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<blockquote data-quote="skays" data-source="post: 1879369" data-attributes="member: 137863">Both ports of the Netgear AP...2 and 3...have always shown green.&nbsp; What is confusing to me is what is displayed within System Preferences&gt;Network:-&nbsp; Ethernet 2 (ethernet connection to the AP), displays an &quot;Orange&quot; dot and&nbsp; &quot;Self-Assigned IP&quot;&nbsp; How does an 'orange' dot differ from a 'red' dot?-&nbsp; Status:&nbsp; &quot;Connected.&nbsp; Ethernet 2&nbsp; has a self-assigned IP address and will not be able to connect to the internet&quot;If my system &quot;...will not be able to connect to the internet...&quot;, wouldn't there be a &quot;Red&quot; dot next to Ethernet 2 and rather than &quot;Orange&quot;? And would not the 'Status' show &quot;Not Connected&quot; rather than &quot;Connected&quot;?Also spoke with American Express.&nbsp; They will provide warranty support for 1 year beyond the 3-year Apple warranty I purchased.&nbsp; ??I also found out there is a new store in my area (Florida Pan Handle)...Simply Mac...that provides authorized Apple service and support.&nbsp; Spoke with them and they said to bring my computer down and they will run diagnostics.&nbsp; A lot better than driving over 3 to 4 hours to an Apple store in Birmingham, AL.And one person suggested that if all else fails and my Netgear Access Point system is working, just unplug the ethernet cable from my iMac and connect to the AP system via Wifi.&nbsp; Very frustrating.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="skays, post: 1879369, member: 137863"] Both ports of the Netgear AP...2 and 3...have always shown green. What is confusing to me is what is displayed within System Preferences>Network: - Ethernet 2 (ethernet connection to the AP), displays an "Orange" dot and "Self-Assigned IP" How does an 'orange' dot differ from a 'red' dot? - Status: "[B]Connected[/B]. Ethernet 2 has a self-assigned IP address and will not be able to connect to the internet" If my system "...will not be able to connect to the internet...", wouldn't there be a "Red" dot next to Ethernet 2 and rather than "Orange"? And would not the 'Status' show "[B]Not Connected[/B]" rather than "[B]Connected[/B]"? Also spoke with American Express. They will provide warranty support for 1 year beyond the 3-year Apple warranty I purchased. ?? I also found out there is a new store in my area (Florida Pan Handle)...Simply Mac...that provides authorized Apple service and support. Spoke with them and they said to bring my computer down and they will run diagnostics. A lot better than driving over 3 to 4 hours to an Apple store in Birmingham, AL. And one person suggested that if all else fails and my Netgear Access Point system is working, just unplug the ethernet cable from my iMac and connect to the AP system via Wifi. Very frustrating. [/QUOTE]

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