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Setting up Access Point in my apartment
Hey everyone, I hope this is an easy question to answer. I am living in an off campus apartment, but internet is provided through the school. Because of this, I don't need a modem, but rather just...
Normally I advise against using a router as an access point - because it's usually more of a hassle than it's worth.
Here are your possible problems.
a) For the MAC not having an internet connection ...
it may not have acquired an ip address - for which the possible reasons are ...
a1) your school only allows one MAC address per ethernet port
a2) you school requires all network devices to be registered
a3) you have the router connected via the WAN port and not the LAN port
b) For your not being able to access the router's web page
b1) the macbook pro may not have an ip address - see above
b2) the macbook pro may have an ip address in a different network range to that of the router.
Did you discuss this with the school's network administrator as I suggested?
Here are your possible problems.
a) For the MAC not having an internet connection ...
it may not have acquired an ip address - for which the possible reasons are ...
a1) your school only allows one MAC address per ethernet port
a2) you school requires all network devices to be registered
a3) you have the router connected via the WAN port and not the LAN port
b) For your not being able to access the router's web page
b1) the macbook pro may not have an ip address - see above
b2) the macbook pro may have an ip address in a different network range to that of the router.
Did you discuss this with the school's network administrator as I suggested?