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| Subject | Date Asked |
| Backing up 2 MacBook Pros Wirelessly | 1/18/2012 |
| Q: My wife and I both have a MacBook Pro. We also have a Netgear wireless router with USB and a 1TB ... A: Yes you can with one, should be able to map the external to one laptop and use to backup the second. ... | |
| VMWare and Windows | 1/12/2012 |
| Q: I have a MacBook Pro which is running Windows XP via VMWare Fusion 3.1. In the past, I was able to ... A: That is exactly why. Even though you use basically a tunneling pseudo adapter the server still sees ... | |
| get ip address with mac address | 1/11/2012 |
| Q: Can i get destination ip address by using destination mac address ? if yes please explain how ? if ... A: are you attempting to gain an ip address based off a mac address? A MAC address represents the ... | |
| Airport Exreme Routers | 1/11/2012 |
| Q: I use two Airport Extremes for my school's wireless network. (Model #A1034) The main is connected by ... A: I have noticed issued like this coming out of the woodwork many times without a reliable answer as ... | |
| WPA Key | 9/14/2011 |
| Q: I just bought a ipod touch and tried to connect to my wireless network but it's password protected. ... A: well you need to be able to log into the router itself through a web browser to find out what the ... | |
| WPA Key | 9/9/2011 |
| Q: I just bought a ipod touch and tried to connect to my wireless network but it's password protected. ... A: Do you not remember setting it up? What type of wireless access point/router do you have? if you ... | |
| Help with ethernet adapter with MacBook Air | 8/29/2011 |
| Q: I just bought an ethernet adapter from eBay for my MacBook Air 2010 which of course doesn't have an ... A: Well, the first thing to do is go to the adapter company website and make sure that Lion is ... | |
| firewire networking | 8/27/2011 |
| Q: I have a G5 PPC Mac running Tiger 10.4.11 and a MacMini Intel Core Duo 2 running Leopard 10.6.4 with ... A: ugg...sorry for the delay as I am not receiving these emails until it alerts me that "allexperts ... | |
| Lion OS MAC & ALFA wireless network adapter | 7/27/2011 |
| Q: I downloaded MAC's new operating system, LION yesterday and the ALFA wireless network adapter will ... A: sadly upon looking on their website they do not yet have drivers available. ... | |
| LION & Alfa network adapter | 7/27/2011 |
| Q: I just downloaded LION and now it doesn't recognize the device. ALFA does not have phone support and ... A: sadly upon looking on their website they do not yet have drivers available. ... | |
| connecting 3 macs | 6/14/2011 |
| Q: I have 3 macs, 2 w/Leopard, 1/Snow Leopard. They are all connected to the same internet provider ... A: To be honest the cheapest, most non technical, and just plain best way to exchange files without ... | |
| connecting 3 macs | 6/14/2011 |
| Q: I have 3 macs, 2 w/Leopard, 1/Snow Leopard. They are all connected to the same internet provider ... A: sorry for the delay...the site isn't emailing me when I have questions. The easiest thing for you to ... | |
| connecting 3 macs | 6/13/2011 |
| Q: I have 3 macs, 2 w/Leopard, 1/Snow Leopard. They are all connected to the same internet provider ... A: Ok. A little more info is needed. First so the two computers at the same location...are they ... | |
| Network Drive disappears | 5/12/2011 |
| Q: I have a Mac desktop and a Mac laptop that were bought within the last 6 months. I tried to set ... A: well it appears the share disappears because of a timeout...the only way to fix this is to add the ... | |
| Network Drive disappears | 5/12/2011 |
| Q: I have a Mac desktop and a Mac laptop that were bought within the last 6 months. I tried to set ... A: well you could write an applescript that reconnects the drives, but to be honest, I would do exactly ... | |
| macbook to wireless printer | 11/3/2010 |
| Q: Trying to send print job from my intel macbook (10.5.8) to a new wireless printer. Printer shows up ... A: Really...something is obviously not right...I wish I had that printer to better help you out, but at ... | |
| MacBookPro slow wireless with Netgear 834 | 8/8/2010 |
| Q: My Macbook Pro gets download speeds around 2-3 mbs on wireless. It, and another Mac, a G4 ... A: sorry for the delay...without blackberry for awhile...either way the problem with the firmware is ... | |
| network bridge issue! | 6/15/2010 |
| Q: i bridge my wireless network connection and my local area connection but decided to delete the ... A: Firstly...try to plug your xbox straight into the modem and make sure you can get on the internet. ... | |
| network bridge issue! | 6/9/2010 |
| Q: i bridge my wireless network connection and my local area connection but decided to delete the ... A: sorry it has taken so long to reply, my email client started putting these emails in the spam folder ... | |
| Safari doesn't recognize wifi signal? | 5/31/2010 |
| Q: I have a Silver Door G4 running OSX 10.4.11. A reoccurring problem I have is that Safari or Firefox ... A: A browser shouldn't just drop a connection. I am going to say it is your wireless card going out. I ... | |
| Linking printers between 2 rooms | 5/19/2010 |
| Q: We have two desktop Macs on one desk and share a laser printer and an inkjet printer via usb ... A: I would say your best solution is to add a print server, which is ran through a LAN and connects via ... | |
| Remote access mac to mac | 4/27/2010 |
| Q: Toby. I have a Mac at home and a Mac at work. Can I connect to my Mac at work and access files, ... A: Just wanted to let you know a new article: ... | |
| Mac and PC Sharing via Belkin N+ Router | 1/22/2010 |
| Q: this question is virtually the same as the one asked of Toby on 2/27/2009. I did not see a ... A: Need to make sure network discovery is on the windows pc's. If that don't work, then there is a ... | |
| Mac and PC Sharing via Belkin N+ Router | 1/16/2010 |
| Q: this question is virtually the same as the one asked of Toby on 2/27/2009. I did not see a ... A: Sorry for the delay...didn't get the email for the question, unless I missed something. Obviously it ... | |
| apple and pc sharing one internet connection | 12/31/2009 |
| Q: I have an Apple Macbook, hooked up to a recommended D-link modem( one ethernet port) and an Air Port ... A: sorry about the delay, was on vacation and forget to change my status...either way, I would say to ... | |
| Wirelessly share USB printer mac OS 9.2 | 12/2/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to share a Phaser 3500 printer connected to an old Indigo G3 Imac running Mac OS 9.2 ... A: sorry for the delay...yeah, the older systems (ie 8,9) required appleshare software to get any sort ... | |
| MacBook Pro Printing via router | 10/8/2009 |
| Q: Toby, I'm a new Mac user and finding it all a bit confusing. I have a new MacBook Pro running Snow ... A: I don't want to reinvent the wheel, so I will lead you to this site: ... | |
| Can't connect to Windows Share - Please Help | 10/5/2009 |
| Q: I'm not able to connect to a windows share on a Windows 2003 server with my AD username and ... A: Sorry it took so long to respond I never received an email, I saw it when I had another question to ... | |
| mac + pc + netgear + printer | 9/30/2009 |
| Q: I have been looking around at different help forums, but the answers seem a little complicated for ... A: Sorry for the delay, been very busy. The computers are already networked. You can turn on Windows ... | |
| mac + pc + netgear + printer | 9/29/2009 |
| Q: I have been looking around at different help forums, but the answers seem a little complicated for ... A: You should be able to network all three. Did you say the mac desktop has wireless? Either way you ... | |
| WG111v2 and airport express | 9/12/2009 |
| Q: I have a dual 1ghz G4 that has a shot airport card antenna, so i went and purchased the netgear ... A: Firstly sorry about the delay. I never received an email until this morning telling me I had a ... | |
| Connection Problems | 7/31/2009 |
| Q: "Safari cannot connect because the server is not responding." I can connect to some websites, but ... A: Sorry for the delay first and foremost. Make sure your firewall is not blocking certain sites. The ... | |
| Safari and Firefox cant connect certain web sites | 7/26/2009 |
| Q: Here is the info about my macbook pro: Safari Version 4.0.2 (5530.19) Mac OS X 10.5.7 2.33 GHz Intel ... A: First I sincerely apoligize for the delay. Had no network access. It is obviously a proxy or ... | |
| Internet Connection | 6/22/2009 |
| Q: I'm not sure if the problem I am having is the kind of issue that you are interested in looking into ... A: You can set up a Mac pretty much like a PC. To bridge a modem and router is basically to ... | |
| Internet Connection | 6/22/2009 |
| Q: I'm not sure if the problem I am having is the kind of issue that you are interested in looking into ... A: OK...well, was the router reset? It is probably bridged between the router/modem. Is the cable from ... | |
| Mac networking an Ethernet printer | 6/5/2009 |
| Q: I have a cable modem, ethernet-ready printer, and PowerMac running OSX Tiger. I need to share the ... A: I personally don't see the advantage of using the WAN port. To connect it to another router you must ... | |
| Mac networking an Ethernet printer | 6/4/2009 |
| Q: I have a cable modem, ethernet-ready printer, and PowerMac running OSX Tiger. I need to share the ... A: When you connect anything to the WAN port it has to be configured. I would recommend plugging all ... | |
| not saving preferred network | 6/4/2009 |
| Q: I have a new IMac and a Time Machine/wireless router. Recently, my brother wanted to connect his ... A: Well it looks like other people have had this problem, and there is no certain explanation. Try ... | |
| not saving preferred network | 6/3/2009 |
| Q: I have a new IMac and a Time Machine/wireless router. Recently, my brother wanted to connect his ... A: ok, I am going to point you to a tutorial for airport networks...the same is true for other wireless ... | |
| what are some of the pros and cons for application support | 5/6/2009 |
| Q: What are some of the pros and cons for the application support for mac osx vs. Linux and vista A: It appears that all have pros and cons. It is really dependent on what you are looking for in an ... | |
| Printer Sharing with Vista | 5/3/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to network my printer that is connected to my PC running Vista with my Mac running OS X ... A: It is actually easier to share the printer from the mac using IPP(internet printing protocol) and ... | |
| Mac Networking | 5/1/2009 |
| Q: Have an iBook G4 (10.4.11) connected wirelessly to our Access Point which is working splendidly. ... A: Well it appears DHCP, etc are working correctly, but obviously there is a connection issue. It ... | |
| Airport Express | 3/17/2009 |
| Q: The system would not let me ask another follow up, it said ask a new question. Would you please be ... A: Just any wireless settings...networking. Make sure that everything looks normal under the networking ... | |
| Airport express | 3/17/2009 |
| Q: Today I lost communication with my Airport express on my iMac (OS 10.5.6). I upgraded to Airport ... A: The best route is to take the imac to another wireless access point(don't have to be airport). If it ... | |
| Airport express | 3/17/2009 |
| Q: Today I lost communication with my Airport express on my iMac (OS 10.5.6). I upgraded to Airport ... A: It is of course dependent on the exact solution you are looking for. To be perfectly honest, anytime ... | |
| wired ethernet connection between two Macs | 2/27/2009 |
| Q: I would like to set up both my Macs to the one cable modem. Currently, there's a wireless router ... A: Should be easy as that. As long as DHCP is running on the router and you have access to it, there ... | |
| Mac and PC filesharing problem | 2/27/2009 |
| Q: I had my home wireless network set up with a linksys g router and I was sharing internet and files ... A: Could you send me the config file settings from your pc and mac...go to start menu on windows, run, ... | |
| No connection to router | 2/24/2009 |
| Q: I have 2 Macs, a powerbook 2.4 GHz 4gbRAM OSX 10.5.6, and an older imac 1.25 GHz 1gbRAM OSX ... A: ok...thanks. I would say double check network config on airport card. Compare to powerbook. If ... | |
| No connection to router | 2/24/2009 |
| Q: I have 2 Macs, a powerbook 2.4 GHz 4gbRAM OSX 10.5.6, and an older imac 1.25 GHz 1gbRAM OSX ... A: By all my experience, it sounds hardware related, but not connecting through ethernet throws that ... | |
| Mac and PC filesharing problem | 2/24/2009 |
| Q: I had my home wireless network set up with a linksys g router and I was sharing internet and files ... A: I have never used a Belkin N router, so I don't know how extensively configured it can be, however, ... | |
| Mac & PC sharing Internet Access | 2/15/2009 |
| Q: Our old set Up: Girlfriend's Desktop Windows XP computer - having Westell Bellsouth modem and ... A: OK...the way I have my connection setup is this: Westell DSL to AT&T wireless router. I have the ... | |
| MacBook on the road | 2/14/2009 |
| Q: When I take my new (for me) MacBook on vacation and find a WIFI spot I assume,I can connect to the ... A: Looks like you may be limited, but some places have hard wired internet access so I myself always ... | |
| TDK DED+440 CD/DVD burner connected to iMac G3 | 2/13/2009 |
| Q: I have a TDK DED+440 CD/DVD burner connected to an iMac G3. The DED+440 has audio outputs on the ... A: It is not uncommon for those to not work. I would get on the manufacturers website and check ... | |
| Internet installation on a company laptop | 1/12/2009 |
| Q: I have a company laptop and want to be able to install the internet on this laptop so I can work ... A: do you use wired or wireless...static or DHCP...I am assuming you are on a domain, because if not, ... | |
| follow up ? re:setting up PC laptop to work with MacMini | 1/9/2009 |
| Q: I have a MacMini (which I understand has what is essentially an internal router already set up) ... A: close everything except SMB protocol(samba)...sorry had a server go down at a major FORD dealership, ... | |
| setting up PC laptop to work with MacMini | 1/7/2009 |
| Q: I have a MacMini (which I understand has what is essentially an internal router already set up) ... A: Sorry for the delay, in transition of new operating systems on laptop. Can you give me your network ... | |
| lost file sharing | 1/4/2009 |
| Q: I have an iMac [OS 10.5] and a G4 Powerbook. I used to be able to hook them up via "connect to ... A: Well, that sounds very strange...I would make sure that the router didn't somehow change some ... | |
| Using WG111v2 for a Mac G4 Wireless Solution | 12/29/2008 |
| Q: Just thought you may be able to assist me with a problem I've been having with the Netgear WG111v2 ... A: I would un-install the software/drivers...and see if you can only use the builtin software, if ... | |
| DSL & Mac | 12/28/2008 |
| Q: I currently have my pc hardwired for DSL and have a d-link router for my mac. My Mac is new. They ... A: by hardwired do you mean USB...Either way a DSL router is the same on MAC/PC...its all about the ... | |
| networking | 12/12/2008 |
| Q: My question is whether or not I can link an Macintosh G3 Lombard laptop to my iMac G5 in order to ... A: You should have wireless in both machines, and it is backward compatible. You can create an Ad-Hoc ... | |
| mac pc networking | 12/11/2008 |
| Q: This is in continuation with our continuing talk about the mac pc netowrking. You said i could ... A: In my experience I don't believe you can have both connections enabled at the same time. The only ... | |
| MAC/OC netwroking with two broadband connections | 12/10/2008 |
| Q: Kindly check the attached image. I am looking at being able to create such network at my office. Is ... A: You can set up the broadband modems directly to the network without any issues, and can choose which ... | |
| MAC/OC netwroking with two broadband connections | 12/10/2008 |
| Q: Kindly check the attached image. I am looking at being able to create such network at my office. Is ... A: You wont need to make the actual connections static, but a router in front of each. If you had Linux ... | |
| MAC/OC netwroking with two broadband connections | 12/10/2008 |
| Q: Kindly check the attached image. I am looking at being able to create such network at my office. Is ... A: Yes, you can do this by having 2 networking cards in the mac, and changing the ip's of the gateways. ... | |
| Airport constantly scanning | 12/3/2008 |
| Q: hope I can explain this problem properly! I am running an Intel Macbook on Leopard 10.5.5. Recently ... A: As to my experience, it sounds like it may either be an actual hardware issue or there are corrupted ... | |
| connecting to imac | 11/30/2008 |
| Q: I'm trying to connect a linksys wrt54gs router to my imac using a comcast cable connection. I'm ... A: I am not sure what step that is? I never use an installation CD with routers. I always just manually ... | |
| Network without password | 11/19/2008 |
| Q: My objective: To use G3 iBook as monitor to access G3 desktop computer. Have networked both using ... A: To be honest, in all my years as a sys/net admin I've never networked over firewire. I will however ... | |
| Ibook g4 | 10/31/2008 |
| Q: I recently bought a new router and installed it all the pc's and laptops that are ms xp home found ... A: Sorry about the delay. You can pretty much change the settings on either router using ... | |
| Networking 2 Imacs & a pc with Verizon Wireless | 10/24/2008 |
| Q: We have two fairly new IMacs with Leopard OS and a PC Laptop. We're moving to the wilds of Alabama ... A: I'm going to give you a link to set up ICS(internet connection sharing from XP) and it is pretty ... | |
| Weird problem | 10/8/2008 |
| Q: I am running windows vista on my new Mac Intel core 2 Duo. I did this to play a game. It uses ... A: After some personal experiences I wouldn't recommend either option due to corruption of the ... | |
| Weird problem | 10/8/2008 |
| Q: I am running windows vista on my new Mac Intel core 2 Duo. I did this to play a game. It uses ... A: You should be able to remove the driver by booting off the windows CD and going to the recovery ... | |
| Mac to PC | 9/23/2008 |
| Q: I have a Mac Book and a PC (Vista) that are connected to my Belkin Wiress N network. My wife wants ... A: Yes you can. It's called VNC and fairly easy to do. I will just throw you some links to help you ... | |
| How to use a usb wireless adapter in a mac g4 laptop | 9/6/2008 |
| Q: I just bought a Wg111v2 netgear wireless adapter. It is a refurbished piece, and came with a website ... A: It appears that the Netgear WG111v2 actually has the Realtek RTL8187 chipset. The Mac drivers can be ... | |
| Which wireless router works best with Mac Mini (10.3 OS) | 9/5/2008 |
| Q: We tried Belkin Mimo-Plus and it died when my dad re-connected the router after a crash. He has no ... A: Yeah, the admin page is where you enter the IP. Well, I guess the Belkin tech should know what he is ... | |
| Which wireless router works best with Mac Mini (10.3 OS) | 9/5/2008 |
| Q: We tried Belkin Mimo-Plus and it died when my dad re-connected the router after a crash. He has no ... A: Have you tried to access the administrative options through a web browser? If you are for sure it ... | |
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Was a MacOS sys/network Admin for about 5(5 Mac, 7 Windows) years...gears more towards linux and windows at this point, but I am confident I can help in various areas of Mac/Apple networking from localtalk to the newest standards. Deal with more enterprise integration of Macs on PC networks/domains. Can help with iPhone settings in any area(hopefully!)
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