Setting up WiFi on PB with AirPort Extreme

Ebrahim Mayat ebmayat at mac.com
Wed Aug 30 12:56:52 MDT 2006


On Aug 30, 2006, at 4:12 PM, Bart Reagan wrote:

> Sorry all  I meant look for the letters UG and an IP address under  
> the heading gateway.
>
> bart
>
> "For he who has health has hope; and he who has hope, has  
> everything." -  Owen Arthur
>
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>
> Bart Reagan wrote:
>> Ebrahim,
>>
>>  A couple of things to look at;
>>
>> 1.  Do you have a default GW assigned (typically your router)?  / 
>> sbin/route -n  look for some IP and the letters GW.
>> 2.  Can you ping 192.168.1.1?  If so the network card is working
>> 3.  Then check /etc/resolv.conf for a nameserver entry. It will be  
>> the DNS from you isp and should look like nameserver  
>> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the DNS.
>>
>> good luck
>> bart
>> "The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an  
>> eggs-and-ham breakfast;
>> the chicken was 'involved,' the pig was 'committed.'" -- Unknown
>>
>> Bart Reagan - President
>> Moonrise Ridge Consulting, Inc.
>> DVBE/Small Business Certified
>> http://www.moonriseridge.com
>> 530-676-1734

Bart

Many thanks for your valuable suggestions. In fact, I had sent this e- 
mail about two weeks ago when I resolved the problem by simply  
loading the "airport" module

$ modprobe airport

I accidentally resent this e-mail while I was sorting the messages in  
my Inbox. :-)

Regards.
Ebrahim

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