First time poster...so be gentle.
We have DSL, and a wireless network in our home using a Time Capsule. I have a new iMac G5, my wife has a MacBook Pro and upstairs is the older iMac G5 our kids use (all running OSX 10.5.8). I never have connection issues with my G5 (it sits right next to the Time Capsule). My wife's MacBook never has connection issues (it's usually in the next room, but also works upstairs). The iMac upstairs occasionally gets a weaker signal.
But the problem is that the upstairs iMac now cannot access the internet or printer over the network. It's got the wifi signal fine, but it "Cannot locate a wireless device on this network..." This happened once before but I can't for the life of me remember exactly what I did to fix it- thought it was a one time deal, in one ear out the other. Bygones. I do remember it taking hours of digging into the bowels of discussion forums before I found a solution. Not so this time.
Anyway, I did a hard reset on the Time Capsule, to no avail. I connected the Time Capsule directly to the old G5 via an ethernet cable, hoping it would kick out an IP address, to no avail.
System prefs/Network diagnostics indicate the following status:
Airport (green)
Airport settings (green)
Network settings (yellow)
ISP (red) failed
Internet (red) failed
Server (red) failed
What do I need to do to fix this?
And here are a couple rhetorical questions that are more just frustration than a request for answers:
• What can I do to make sure it never, EVER happens again? (although I will write down the steps to fix it this time).
• Why does it happen only to the old G5?
Thanks for any help.
We have DSL, and a wireless network in our home using a Time Capsule. I have a new iMac G5, my wife has a MacBook Pro and upstairs is the older iMac G5 our kids use (all running OSX 10.5.8). I never have connection issues with my G5 (it sits right next to the Time Capsule). My wife's MacBook never has connection issues (it's usually in the next room, but also works upstairs). The iMac upstairs occasionally gets a weaker signal.
But the problem is that the upstairs iMac now cannot access the internet or printer over the network. It's got the wifi signal fine, but it "Cannot locate a wireless device on this network..." This happened once before but I can't for the life of me remember exactly what I did to fix it- thought it was a one time deal, in one ear out the other. Bygones. I do remember it taking hours of digging into the bowels of discussion forums before I found a solution. Not so this time.
Anyway, I did a hard reset on the Time Capsule, to no avail. I connected the Time Capsule directly to the old G5 via an ethernet cable, hoping it would kick out an IP address, to no avail.
System prefs/Network diagnostics indicate the following status:
Airport (green)
Airport settings (green)
Network settings (yellow)
ISP (red) failed
Internet (red) failed
Server (red) failed
What do I need to do to fix this?
And here are a couple rhetorical questions that are more just frustration than a request for answers:
• What can I do to make sure it never, EVER happens again? (although I will write down the steps to fix it this time).
• Why does it happen only to the old G5?
Thanks for any help.