Airport Status

The airport status icon on the top tool bar shows signal strength. If clicked, it shows a list of recent or available networks to connect to.
Is this a real time list, or is it a history of networks seen/visited? If the latter, can this list be cleared?
-b

Actually, the list in the Airport menu is real time, and networks there are added and subtracted as the Airport antenna picks them up or loses signal, etc.
A permanent, or more of a "place to place" area where networks you have joined are stored is the area that the above person has posted. That is a history of the networks you have connected to, whether you have to enter a password or no. Following the directions suggested by the above poster will get you taken care of in that area.
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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If it matters, the other computers are a G4 MDD, an eMac, a 14"iBook and a G4 iMac "flower", all using a mix of older Airport cards and new Extreme cards. I have checked the Interference Robustness setting and it doesn't have any effect.

"When we put the Powerbook within 15 - 20 feet of the base station, it works fine"
So if I have this correct, when the powerbook is close it behaves normally, when it is moved away it still sees 3 bars, but will not connect. but other compouters have no problem.
it sounded like interference at first, but other computers ought to be similar on that point.
Can you see the other computers on the network when you can't get to the internet?
can you see the base station? (airport admin utility)
any other networks in the area?
handheld phones / microwaves nearby etc?
airport card seated properly in the powerbook?
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I just started up my computer, and looked at the menu bar for the status of my AirPort connection, and found that it's not shown...
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this weekend my AirPort started having problems. The AirPort icon suddenly showed that the AirPort status was off and, obviously, internet connectivity went down. Following is a list of troubleshooting steps I already took but without any success:
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- restarted Mac -> working fine initially but issue was back after a while
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Download iStumbler, www.istumbler.net to let a look at the signal strength and noise on your wireless network.
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If you find this to be the case, use AirPort Utility to change your channel to a value that is as far away as possible from other channels.
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I looked at the article you found and followed the instructions -- I guess I wasn't used to having a submenu there and didn't think to look. We just installed a Time Capsule as our main router and had to set up the options differently -- the TC runs NAT instead of the modem as it used to. Once we got the TC working correctly, that timer appeared -- I figured it had to do with the connection time, but I thought at one point, our modem disconnected but the timer kept increasing. So, I wasn't even sure what it was for.
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You can display the status of your AirPort connection in the menu bar. You can use the AirPort status menu to switch between AirPort networks, turn your AirPort Card on or off, open Internet Connect, or create a Computer-to-Computer network.
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I am so frustrated. I cannot get my AirPort status icon to appear on my dock even with the "Show AirPort status in menu bar" clicked.
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Message was edited by: squaxon - typo

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