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USB wireless adapter - working, but not working!
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I have read quite a few posts about problems connecting to the internet via USB adapters - and have followed tips on IP addresses etc - but still can't get online wirelessly. Can anyone help?
My Airport card had stopped working so I bought a PlusCom 54Mbps Wireless USB adapter. It states that it is Mac OSX compatible (I run 10.3.9).
At first the Network Preferences said my computer had a self-assigned IP address, so I connected manually with the following settings:
IP address - 192.168.1.126
Subnet Mask - 255.255.255.0
Router - 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers - 192.168.1.1 and 208.67.222.222
This seemed to have sorted out the problem as the Network Status shows a green light for internet connection and states I am connected.
Also, the W-LAN utility that came with the USB adapter shows a strong signal.
My Internet Connect utility says I am connected via Ethernet (en2).
But Safari and Firefox cannot load pages, and when I tried to ping a website, I got 'unknown host' results.
How can I convince Safari and Firefox that the internet connection is there?
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