Hello, looking for some help please - I'm sure it's pretty simple but I have googled it and I really don't understand the answers as they are very technical and my knowledge on these things is very minimal! Hoping somebody can put it into English, easy to follow steps...?!
I have a Macbook Pro and after being away at work all week I have come back and cannot connect to an open wireless network which I usually use, still in the process of getting my own secure broadband to use.
My airport is on, I try to connect and the wirless symbol has an exclamation mark on it, I open network preferences and it says the airport has a self assigned IP address 169.254.etc and will not be able to connect to the internet. I click 'assist me' and my network diagnostics pop up, the network settings circle is yellow and the internet and server are red, the airport, airport settings and ISP are all green.
Sorry if this has come up before, I just don't understand the answers most people give as I haven't the slightest clue about these things! Would anybody please be able to help me in basic english?!
Thank you - help v. much appreciated as lots of work to do over the weekend!
I have a Macbook Pro and after being away at work all week I have come back and cannot connect to an open wireless network which I usually use, still in the process of getting my own secure broadband to use.
My airport is on, I try to connect and the wirless symbol has an exclamation mark on it, I open network preferences and it says the airport has a self assigned IP address 169.254.etc and will not be able to connect to the internet. I click 'assist me' and my network diagnostics pop up, the network settings circle is yellow and the internet and server are red, the airport, airport settings and ISP are all green.
Sorry if this has come up before, I just don't understand the answers most people give as I haven't the slightest clue about these things! Would anybody please be able to help me in basic english?!
Thank you - help v. much appreciated as lots of work to do over the weekend!