MacBook Air vs Linksys Router

We have recently purchased several Apple products and they are having problems connecting to Linksys routers.  My daughter has had the same problem and we are all about to return the apple products for refunds.  This has not been a good experience.  We never had this problem with Window based products.

My MBA works fine with my Linksys EA3500 router.
It also worked fine with my previous Linksys E3000 and WRT320N routers.
How old is your router?
Is the firmware up to date?
If it doesn't support 802.11n it is time for a new router.

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    Hallo ich habe ein grosses Problem mein Macbook Air (juli 2013) in mein wlan zu integrieren. Bei dem Router handelt es sich um einen Belkin der einen recht guten Grund bildet. Bisher hatte auch noch kein anderes Gerät ein problem mit dem router. Ich habe dort ein PC dran, diverse Handies von mir und Freunden fanden dort auch schon anschluss. Doch mein macbook air weigert sich stetig das Teil zu aktzeptieren.
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    Ich verstehe noch nicht ganz warum das so sein kann.
    Ich versuchte auch das book mit einem thunderbold adapter and lokale lan zu klemmen aber GENAU das gleiche problem.
    Jedes andere Geraet klappt bisher. Weiss jemand einen Tipp?
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    Hi There,
    i got a huge problem with my new macbook air (rev. july 2013). At home i got a belkin wlan router.
    The Router should be something like this: http://www.belkin.com/de/F7D1301-Belkin/p/P-F7D1301
    It got different channels, WIFI 802.11g , n & automatic
    The strangest thing :  devices by friends as well as my own android works totally fine. Zero issues.
    Now to the MacBook Internet connect process:
    The first configuration i got was 802.11g&n, channel by automatic and WPA/WPA2...
    The login and IP by DHCP works but i cannot get access to the Internet.
    I tried to restrict the parameters.
    So i choose channel 6 , 802.11g and WPA2
    Same problem IP by DHCP works but no access.
    Sometimes the macbook isnt even able to get an ip from dhcp ... dunno why but the macbook picks a TOTALLY random IP in this case.
    I guess may be the DNS isnt right, so i first pinged a site to see if anything gets out but nothing. Even pinging the IP of for example heise.de doesnt work.
    I can ping my Local win pc but i cant ping my router. ....  this is may be blocked. But i have to go over the router to come to my pc so .... this connect must be there.
    Even after all of this i got a Thunderbold -> LAN adapter.
    So i tried my luck by Ethernet.
    But the same issues appear. I ll try to get a new firmware update for the belkin as soon as i be at the device.
    ANY advices for this atm?
    regards,
    mgirmes

    My MBA works fine with my Linksys EA3500 router.
    It also worked fine with my previous Linksys E3000 and WRT320N routers.
    How old is your router?
    Is the firmware up to date?
    If it doesn't support 802.11n it is time for a new router.

  • TS4611 Guys if you have these build: 12E3200 and your wifi is dropping, is not the your mid 2013 macbook air, is your router, I solve it by setting up my time capsule as a new network problem solved

    Here is what I have been doing:
    I got my new macbook air 11" two weeks ago, and have been haven problems with wifi connection dropping, I'm using verizon fioz at home, and their router
    I also have a time capsule not set up as a network just join it to my current one.
    After looking online all these days, I though, maybe is the verizon device that is updated..
    I then reset the time capsule, created a new network
    connected my system to the time capsule network, and there it is
    DONE, everything works now.
    So if you are haven the same problem,, that is the fix
    hope that helps.
    Oh  before I did these I try everything, the wifi update from apple don't work it keeps dropping it
    I try everything, so don't and delete the system as some people have done, I read somewhere.
    try my fix hopes that works.
    Message was edited by: rawreviewer

    I have seen lots of issues on Yosemite with Wifi (and have been having issues myself), but yours seem different. It is a pretty new computer, have you tried taking it in under Applecare (if you live somewhere this is convenient)? Maybe you just got a defective wifi card.  I won't defend Apple over this wifi mess, because it really is terrible, but your issue seems not the same as the ones I've read about while researching how to fix mine (unsucessfully....).

  • Intel MacBook Connecting to Linksys Router

    Hey Discussions,
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  • Is it possible to "wake on lan" my MacBook Air (Lion) via a DDWRT router?

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    Once you are 'inside' your LAN via VPN you should have no trouble waking up sleeping PPC or Intel desktop Macs. You will not be able to power them on from a shutdown/powered-off state as this capability is not available in those machines. WOL from a power-off state is only available on LOM-enabled XServes.
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      For security reasons or to make the user name and password easy to remember, you can change them. For details, see section 4.1 "Changing the User Name and Password for the Web-Based Configuration Utility".
    Step 3
    Click Login.
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