[BioShock]

I am using an eMac with 10.5.6 OSX.
I usually just put my computer into sleep mode overnight. Well one morning I woke up and it was completely off. When I turned it back on it said it was Wed, December 31, 1969 at 7:41 PM (note this was most definitely around ten in the morning yesturday) I manually reset the date and time so thats not a major worry. I use Airport to connect to the internet wirelessly. I have full bars but when I click on Safari or enternet explorer or whatever, it says I am not connected to the internet.

The things I have tried:
1) restarting my computer
2)turning off and on Airport, tried this probably three times.
3)when I go into System Preferences - Network, there is an "Assist Me" button. I did that and made a new location and what not, but then it is like make sure it is set up to connect to the internet, and when I click continue it says it cannot connect to the internet.
4)When I open Airport Utility it says it can't find an Airport wireless device, and yet
it has full bars of connection so it must know there is something there...right?

pleasepleaseplease help

[iMOTOR]

What router/base station are you using? Where are you getting your internet? (eg. DSL, cable, fiber)

Just because you have bars, doesn’t mean your base station has a network connection.

The Airport Utility App only talks to Apple base stations, so if, for example, you have a linksys router, it’s not going to show up there.

The fact that the time/date got reset is probably unrelated to not having a network connection.

[BioShock]

Belkin54g and my internet comes from cable through Bright House

[BioShock]

Oh and there are 3 other computers using it that have internet connection

[iMOTOR]

Have you tried using the reset button on your cable modem? And if it doesn’t have a reset button; you can just unplug it from power, then plug it back in again.

Try doing the same with the Belkin.

[BioShock]

I did it but my computer still doesn't have internet... my isp, internet, and server fails but my airport is working fine. When I reset it connected back to belkin but the internet still isn't there.

[iMOTOR]

What kind of wireless security are you using?

[BioShock]

WEP 128 hex

[iMOTOR]

Go to Spotlight and type “Network Utility”. Inside Network Utility click the Info tab; what does it say your IP address is?

Try clicking on the Ping tab; type:

192.168.2.1

Does it ping?

[BioShock]

my IP address is 169.254.47.96

and yes it did ping

[iMOTOR]

Alright, go to Safari and type 192.168.2.1 into the address bar, you should probably do this on one of the other computers.

I’m not really familiar with Belkin routers but; it will probably ask you for a username and a password, if you have never set a password for the router before, then try either; leaving the fields blank, typing admin into one or both fields, or typing default into one or both fields. Once you get in, there should be a Status page somewhere.

Did you set this router up, or did someone else?

[BioShock]

Do I have to go through Safari on a dif computer or can I use internet explorer (even if I want my main on my mac to be Safari)? because I have to download safari onto the other computers if I want to go through Safari. And also, it just opened up the web page it didn't ask me for a pass.

[iMOTOR]

I guess I assumed your other computers were Macs also. So, no it doesn’t have to be Safari.

[seanc]

You're not getting an IP address, perhaps you had a static IP assigned before?