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Hi,
I am a new iMac owner... I had the iMac running great wirelessly on a Linksys(b) router and cable modem. Everything was working fine last night... I went to bed... I woke up this morning and went to get online to check the news... and.... "Your are not connected to the interent" popped-up when I opened Safari... I tried everything... Power-off Imac, router, modem, etc.... nothing worked...
So, I decided to set-up my new Netgear(g) router. I moved the iMac (after shutting down) close the the cable outlet, in order to have a wired connection... I hooked everything up, and went through the Netgear set-up process... I used the WEP as (examples):
Network Name: Netgear18
Passphrase: johnson
I set the encryption to 128...
It gace me a Key (Cap letters & Numbers) AB9843J92148U34834 (example)
Once the set-up was completed (still Wired)... I tested the web... Everything was very quick, and worked flawlessly.
I shut down the Imac.
I disconnected the the router from the iMac (Cat5)...
Moved the iMac to another part of the room.
Restarted the iMac... Clicked the Airport symbol (upper right of screen)...
I checked "NetGear18" on the list...
It had a pop-up asking for the password to access the wireless network.
I tried the passphrase.... didn't work..
I tried the Key (AB9843J92148U34834)... didn't work..
I apologize for this being sooo long.. I just wanted to give you as much detail as possible... Please help me...
Thank you in advance.
I am a new iMac owner... I had the iMac running great wirelessly on a Linksys(b) router and cable modem. Everything was working fine last night... I went to bed... I woke up this morning and went to get online to check the news... and.... "Your are not connected to the interent" popped-up when I opened Safari... I tried everything... Power-off Imac, router, modem, etc.... nothing worked...
So, I decided to set-up my new Netgear(g) router. I moved the iMac (after shutting down) close the the cable outlet, in order to have a wired connection... I hooked everything up, and went through the Netgear set-up process... I used the WEP as (examples):
Network Name: Netgear18
Passphrase: johnson
I set the encryption to 128...
It gace me a Key (Cap letters & Numbers) AB9843J92148U34834 (example)
Once the set-up was completed (still Wired)... I tested the web... Everything was very quick, and worked flawlessly.
I shut down the Imac.
I disconnected the the router from the iMac (Cat5)...
Moved the iMac to another part of the room.
Restarted the iMac... Clicked the Airport symbol (upper right of screen)...
I checked "NetGear18" on the list...
It had a pop-up asking for the password to access the wireless network.
I tried the passphrase.... didn't work..
I tried the Key (AB9843J92148U34834)... didn't work..
I apologize for this being sooo long.. I just wanted to give you as much detail as possible... Please help me...
Thank you in advance.