Help! Stuck in an Apple user's house!

[tyred]

Stuck in a house? Try some dynamite behind the door

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I'd just **** off down the pub.

 

[jefmcg]

There isn't one. The sharing tab on the iMac suggests that it is sharing the connection from the Wi-Fi network, but the tick-box options underneath indicate that it will share to computers using ethernet, firewire or bluetooth, but there's no Wi-fi option. If I'm currently attempting to connect via the iMac, can I bypass it and connect directly to the router?

You can't share a wifi connection via wifi, so that's not going to work.

so you are back to the router, and sorting out what's keeping you out.

Sorry

 

[theclaud]

How's the AirPort connected to the router. If it's by cable, disconnect it's useless arse and use the cable. In fact, disconnect it's useless arse anyway. Also try deleting your network connection in windows and getting it to search for another one once you've disconnected the useless AirPort.

This piece of advice appealed to me, but it didn't work. Same problem, except by cable instead of wireless. However, bypassing the Airport thingy didn't seem to make any difference to the connection itself (WTF is it supposed to be for, BTW?), so it's back to your earlier advice and @jefmcg's about the router and this permitted MAC address thingy. How would I go about getting the router to say yes to my little laptop?

 

[Piemaster]

I'd just **** off down the pub.

...and use their wifi. Lots of pubs have it.

2 birds, one stone.

 

[theclaud]

You can't share a wifi connection via wifi, so that's not going to work.

so you are back to the router, and sorting out what's keeping you out.

Sorry

Fairy nuff, and thanks for suggestions thus far!

 

[Tim Hall]

Look in their rammel drawer for an ethernet cable. Definition of rammel drawer can be found here:
(Contains rood words. And ukuleles.)

 

[Crackle]

This piece of advice appealed to me, but it didn't work. Same problem, except by cable instead of wireless. However, bypassing the Airport thingy didn't seem to make any difference to the connection itself (WTF is it supposed to be for, BTW?), so it's back to your earlier advice and @jefmcg's about the router and this permitted MAC address thingy. How would I go about getting the router to say yes to my little laptop?

Really. Hmm, normally you only need to enter the mac address for wifi. If you're connected by cable you don't. Routers may vary but I'm suspecting your laptop. Make sure your wifi, on the laptop, is switched off or disabled.

Go to the start button in windows and type 'cmd' in the search box then hit return. A black box should appear. Type ipconfig /release

when it's finished scrolling, type ipconfig /renew

Then try again.

 

[MacB]

Really. Hmm, normally you only need to enter the mac address for wifi. If you're connected by cable you don't. Routers may vary but I'm suspecting your laptop. Make sure you're wifi, on the laptop, is switched off or disabled.

Go to the start button in windows and type 'cmd' then hit return. A black box should appear. Type ipconfig /release

when it's finished scrolling, type ipconfig /renew

Then try again.

All done? good, now Crax owns you laptop and possibly your soul

 

[Crackle]

All done? good, now Crax owns you laptop and possibly your soul

I don't want the laptop, it doesn't work.

 

[rich p]

Funnily enough, I've been out going to the airport (Gatwick, as it happens), so I'm coming in late to this thread.

I'd just like to say that this is making my hob extractor thread look fascinating

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I'd just like to say that this is making my hob extractor thread look fascinating

Tc wins the biggest middle-class drama award though.

 

[Davidc]

This is what you get for having a crappy windows laptop

No, it's what you get for going near Crapple rubbish. Guaranteed to always be incompatible with the rest of the world.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Star Belly Sneetches!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

The airport allows any apple device to connect to its wifi. To connect a windows PC to an airport you need some software on the windows PC. Airport utility for Windows or some such.

The virgin router sounds like it is locked down.