Airport extreme trouble, can you help me out?

[AlCzervik]

802.11 looks like a pod.

anyhow, i can connect to the internet on the imac but on my laptop i cannot, i have 4 bars on macbook and i can see the airport but i cannot connect to the internet. Please and thank you.

[NoQuarter]

1. Did you set up a LAN?

Your laptop does not necessarily join the network.

Either set up the 'puter to join automatically via the Network Pane in System Preferences

-OR-

from the Airport drop-down in the menu bar, select the network you want to hook up with.

[AlCzervik]

2. now the airport isn't working at all, it might be fried.

might be time for a new one.

[Pierre.Suave]

3. Did you try resetting it?

I have not looked at the older "spaceship" versions of the airport extreme base station in a while, but I am sure it has a reset button somewhere.

After pressing it, you will need to re-enter airport utility and reset it to the way you like it, passwords, etc...

[AlCzervik]

4. i did, i've tried it all. Anyhow i ichatted my husband and asked him to bring us home

a new one. this pod thing is kind of odd shaped for the desk anyhow but it's worked just fine for almost 4 years. Rip in little airport pod, gonna put you right next to the old school hair dryer shaped imac in the closet of dead technology.

[Pierre.Suave]

5. LOL

good, the new ones are mega awesome, especially if all of your macs and wireless devices are 802.11N capable.