Airport card not connecting on startup
I have a new Macbook Pro and everytime I start it up I have to manually turn off Airport and turn it back on, then choose my network in order to get connectivity.
This is on a Belkin router (F5D7230-4) with WPA-Personal. At first it only would do this at home, but I have the same router at work and it would work fine... until today. It never happens with any other routers or APs.
Anyone have ideas why this would happen?
Macbook Pro 2.0 Mac OS X (10.4.7) 2GB RAM
No, there isn't. Although I am not sure I follow your question.
Airport is setup to join specific networks, but the routers are only on one network each.
In fact, Airport sees other wireless networks in my area... it just doesn't give me connectivity until I turn Airport off and then on again and re-choose my network from the list.
Macbook Pro 2.0 Mac OS X (10.4.7) 2GB RAM
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