real reason that I can work out -the wireless doesnt work. It finds the network says its connected but when I pull out the ethernet cable- im gone! Plus it now Airport only seems to work if I have the ethernet cable plugged in. I have checked that I have the latest software etc and I have.
I have checked in the settings and cant find anything...Im at a complete loss.
Does anyone have any ideas that might help me?

TIA

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Old 31-08-2007, 09:02 AM
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confusing because if you were wireless you wouldn't have a ethernet cable plugged in...
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Old 31-08-2007, 09:57 AM
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Are you sure it's finding the wireless signal, and not just connecting via ethernet?

Because if you have a connection when the cable's in, and then you don't have a connection when the cable's out, well, it sounds like the connection is through the cable.
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Old 31-08-2007, 12:07 PM
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Yes thats exactly whats happening...it THINKS its connecting via airport but its actually ethernet.
I havent changed anything in the settings and it was workign fine via airport before!
*bangs head on keyboard*
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Old 31-08-2007, 12:35 PM
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Maybe you could grab some screenshots of your Network preferences (in system prefs)?

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Old 31-08-2007, 05:24 PM
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Yes I started taking screenshots...then realised theres one thing I hadnt considered...that being that the actual airport card is dead....am going to take it out later and try putting it back in.
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Old 31-08-2007, 06:04 PM
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Does the card show up in System Profiler?
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Old 31-08-2007, 07:46 PM
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Well



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Yes it shows up in system profiler.....like this.



What can I do???
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Old 31-08-2007, 08:19 PM
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All I can suggest is that you restart with the ethernet cable removed.
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Old 01-09-2007, 08:53 AM
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Yes nothing works...am going to take the card out and put it back in later....then I guess i will have to reset the modem which will be a PITA to redo all the settings...
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