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<blockquote data-quote="Cookiee" data-source="post: 1327248" data-attributes="member: 102596"><p>YES YES YES !!!!</p><p>i found a fix !!!</p><p>Haha, so happy finally.. after a good month of fighting with this thing .. trying pretty much EVERY thing i can.. that i found in this and a couple of other forums.</p><p></p><p>Today searching for a fix for this self assigned problem, i stumbled upon this thread (<a href="http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?p=640247" target="_blank">Airport problem: self assigned IP address? - Page 7 - The macosxhints Forums</a>) </p><p>in there i found a post from "colin6272" a fix that helped me, i changed my router from a WAP password to a WPA one. and it worked.</p><p>Here is how i did it.</p><p></p><p>I went in to my configuration of the router by typing in the routers numbers in the web browser witch i found in "System preferences>Network>Ethernet>Advanced>TCP/IP " (while connected thru a ethernet cable to the router) in there thare are a couple of things that show up like your IPv4 adress, subnet mask, .. theres a couple of other things but look for "Router:" copy that number .. the "192.xxx.x.x" and paste it in to your browser adress bar, hit enter/return.</p><p>A page will load up and it will probably ask you for a user name and a password, most likely both are gonna be "admin" unless you changed it to something els ..</p><p></p><p>Now for this part..i cant tell you exactly step by step because you probably have a different router and the config. probably looks a little different, but you have to look around for something like a "wireless tab" or .. somethin' like that and when you do find it, it will show you your MAC address, your SSID, your channel and a couple of other things but look for the section where it says "security" or somethin' like that and change it from WAP to WPA when you change it and apply the changes a password will show, copy that save it somewhere or just remember it cuz you'll need it later. </p><p></p><p>Now, after applying the changes in your router go to "System preferences>Network>Airpot>Advanced>AirPort" in the "preferred Networks" click on the network you just configured and click the edit button change the Security from "WAP Password" to "WPA Personal" enter the password you got before, save, click ok and apply.</p><p></p><p>Now it should work. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>It did for me and i'm EXTREMELY happy ! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p>Because i been so frustrated with this thing and fighting this thing for a month .. ughh..</p><p>but now its fixed ;D</p><p></p><p>if this didn't help i probably would of tried changing to a new router.</p><p>I really hope this helped someone too, because i know how frustrating this self assigned ip thing can be.</p><p>Oh and thanks to "colin6272" from <span style="font-size: 9px">http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?p=640247</span> for posting this .. cuz i pretty much reposted this <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>if you got any questions, just ask.. maybe i can help you <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cookiee, post: 1327248, member: 102596"] YES YES YES !!!! i found a fix !!! Haha, so happy finally.. after a good month of fighting with this thing .. trying pretty much EVERY thing i can.. that i found in this and a couple of other forums. Today searching for a fix for this self assigned problem, i stumbled upon this thread ([url=http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?p=640247]Airport problem: self assigned IP address? - Page 7 - The macosxhints Forums[/url]) in there i found a post from "colin6272" a fix that helped me, i changed my router from a WAP password to a WPA one. and it worked. Here is how i did it. I went in to my configuration of the router by typing in the routers numbers in the web browser witch i found in "System preferences>Network>Ethernet>Advanced>TCP/IP " (while connected thru a ethernet cable to the router) in there thare are a couple of things that show up like your IPv4 adress, subnet mask, .. theres a couple of other things but look for "Router:" copy that number .. the "192.xxx.x.x" and paste it in to your browser adress bar, hit enter/return. A page will load up and it will probably ask you for a user name and a password, most likely both are gonna be "admin" unless you changed it to something els .. Now for this part..i cant tell you exactly step by step because you probably have a different router and the config. probably looks a little different, but you have to look around for something like a "wireless tab" or .. somethin' like that and when you do find it, it will show you your MAC address, your SSID, your channel and a couple of other things but look for the section where it says "security" or somethin' like that and change it from WAP to WPA when you change it and apply the changes a password will show, copy that save it somewhere or just remember it cuz you'll need it later. Now, after applying the changes in your router go to "System preferences>Network>Airpot>Advanced>AirPort" in the "preferred Networks" click on the network you just configured and click the edit button change the Security from "WAP Password" to "WPA Personal" enter the password you got before, save, click ok and apply. Now it should work. :) It did for me and i'm EXTREMELY happy ! :D Because i been so frustrated with this thing and fighting this thing for a month .. ughh.. but now its fixed ;D if this didn't help i probably would of tried changing to a new router. I really hope this helped someone too, because i know how frustrating this self assigned ip thing can be. Oh and thanks to "colin6272" from [size=1]http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?p=640247[/size] for posting this .. cuz i pretty much reposted this :) if you got any questions, just ask.. maybe i can help you :) [/QUOTE]
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