I just received a MBP and am having problems connecting to local wireless networks. Airport says it is connected at full strength but I am unable to use safari. Each time I try, safari tells me it was unable to connect to the internet. When I looked under the airport status it told me that it is connected to the network but has a self assigned IP address and may not be able to work properly. This is my first mac so any help would be great! Thanks, in advance, for your help!
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Airport Connection Problem
- Thread starter NTGuy
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First make sure that the "Using DHCP" option is chosen in the "TCP/IP" tab under Network > Airport. If that is done, then there may be some setting on the routers producing the wireless signals that prevents you from accessing the internetz. 
Try connecting on a friends router that you know is unprotected or at least know how to access the internet from. If that does not work, then you may have a more complicated problem that requires a little more info.
Try connecting on a friends router that you know is unprotected or at least know how to access the internet from. If that does not work, then you may have a more complicated problem that requires a little more info.