Hi Folks,
I've recently switched to Mac, and am having a hard time.
At one of the locations I find myself from time to time, I use a free HotSpot for access to the internet. It's far enough away that my internal WiFi antannae couldn't pick it up on my PC based laptop, so I bought a stronger, USB external antannae that did pick it up.
Now that I have the MacBook, I'm having the same issue, where the AirCard doesn't pick up the network, but the USB Antannae (though, my Macbook finds it through the USB and calls it Ethernet), I do find the network.
The software that came with the antannae is installed on my machine (RealTek), and through it's utility, I can see that I'm connected and have good signal. But, for some reason, I can't set up the Network Utility to actually connect to the internet. I've everything set on Autodetect, and where possible, I've even manually copied the settings that worked on my PC based machine.
Anyone have troubles like this that have made it through the learning curve?
Your help would be appreciated.
I've recently switched to Mac, and am having a hard time.
At one of the locations I find myself from time to time, I use a free HotSpot for access to the internet. It's far enough away that my internal WiFi antannae couldn't pick it up on my PC based laptop, so I bought a stronger, USB external antannae that did pick it up.
Now that I have the MacBook, I'm having the same issue, where the AirCard doesn't pick up the network, but the USB Antannae (though, my Macbook finds it through the USB and calls it Ethernet), I do find the network.
The software that came with the antannae is installed on my machine (RealTek), and through it's utility, I can see that I'm connected and have good signal. But, for some reason, I can't set up the Network Utility to actually connect to the internet. I've everything set on Autodetect, and where possible, I've even manually copied the settings that worked on my PC based machine.
Anyone have troubles like this that have made it through the learning curve?
Your help would be appreciated.