Hi, first post.
As of 2 weeks ago im the proud owner of a macbook. Since having it the windows desktop has been sold and i refuse to use a xp machine at university and rather carry my macbook with me.
I'm connected at home through an ethernet cable to a router in the kitchen.
The main reason I brought the express was for wireless internet and wireless streaming. Just found out its possible to add a HD for wireless connectivity !!
I can't seem to get the express working. I plugged it directly into my router through a cat5e cable and it flashed green, and then flashing amber. Nothing showed up on the router.
My network administrator said get a cat cross over cable. I looked around on the internet and lots of places said a cross over cable isn't needed. Although finding this, I went out and brought one...
After swaping the cable for the cross over the router showed a number on the front (connected to port 2) in green for about 10 seconds and then it went off for a second, and returned for a further 3, and then vanished. All this time flashing amber.
I have tried to factory reset but nothing seems to happen, no flashing lights, no anything when I press the reset button. I've tried to search on both mac and windows pcs (arghh) when the airport is initially attached and has 15 seconds of being connected to the router, but still nothing.
The router is a netgear, with a 5 port switch attached.
Im using a macbook 2.0ghz, 1gb ram, wirelessly active and has the ability to connect wirelessly to my girlfriends house.
Brought the AE of ebay a few days ago, 2nd hand but the owner said he brought it new, used a few times, never had any problems and sold, to me.
Any help appreciated
As of 2 weeks ago im the proud owner of a macbook. Since having it the windows desktop has been sold and i refuse to use a xp machine at university and rather carry my macbook with me.
I'm connected at home through an ethernet cable to a router in the kitchen.
The main reason I brought the express was for wireless internet and wireless streaming. Just found out its possible to add a HD for wireless connectivity !!
I can't seem to get the express working. I plugged it directly into my router through a cat5e cable and it flashed green, and then flashing amber. Nothing showed up on the router.
My network administrator said get a cat cross over cable. I looked around on the internet and lots of places said a cross over cable isn't needed. Although finding this, I went out and brought one...
After swaping the cable for the cross over the router showed a number on the front (connected to port 2) in green for about 10 seconds and then it went off for a second, and returned for a further 3, and then vanished. All this time flashing amber.
I have tried to factory reset but nothing seems to happen, no flashing lights, no anything when I press the reset button. I've tried to search on both mac and windows pcs (arghh) when the airport is initially attached and has 15 seconds of being connected to the router, but still nothing.
The router is a netgear, with a 5 port switch attached.
Im using a macbook 2.0ghz, 1gb ram, wirelessly active and has the ability to connect wirelessly to my girlfriends house.
Brought the AE of ebay a few days ago, 2nd hand but the owner said he brought it new, used a few times, never had any problems and sold, to me.
Any help appreciated