Hello,
The bottom line is that, although my Apple Intel iMac Dual Core has been working fine for months with its ability to connect to the Internet, it has suddenly stopped getting a DHCP IP address.
Although, while booting up in Windows XP, via Bootcamp, AND booting up in Windows XP via Parallels Desktop, I CAN connect to the Internet. My iMac is hardwired via Ethernet Cable. I am not connecting wirelessly.
Here is my network configuration:
Comcast Cable Modem plugs into my Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router
Apple iMac plugs into router
My other Windows PC connect either hardwired or wirelessly into router
The only time I am able to connect to iMac to the Internet (on the Mac side, not Bootcamp or Parallels Desktop) is to plug the iMac directly into the Cable Modem, thus bypassing the router.
If I go the System Preferences, Network, Location-Automatic, Built-In Ethernet, I am only able to generate (DHCP Release) a static IP address along the lines of 164.254.some number.some number
Apples upper level of support, Linksys tech support, and Comcast Internet Service Provider, have not been able to help. A consensus of sorts points to some hardware, or malfunction with the iMac.
Does anyone have any ideas? This is very frustrating and disappointing.
Thank you,
Tony
The bottom line is that, although my Apple Intel iMac Dual Core has been working fine for months with its ability to connect to the Internet, it has suddenly stopped getting a DHCP IP address.
Although, while booting up in Windows XP, via Bootcamp, AND booting up in Windows XP via Parallels Desktop, I CAN connect to the Internet. My iMac is hardwired via Ethernet Cable. I am not connecting wirelessly.
Here is my network configuration:
Comcast Cable Modem plugs into my Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router
Apple iMac plugs into router
My other Windows PC connect either hardwired or wirelessly into router
The only time I am able to connect to iMac to the Internet (on the Mac side, not Bootcamp or Parallels Desktop) is to plug the iMac directly into the Cable Modem, thus bypassing the router.
If I go the System Preferences, Network, Location-Automatic, Built-In Ethernet, I am only able to generate (DHCP Release) a static IP address along the lines of 164.254.some number.some number
Apples upper level of support, Linksys tech support, and Comcast Internet Service Provider, have not been able to help. A consensus of sorts points to some hardware, or malfunction with the iMac.
Does anyone have any ideas? This is very frustrating and disappointing.
Thank you,
Tony