Airport loses connection after I put my mac to sleep.

After Everytime I put my mac to sleep, My airport seems to turn itself off and will not turn back on untill I restart. Then, the Icon that shows my airport connections turns into an arrow poining up. What does that arrow mean and how do I keep it from happening?
--At a loss, thanks for your help! Joseph

Same thing here... on my Titanium Powerbook. I am trying to figure out if it was after I updated to 10.4.4. No problem on my G5. I am going to try installing 10.4.4 again.

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I just purchased a new airport extreme 802.11ac I set it up and runs fine when i put my mac to sleep i come back and it can not find my airport i have to restart

I PURCHASED THE NEW AIRPORT EXTREME 802.11AC I SET IT UP AFTER I PUT MY MAC TO SLEEP I COME BACK AND IT SAYS CAN NOT FIND AIRPORT EXTREME I HAVE TO RESTART AND IT FINDS IT.

Try the following, in order, until (hopefully) resolved:
1a. Delete Preferred Network(s)
System Preferences > Network > Wi-Fi > Advanced > Wi-Fi tab
Under "Preferred Networks," delete the network(s) you regularly use from the list.
1b. Delete AirPort Keychain Entries
Launch the "Keychain Access" application located in Applications/Utilties.
In the windows on the left side: Select login for Keychains and "All Items" for Category.
Click on the "Kind" filter at the top, and look for any "AirPort network password" entries...and delete them.
1c. Add Preferred Network(s)
System Preferences > Network > Wi-Fi > Advanced > Wi-Fi tab
Add the preferred network(s) using the "+" button.
Restart or log out then back in.
2. Move System Configuration Files
(Note: You will have to reestablish your network connections settings.)
Go to /Library/Preferences
Move the SystemConfiguration folder to the desktop.
Restart your Mac. (Note: OS X will rebuild the files that are now sitting on your desktop. If this doesn't resolve the issue, you can move the folder back to it's original location.)

I have just bought a Humax PVR and Humax W-Lan dongle to connect to my Airport Extreme. I have put the mac address into the AE. The installation screen is picking up my network name no problem but it won't connect to the internet. Can anyone help please?

I have just bought a Humax 7500T PVR and a Humax W-Lan dongle to connect to my Airport Extreme.
I have put the mac address into the AE. The installation screen on my TV is picking up the network name but once appied it won't connect to the internet.
I've a few other things connected to the AE such as computers, ipad, itouch, etc, and have never had a problem connecting these once I've entered the mac address into the AE. Can anyone help me with this please?

have you made sure that the network setting in the system preferences is set up to use dhcp? if not i would try changing it so that it shows that it is getting its address by dhcp

Airport loses connection sometimes

Hi guys....need help! I bought my macbook pro 13 inch some time in September 2009. Brand new. Up until 2-3 months ago, things were running smoothly in regards to my wireless connection. Lately (for the past 2-3 months) when I close the lid of the macbook (put to sleep) or shutdown and then reboot or bring back from sleep, my airport does not connect to my wireless connection. It shows my wireless network in the list, the password is also still stored but when I hit connect, it says connection failed. The only way it will reconnect is if I unplug the wireless router and plug it back in again. IT instantly connects after that. Also, the problem is sporadic, meaning that sometimes i can put the mac to sleep/reboot and it will not lose connection. This is driving me crazy. I need help. It cannot be the router because other Windows laptops in my house are running fine! Also my iphone does not lose the wifi connection, its just the macbook pro. Any suggestions please??

This is a known complaint in other threads. I don't think I have found a conclusive solution but a work around. There have been posts that the router upgrade fixes or a different router.
Keep pinging something to keep the connection:
Temporary workaround that works for some:
As soon as you connect to your wireless network, Open Terminal and start a ping going. Use your router IP address; but any local address will do:
If your router has an IP address of 10.10.10.1, then open Terminal (in your Applications ---> Utilities folder) and type;
ping 10.10.10.1 <return>
You'll see a string that looks like:
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=728 ttl=64 time=1.527 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=729 ttl=64 time=1.513 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=730 ttl=64 time=1.203 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=731 ttl=64 time=1.684 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=732 ttl=64 time=1.063 ms
Your routers adress can be found under:
system preferences > network > airport > advanced... > TCP/IP
This keeps the connection active. It even survives sleep/wake.
I think people using this work around have it running all the time. But in your case you could start when you leave your computer. I think it you stop when you close that terminal window (I suppose there is a stop ping command I should look up).

Airport loses connection with MR814 V2

I have an iBook G4. My Airport loses connection with my Netgear MR814 V2 router. The only way to get it back is to unplug / plugin the router. The connection is ok as long as I'm on the iBook. The problem seems to occur after I've shut the iBook down for the day and then the next day the connection is gone.
I also have my Windows based Dell laptop using the router (wirelessly) and never have this problem.
This is really frustrating. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!
Mark
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I do not have the answer for you, but I am suffering the same thing with my macBook Pro. After about 15 minutes, I loses the connection, and the airport icon in the menu bar goes transparent. Nothing works to renew the connection except to unplug and re-plug my router. If you hear of any remedy, please post.
Jeff

Airport loses connection but still shows 4 full bars

I've got a strange problem I haven't been able to figure out myself.
On my MacBook Core Duo (original 2006) on 10.6.2, my airport loses connection with my wireless router (Linksys WRT54G) after 5-10 minutes of use. My airport still shows a full signal, but I lose all connection (I cannot even see the router itself when I navigate to its IP address in Safari - normally I get the web based configuration panel). If I turn off Airport and then turn it back on again, I get my connection back for another 5-10 minutes.
I am using WPA encryption.
I get this problem when my computer is far away from the router or very close.
I do not get this problem on our other computers - one Vista desktop and and two XP laptops.
I have no connection problems when I plug my modem directly to the MacBook via ethernet.
My only thought at this point: there are numerous (8-10) other 802.11x networks in my building. I've done my best to choose a free channel, but the best I can do is choose a channel only 1 channel away from others (i.e., choose 7 when others are on 6 and 8). I wonder if signal interference is an issue...but why would all my Windows machines have no problem?
I'm out of ideas at this point - I appreciate any help :)! Thanks!
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MBaker22
I am having the SAME exact problem with my Mac. I have a late 2008 white 13" MacBook and it's been upgraded to Snow Leopard and I'm running version 10.6.2. I am wondering if any Apple employees can assist us on this issue or tell us if the impending 10.6.3 upgrade will have a fix for this.
My Airport will be connected to my wireless network and be working fine. As MBaker22 says, after 5 minutes the connection seems fine, the IP is fine, the network is fine and the network works for other laptops and desktops in my house BUT I can't access the Internet. All of a sudden I have no ability to check for software updates, browse the web or do anything that connects to the Internet.
Some other strangeness. When I try to hit the IP of my wireless router in my web browser, it asks me for credentials and then just sits there saying Connecting to 192.168.1.1...
It also only says connecting to www.google.com or www.cnn.com or www.yahoo.com when Airport is behaving this way.
If I plug in my Ethernet cord to my Mac everything works just fine so this is an Airport issue and probably an issue with Snow Leopard? I'm not sure.
Anyway the REALLY weird thing is that I can ping some websites and not others in the terminal when Airport starts behaving this way. That might be because of caching but either way.
Here's a TCPDUMP of my connection on Airport (en1) using Google DNS 8.8.8.8 (but if I use my ISP DNS it still does this):
11:54:45.524180 ARP, Request who-has 192.168.1.104 tell 192.168.1.1, length 28
11:54:45.524269 ARP, Reply 192.168.1.104 is-at 00:22:41:f9:27:e7 (oui Unknown), length 28
11:55:14.273259 IP 192.168.1.104.50470 > iw-in-f103.1e100.net.https: Flags [F.], seq 1, ack 4294965572, win 65535, options [nop,nop,TS val 31991140 ecr 745959806,nop,nop,sack 1 {4294966990:0}], length 0
11:55:14.349839 IP iw-in-f103.1e100.net.https > 192.168.1.104.50470: Flags [R], seq 4200800152, win 0, length 0
11:55:14.648516 IP 192.168.1.104.59886 > google-public-dns-a.google.com.domain: 33436+ A? en.wikipedia.org. (34)
11:55:14.657939 IP 192.168.1.104.57695 > google-public-dns-a.google.com.domain: 47825+ AAAA? en.wikipedia.org. (34)
11:55:14.733680 IP google-public-dns-a.google.com.domain > 192.168.1.104.59886: 33436 3/0/0 CNAME rr.wikimedia.org., CNAME rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org., A 208.80.152.2 (100)
11:55:14.737110 IP google-public-dns-a.google.com.domain > 192.168.1.104.57695: 47825 2/1/0 CNAME rr.wikimedia.org., CNAME rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org. (135)
11:55:14.737165 IP 192.168.1.104 > google-public-dns-a.google.com: ICMP 192.168.1.104 udp port 57695 unreachable, length 36
11:55:14.821208 IP 192.168.1.104.50471 > rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org.http: Flags [S], seq 3597359122, win 65535, options [mss 1460,nop,wscale 3,nop,nop,TS val 31991146 ecr 0,sackOK,eol], length 0
11:55:14.883842 IP rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org.http > 192.168.1.104.50471: Flags [S.], seq 1708330874, ack 3597359123, win 5792, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 2552235245 ecr 31991146,nop,wscale 9], length 0
11:55:14.883938 IP 192.168.1.104.50471 > rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org.http: Flags [.], ack 1, win 65535, options [nop,nop,TS val 31991146 ecr 2552235245], length 0
11:55:14.884271 IP 192.168.1.104.50471 > rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org.http: Flags [P.], seq 1:379, ack 1, win 65535, options [nop,nop,TS val 31991146 ecr 2552235245], length 378
11:55:14.945929 IP rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org.http > 192.168.1.104.50471: Flags [.], ack 379, win 14, options [nop,nop,TS val 2552235251 ecr 31991146], length 0
11:55:15.071277 IP 192.168.1.104.60681 > google-public-dns-a.google.com.domain: 34531+ PTR? 2.152.80.208.in-addr.arpa. (43)
11:55:15.164792 IP google-public-dns-a.google.com.domain > 192.168.1.104.60681: 34531 1/0/0 PTR rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org. (79)
11:55:15.247579 IP rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org.http > 192.168.1.104.50471: Flags [P.], seq 1:529, ack 379, win 14, options [nop,nop,TS val 2552235277 ecr 31991146], length 528
11:55:15.247664 IP 192.168.1.104.50471 > rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org.http: Flags [.], ack 529, win 65535, options [nop,nop,TS val 31991150 ecr 2552235277], length 0
11:55:19.730376 IP 192.168.1.1.ssdp > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 271
Now that's me (192.168.1.104) and my router (192.168.1.1) trying to connect to en.wikipedia.org without success.
Any help here would be great, especially since I'm not alone.
Matt

HT4718 re magic mouse,it seems that when i put my mac air to sleep with my magic mouse left on and wake my computer with the mouse the wi-fi does not connect. but if I put the mac to sleep and then turn off the mouse and wake the computer wifi connects wh

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I use Mavericks and I notice that when I put my mac to sleep and have my magic mouse on and when i go to wake the computer up with the mouse on my wi-fi will not connect?
Put if i shut off the magic mouse and put the computer to sleep and turn my mouse back on and wake the computer up the wi-fi connects, this is a bit strange. This there anyone out there with same problem? is this a Mavericks thing that is not working with the apple magic mouse?
Interested in hearing from you.
Thanks

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... does my iMac model... support Hibernatemode 3 alias "Safe Sleep" to protect my Mac against damages due to power outage?
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It is simple enough for you to try, so go ahead and see if it does what you want. Other than creating a 16 GB sleepimage file it did not appear to do anything beneficial on the iMac I am using though (a later model).
The file location is /private/var/vm/sleepimage
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Dear Community:
This is my printer:
1. Product Name and Number
Product Name HP Officejet Pro 8600 N911g Product Model Number CM750A Product Serial Number {Private Information Removed} Service ID 23022 Firmware Version CLP1CN1150CR Total Page Count 4187
2. Operating System installed (if applicable)
Mac OS X 10.7.5
3. Error message (if any)
After several issue which prevented me from printing I uninstalled all HP software on my Mac OS X 10.7.5 laptop. I downloaded and installed: Officejet-Pro-8600_v12.23.0.dmg after complete I can print and scan. then I go home and put my laptop to sleep. after I come back to work this morning I cannot print and scan again. HP utility cannot connect to that printer because all information there (all fields) displayed as: unknown Please help.
4. Any changes made to your system before the issue occurred
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5. In the subject title, include a brief, specific description of the problem, and your product information (i.e., product name of your laptop, notebook, printer, other device, etc.)
After several issue which prevented me from printing I uninstalled all HP software on my Mac OS X 10.7.5 laptop. I downloaded and installed: Officejet-Pro-8600_v12.23.0.dmg after complete I can print and scan. then I go home and put my laptop to sleep. after I come back to work this morning I cannot print and scan again. HP utility cannot connect to that printer because all information there (all fields) displayed as: unknown Please help.
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2. On the left side of the resulting Finder window click on Applications.
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When I put my Mac to sleep it shuts down for a moment tnd then comes right back up. I have a g4 running asx 10.3.9. Currently it is set up for a screen save tocome on after the computer has been inactive for 5 inutes and to go to sleep after 15 minutes. Any ideas?
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Mine follow;
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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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