<OT> iMac question

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 08:58 -0700, Bill Campbell wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 01, 2008, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> >
> >IIRC, some folk on this list are using iMacs. I now have one - and a
> >wireless issue. Anyone out there know anything in this area?
> 
> Could you be a bit more specific?

I have a wireless access point that is working fine for other computers
at home (both Linux and XP boxes). When I try to connect to the access
point from the iMac, it claims that I need a password. I use MAC address
to limit access to the access point. There is no password. My choice :)
All other systems I have get this correct. Not the iMac. There is
another access point in the area that is oddly fully open. I can connect
to that from the iMac without a password. So I know the iMac can, should
it choose to do so, well, do so. So why is it confused about my access
point? I even tried turning off ALL access control in the access point
(meaning any MAC address can connect to it) just to see if the iMac was
happier. Nope.

I am also convinced that the iMac is somewhat less than robust at
maintaining wireless connections. When it shows the list of available
networks, the items in the list pop in and out at great speed. I have
never seen this in lists on my other boxes.

I am running the latest Leopard, with whatever updates are currently
available. The computer is only a few days old. 

The wired lan works fine.

> BTW:  I have been thinking that a list like this would be very
> useful for OS X issues as well as I have not found anything but
> lists addressing highly specific topics.

I like the BSD underneath. I feel sort of at home. But Apple being
Apple, not all is as expected. But it is enough to feel competent.

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Roger Oberholtzer

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