Leadership—Steve Jobs: Get Rid of the Crappy Stuff

Forbes ^ | May. 16 2011 — 1:33 pm | by Carmine Gallo

[balch3]

done that, still no joy.

[stripes1776]

done that, still no joy.

Then I would wait for the MacBook Pro to arrive. You will find the AirPort Utility app in the /Applications/Utilities folder. It should be easy to set up from there.

[blueunicorn6]

You know, if I could just get the rest of the universe to stop while I fix this one thing and make it just like the expert said, I’d be a freaking bazillionaire.

[Tribune7]

Great article, thanks.

[PA Engineer]

That said, I still won’t buy an Iphone until answering a phone call is a single button

Huh? It is. Touch screen, but a single "virtual" button.

[harmonium]

You have to swipe and then hit the button.

[PA Engineer]

You have to swipe and then hit the button.

BULL! You swipe and are done on a virtual button. WHERE THE HECK DID YOU COME UP WITH THAT TWO STEP BS?

[Cementjungle]

Not going to attack Jobs, but frankly, I just don’t see the attraction to paying double for the next gimmick electronic.

Same here. The other stuff works just fine for me.

[thecodont]

Try this:
(Modem is connected by Ethernet cable to router.)
Unplug modem from power outlet.
Unplug Airport router from power outlet.
Plug modem into power outlet.
Wait for modem lights (Power / Ethernet / DHL / Internet) to turn on and remain steadily lit, in this sequence:
Power [on] / Ethernet / DHL / Internet
Power [on] / Ethernet / DHL [on] / Internet
Plug router into power outlet.
Power [on] / Ethernet [on] / DHL [on] / Internet

Now go back to your Macbook and continue with Airport setup.

[thecodont]

.... and it sure would be nice if I could surf the web without beachballing every other time a Flash ad loads.

Beachballing ... LOL. Only a Mac user would know what that means.

(I love my Mac.)

[jacquej]

I have loved all my Macs, clear back to the Apple IIe, way back in the early 80s.

They just get better and better.

[Star Traveler]

The “modem” that you’re referring to is a router ... and many times it’s set up to recognize only ONE “MAC Number” (that’s “Media Access Control” number). And if that’s the way it is (and it is with mine), it’s because the ISP charges for each “Media Access Number” ...

Thus, when you say that you can get the connection through using that “router” (i.e., Modem) to the ISP ... it probably means that your “MAC number” is registered now to your computer and it will block all other access. (again, that’s the way mine is).

SO ... you have to clear the memory from your ISP router (i.e. “modem” that you’re referring to) and then once the memory is cleared, it will “pick up” the new “MAC number” from your Apple Airport Express.

Now, once your ISP router picks up your new “MAC number” from your Apple Airport Express, you can no longer plug your computer directly into it, but have to go through the Airport Express.

If you ever do want to go back to connecting directly to the ISP router, with your computer, then you have to go through clearing the memory again, so it can pick up the new “MAC number” again.

This PROBLEM is not a problem with your Apple Airport Express. It’s a problem that is caused by your ISP and how they’ve limited you to just ONE “MAC number”.

You could call up your ISP and simply ask them to give you additional MAC numbers on your account, too, then you wouldn’t run into the problem anymore.

[balch3]

thanks, I finally got it working.