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I AM TRYING TO CONNECT MY MAC COMPUTER TO THE LINKSYS ROUTER WIFI BUT ITS NOT HOOKING UP
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- Try to restart your Mac computer and the Linksys router
- make sure, on your other devices wifi is working fine from the Linksys router. If yes then on your Mac computer, go to the network settings
- Click on the Wifi adapter.
- On the bottom, you will see a + /- symbol.
- Just click on ( – ) symbol and remove the adapter.
- Restart your Mac.
- Go to network preference.
- Â Click on ( + ) symbol and select wifi from the list and create the adapter.
- Try connecting again it will connect to your mac.
TO SET UP YOUR LINKSYS E1200 ROUTER YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
1. PLUG IN YOUR ROUTER TO A WALL SOCKET.
2. CONNECT AN ETHERNET CABLE FROM YOUR MODEM TO INTERNET PORT OF YOUR ROUTER.
3. CONNECT ANOTHER ETHERNET CABLE FROM PORT NO-4 OF YOUR ROUTER TO YOUR COMPUTER.
4. OPEN RUN WINDOW AND TYPE CMD FOR ACCESSING LINKSYS ROUTER WRT54G V8.2.
5. THEN ON CMD WINDOW TYPE IPCONFIG IT WILL SHOW YOU NETWORK STATISTICS.
6. THEN OPEN A BROWSER AND TYPE DEFAULT GATEWAY IN ADDRESS BAR HIT ENTERS.
7. WHEN YOU WILL HIT ENTER KEY THERE WILL BE A PROMPT ASKING USERNAME AND PASSWORD.
8. DEFAULT USERNAME-admin PASSWORD-password.
9. IT WILL OPEN A SETUP WIZARD YOU JUST NEED TO FOLLOW STEPS AND LINKSYS E1200 ROUTER WILL BE CONNECTED TO NETWORK.
IF STILL PROBLEM PERSISTS YOU CAN RESET YOUR DEVICE.
FEEL FREE TO CALL US BACK ON 1-800-603-4024.
You just need to follow these steps –
1.Make sure your router is working on other devices .
2.Now just on your mac open your network preference.
3.Click on wifi adapter.
4.On the bottom you will see + /- symbol.
5.Just click on ( – ) symbol and remove the adapter.
6.Restart your mac.
7.Go to network preference .
8. Click on ( + ) symbol and select wifi from the list and create the adpater.
9.Try connecting again it will connect to your mac.
You can reset the router and set it up again using this guide-
1.PLUG IN THE ROUTER TO THE POWER.
2.Connect an Ethernet cable from modem to your router’s WAN port.
3.Connect another cable from router to computer .
4.Now open your browser and type in the address bar http://linksyssmartwifi.com .
5.follow the instructions on the screen.
6.Once your setup is completed remove the ethernet from computer.
Note :- You can also try resetting your apple mac network settings or try Restoring your mac on previous version of Mac backup.