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In article 
<siegman-651FCA.08462618072010@bmedcfsc-srv02.tufts.ad.tufts.edu>,
 AES <siegman@stanford.edu> wrote:

> In article 
> <barmar-F56611.00213018072010@62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>,
>  Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > The Mac can only tell whether its WiFi connection to the AEBS is up.  
> > 
> > You can go to 192.168.100.1 to see the status of the modem.  If you can 
> > get to this address, then the Mac and AEBS are fine.
> > 
> 
> Barry, I don't know what you mean by "The Mac can only tell whether its 
> WiFi connection to the AEBS is up".
> 
> Sitting at the Mac keyboard, I can open System Prefs, Network pane, and 
> with a few steps (like clicking on an "Assist me" button), bring up a 
> window titled "Network Diagnostics".  
> 
> Down the left column of that window, which is headed "Network Status", 
> are 6 colored indicators (they look very much like radio buttons, but 
> aren't) that can turn green, yellow, or red, and that are labeled from 
> top to bottom as "Airport", "Airport Settings", Network Settings", 
> "ISP", "Internet", and "Server".
> 
> At the minute I have 6 greens, and all is well.  When Comcast is down, I 
> get 4 greens and the final two are yellow or red.  Sure seems to me my 
> Mac (or at least my Mac + AEBS combo) is able to tell me, via the final 
> two (or three) of those lights something about the status of stuff 
> that's physically located miles from my desk.
> 
> In any case, I'd like to learn:
> 
> 1)  Where or what is the "Network Diagnostics" software that creates 
> this window labeled "Network Diagnostics"?  (Cmd-clicking on its title 
> doesn't take me anywhere, and I don't find any app or utility with that 
> name on my HD; is it some internal part of the Network prefs panel?)
> 

/System/Library/CoreServices. See 
<http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/One-click_Access_to_Network_Diagn
ostics/> for information on finding it and adding it to your dock.


> 2)  What do those colored light mean? (esp. the three bottom ones).
> 
> 3)  Where else can I go for info on this? (besides the Genius Bar at the 
> local Apple Store).

Good question. Have you tried <www.apple.com/support>?

Steve

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