Sorry but I left out the important bit. Having read that it speeds up the system, I switched off the router, on Tuesday night; normally it stays on full time. Apparently the Mac connected OK, last night. Hope it isn't a one off!
Gerry Winskill On 12/01/2011 22:36, Fossil wrote:
That will explain why her PC is hunting for other networks - it is doing a wireless sweep to see what it can find. I don't know much about Netgear but is it happy when you try a wireless connection with the two PC's also running on Ethernet? I know I had to fiddle with my router settings to get Jen on Wireless at the same time as I had the PC and laptop on Ethernet. bones bones@xxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerry Winskill Sent: 12 January 2011 12:14 To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jhb] Re: IT Guru There? Wireless. Sorry, forgot to add that. Gerry Winskill On 12/01/2011 11:52, Fossil wrote:Is the Mac connecting via Ethernet or Wireless? bones bones@xxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerry Winskill Sent: 12 January 2011 11:19 To: JHB Restricted Subject: [jhb] IT Guru There? This machine and my FSX machine are wire plugged into my Netgear router. My laptop can also automatically access the internet, via the router, from anywhere in the house. One of my daughters is with us at present. Her laptop is an Apple Mac. When the two machines in here are running, her Mac has difficulty in accessing the network. The first difference is that she has to select from other networks in the area, whilst my laptop doesn't. When my two desktops are running she can't join, when she selects my network. When in NZ, her friend's husband, who works for HP, found that if he was on a network and my daughter hooked into the same one, then he was thrown off. All of which seems to point to her Mac and exonerate my network. Beyond that I haven't a clue. Others might? Gerry Winskill
