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- 21.5" iMac, 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB memory, 500GB hard drive
Got a new iMac last week--spent hours and hours with an (excellent) Apple tech trying to connect wirelessly to the internet. Changed WEP to WPA encryption; the connection worked for a time, became intermittent, then quit. She ended up deciding the Airport card was defective and arranged for a replacement computer, which arrived today. Can't connect to the internet at all on this one, despite the fact that Tivo and a Sony Vaio laptop running Windows Vista are able to.
I have a call in to the same tech...but I have spent so much time on this and can't afford to spend much more. Is there some external adapter thingie I could plug into one of the USB ports that would bypass Airport and WORK? I'm also considering running ethernet into my home office (it's currently in another room downstairs). We have a 2wire router. As I said, it works with everything else.
Buying another gizmo seems kind of pathetic but it may be my only option. I should add that this is my first Mac and that I was looking forward to leaving the PC world behind....
Ideas?
I have a call in to the same tech...but I have spent so much time on this and can't afford to spend much more. Is there some external adapter thingie I could plug into one of the USB ports that would bypass Airport and WORK? I'm also considering running ethernet into my home office (it's currently in another room downstairs). We have a 2wire router. As I said, it works with everything else.
Buying another gizmo seems kind of pathetic but it may be my only option. I should add that this is my first Mac and that I was looking forward to leaving the PC world behind....
Ideas?