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MacBook Pro 13 mid 2009 wifi hardware not detected
The question is as the title says. I just installed my optical drive back into it's place, and a few cables got loose (namely the audio and "display" cables). I plugged them back in and switched on ...
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One laptop. Two different OS. Only Mac sees wifi router. Windows 10 cannot. Same (functional) hardware
Macbook Air with Mac OSX v10.11.5 & Bootcamp running Windows 10. I primarily boot to Windows. For some reason, a new wifi network I'm trying to connect to isn't showing up within Windows. If I ...
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can Mac Airport wifi be used for only certain devices I choose? HOW?
I have an aiport time capsule and I want to only allow my devices to "see" and use the wifi it puts out. The catch is I don't want other devices to even know my wifi is there. I'm at work and they don'...
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Bridging Ethernet & Wireless on Mac (Mac Mini) (or alternative solutions)
I made sure to search online a boatload, but no results really were as specific as I needed.
First, here's my home network:
(Yes, it looks like a child made it.)
(The '192.168.0.x's mean that the ...
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Weird Wifi Issue on Mac - some websites don't work if typed into address bar, but can be accessed otherwise
I have a really peculiar issue that I've been having at my parents' home wi-fi. At my house, all websites work without issue. However, on only my computer, if I type in google.com, I get "No data ...
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Cannot access with IP from other devices, localhost server on MAC
I have set the default localhost server to run on my MAC with apache with the default settings. I can access the local server using localhost and the IP from the server it self but cannot access from ...
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WiFi Hotspot on Mac or Windows
I am trying to set up WiFi hotspot using my MacBook pro laptop. I have both Mac OS and Windows 7 installed.
The problem is that my network provider (eduroam, university network) does not allow users ...
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Any way to specify which Internet connection to use on a Mac?
I am currently connected to both an Ethernet and Wi-Fi connection (different networks.) Is there a way I can tell my web browser to use one connection and another web browser to use the other?
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Dynamically discover new IP address of device upon new network
I carry my phone and laptop with me everywhere, and I have many software solutions that communicate through Wi-Fi. (For example, I can play/stop/pause the music on my laptop using my cell phone).
I'...
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New MacBook Pro can't connect to Internet
As the tile says I recently got a new Mac. It is the latest gen retina display with a dual core i5 and 8 GB or RAM. It has the latest "ac/b/g/n" WiFi adapter but it is connecting to an "n" network. ...
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I can only connect to local network computers through IP address, not network name
Randomly, my Windows PC (Windows 7, 32-bit) stopped talking to my Macbook Pro (Mac OSX, version 10.7.5, 64-bit). I can connect using the IP address from my Windows PC to my Mac by going to Start, Run, ...
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access other mac's time machine drive and backup macbook with wireless adhoc
I have 1 iMac with external time machine drive and 1 macbook air.
My iMac's external time machine drive is active and I know 1 disk can be use for multiple mac's backup.
I want to backup my macbook ...
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linksys WAG120n DSL router MAC filtering
i know very well what MAC address denotes to, what it is used for. i also know how to learn the MAC address of each PC connected to the router by checking them out on each computer. However, if its ...
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Using an AirPort Express to extend an AirPort Extreme's signal in 2.4 GHz from 5 GHz
I have an older AirPort Extreme and a new AirPort Express. Now because the 2.4 GHz bandwidth is very crowded I want to switch the signal towards 5 GHz. However I have a number of devices that only ...
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Airport Extreme broadcast from laptop?
I have an Airport Extreme and a Macbook Pro. I want to connect the Airport to the Macbook and provide wifi service to an area. I want devices that connect to the Airport to be able to connect to the ...
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