09-24-2009, 09:40 AM
I have had this problem on & off for the past month and have felt like smashing my mac against the wall!!
Airport would say that I had a "self-assigned IP and may or may not be able to connect to the internet."
I followed all of these steps which would work intermittently and might help any of you suffering this horror out there:
Reset DHCP
Re-enter WEP password with a $ sign in front or
putting the password in double quotes "sjfjkasa"
Restart, restart, restart.
Yelling at it.
Creating a new network profile connecting to same network.
Deleting this file Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/Airportprefs & restart in safe mode...
But...my Golden solution came in that I was using a router that had 8 others wirelessly connecting to it..
I made number 9, but the router was only set up to give out 8 connections, thus bumping me and my IP off whenever I was the 9th person to come online.
So in short, check that the router is set up for as many computers as you have connecting wirelessly to it, otherwise you will keep losing your DHCP lease
Hope this helps you and your sanity!
Airport would say that I had a "self-assigned IP and may or may not be able to connect to the internet."
I followed all of these steps which would work intermittently and might help any of you suffering this horror out there:
Reset DHCP
Re-enter WEP password with a $ sign in front or
putting the password in double quotes "sjfjkasa"
Restart, restart, restart.
Yelling at it.
Creating a new network profile connecting to same network.
Deleting this file Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/Airportprefs & restart in safe mode...
But...my Golden solution came in that I was using a router that had 8 others wirelessly connecting to it..
I made number 9, but the router was only set up to give out 8 connections, thus bumping me and my IP off whenever I was the 9th person to come online.
So in short, check that the router is set up for as many computers as you have connecting wirelessly to it, otherwise you will keep losing your DHCP lease
Hope this helps you and your sanity!