Airport Performance

I'm sitting here with my new Macbook Pro and next to it my older Macbook.
Both are connected to the same wireless base station but the Pro's signal strength fluctuates from zero to half strength while the Macbook signs in on near full strength and is rock solid.
Configs as far I can see are identical.
Any ideas how to trouble shoot this anyone ?
Kind Regards
Eric

As to PRAM do intel macs have PRAM as the powerpcs did ?
Yes, resetting PRAM is a suggested course of action as it can and does fix some Airport issues.
changing channels but being new to the wireless world (the macbook just worked) I'm not sure whether I need to change both the access point and the Pro.
You only need to change the channel at the base station end although you will probably lose your current connection once you do it. Picking it back up again should be no problem and at worse should require a restart.
Any other thoughts anyone.
Well… I have to say that my MBP is rather finicky with Airport as well. I'm currently in my parents house and for some rather unknown and unexplainable reason, my Airport works extremely well (near perfect reception) in their sitting room at one particular spot. While not odd in itself, the thing is, it doesn't work at all well and actually drops out after 30 seconds or so in rooms that are both close and go through less walls than the sitting room.
Even though the Airport reception in the MBP is much improved from the PowerBooks it really still is sub-par. Whether it's from the metal contruction or some other reason it's not very special. While it doesn't help you I guess you might find a little comfort in knowing you're not alone in having both odd and poor performance.

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  • Erratic Airport performance under Snow Leopard

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  • Airport performance poor on Dual-Core G5. Solution?

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    On a MacBook Pro? It's still under warranty, if that's the computer you're talking about.
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    Try changing channels. I think the default is channel 1. Check to see if you are on Channel 1 and if so, change to channel 2. Go through all the channels to see what is best for you. Many times it is the overtaxing of a channel by other users (everyone on the same channel overloads) that causes drops.
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  • Airport loses my network, but not airport extreme signal

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    Now that you seen how it should work based on when you used the C3188, if you still get that error message at point 6 of adding the C1025 then it would suggest a driver compatibility issue with the Airport - which is not necessarily a Bonjour compatibility issue. So unless there was another model of HP printer driver that you could use to this C1025 and that was also compatible with the USB port of the Airport Extreme, then I would suggest your best action is to replace the printer with a model that does work. Maybe even one that has builtin wireless so you don't have to use the USB port of the Airport.

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