"Connection Timeout" Message

Every time I try to connect to my Belkin wireless router, I keep getting a "Connection Timeout" message. I still can't connect to the internet through the wireless function. What should I do, and what does the "Connection Timeout" message imply.

Your computer tried to connect to your wireless router; but the router stopped responding, as such your computer could not establish a connection. Usually this issue is caused by interference from other wireless network and or noise electronic device (microwave, refrigerators). For instance a nabor may have recently added their own wireless network witch interfering with yours.
Or you may be simply be too far away from the router for the computer to talk clearly to each other.
This issue could also be cause by settings or typing in the incorrect password for the wireless router.
Things you could try:
un-plug and plugging back in the wireless router. rebooting your router give it a chance to refresh it self. Many router will also change their channel when rebooting; witch could help with an interference issue.
Moving your computer closer to the wireless router. Even if you don't want to be that close to the wireless router; being able to connect at all would help to better understand the issue.
have you always had this issue? or is this a new issue?

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It could be that there's a new source of interference.
Use the advice in the second message of this thread to investigate the signal and noise levels that each client sees:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2347845&start=1
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Two things together have restored connectivity.
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I have seen this to be a common problem both in these forums and on the internet. I have also seen this hasn't been commented at all by Apple, which makes it all the more frustrating.
Something happens with some Airport configurations (I'm getting it on an Intel Mac Mini) where Airport just stops working.
The problem is that the Mini won't connect to any WLAN, no matter the authentication method nor signal. It will always give a "timeout" error when trying. Will always ask for the passphrase/key again.
As I said, it's EMBARRASSING that Apple doesn't acknowledge or provide workarounds for these issues. This is the second problem I find today which is publicly known and for which Apple hasn't said a thing (the other is that sometimes iTunes will stop recognizing iPhones/iPod Touches in Windows hardware if other USB devices are connected and/or the WLAN is active, ridiculous and a workaround found by users, but never acknowledged by Apple).
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-No Time Capsules are involved.
-No Airport Extreme is involved.
-No Airport Base Stations are involved.
-No software/firmware updates are pending.
-No problems exist on the router. Windows PCs, iMacs, Linksys WET11 bridges, iphones and ipod touches connecter perfectly.
-Tried WPA, WEP and Open WLAN. I don't need to know why WEP is worse than WPA. I know all about it and it's not the issue.
-Resetting the PRAM and deleting the SystemConfiguration folder didn't do squat.
-The problem is with all WLANs, not just mine. The router is irrelevant. It can't connect to any of the 4 currently available.
Message was edited by: Eduardo Gutierrez De O.
Message was edited by: Eduardo Gutierrez De O.

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HUGELY FRUSTRATING!! Getting a "network connection timed out" error after waiting three hours for the download to complete is unacceptable. Had this problem running Windows 7 on an HP wireless laptop, IE 8, and Microsoft Security Essentials as my anti-virus. I had just updated my iTunes to the latest version so I didn't want to wipe out the whole thing and re-download as some boards suggested (I'd also tried that last year on another computer that did the same thing on an iPod update - didn't work). I also did not want to totally disable my anti-virus program.
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I have been struggling with this problem for weeks and have spent a significant amount of time trying to diagnose and fix without success.
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I haven't found anything to help with this in the discussions. Please help me. I have a Belkin wireless N-1 router. I haven't had any problems until last week, when I started getting a dropped signal, a pop-up window to reconnect, and when I choose the network, I get a connection timeout message. End up having to do network diagnosis, and SOMETIMES am able to reconnect only for brief periods. The only changes have been updates to Leopard, and an iphone. This is the reason I jumped ship from Windows and became and avid apple crusader, but am slowly becoming disenchanted. It appears that the "It just works" campaign is "Not so much". PLEASE HELP!

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1. wireless network connectivity problems with the MacBook. This seems to be a very commonly posted problem in this forum, the MacBook forum, and the Leopard discussion forum. I don't think anyone in these discussion forums has a satisfactory solution to the problem. Best advice I can offer is that people in this situation phone Apple product support and let them know you have a problem, because I have not seen any suitable solution in the hundreds of postings on this topic in these discussion forums.
2. wireless connectivity problems of a general nature not involving the MacBook. The most common cause for this is radio interference from other sources of 2.4GHz signals (like portable phones and microwave ovens) and neighboring wireless networks. Sometimes these problems can be resolved by experimenting with manually changing the channel the Base Station (or wireless router) transmits on to find a mostly clear channel.

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I have a white 13" MacBook from fall 2006. The hard drive has been replaced once. I am studying abroad in Spain right now and right before I left, my MacBook would drop the Airport Internet Connection in my house - frequently. Sometimes it wouldn't be able to find my network, or even if it did it wouldn't connect using the WEP. It would just state "Connection Timeout". I know this wasn't a problem with our airport or internet connection because the other 7 computers in our house had absolutely no problem with their wireless.
When I arrived for study abroad in Spain my homestay offers wireless internet connection in the apartment. 60% of the time my MacBook cannot even find the internet for this very small apartment (there is no way it's out of range). Even when it does find it, it has never been able to connect to it. Again, connection timeout message appears. I often connect to the neighbor's unlocked internet and it connects right away with full bars. The problem with this is that it isn't consistent. It often cuts out and I have to reconnect to the internet. Within a three second span of time, and without moving - my MacBook can't find the internet that i was JUST connected to. I am often left without internet for hours upon end and I am getting to my wit's end with this problem. Again, I can connect just fine to any of the internets with my iPhone here, so I know it's not the internet connection and it must be my computer here as well as at home.
Has anyone else had this problem, and most importantly, does anyone know how to fix it? I can't exactly walk into a Mac store here because I don't speak enough Spanish to explain to them the problem but any advice would be greatly appreciated

So the basics are restart ( which it sounds like you have done) reset, and restore..beyond that you can do a reset of the network settings...have you tried these other things?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1430
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

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Hi there terri900!
You may want to try configuring your router settings to match the recommended settings for iOS and OS X devices, which can be found here:
iOS and OS X: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4199
You may also find some helpful information for troubleshooting this issue in this article, which can help you with any manner of issues with Wi-Fi connections:
Wi-Fi Quick Assist
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1145
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i have been upgrading a few standard itunes albums to itunes plus versions through my 3g mobile broadband connection, while not exactly a fast process, it was working fine until i started to get a backlog of 3 or 4 albums which were waiting in a queue to be downloaded, now every time i do the "check for downloads" option i get the "internet connection timed out" error message...this has been going on for 2 days! am i right in suspecting the backlog of albums is too much for my 3g mobile broadband connection? this is really doing my head in, if any of you techies could help me, it'd be much appreciated...?

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I am so fed up with my internet connection....so here is my story....
I live above a shop in a rented flat which is owned by the shop owner, he kindly gave me the password for his router so I could use his internet free of charge.
This has worked fine with 3 different connections he has had since I have lived there and was working with the current one up until about a week ago.....it all of a sudden went off, however it was still showing up as an available network in my networks list, but when I try to connect to it using the password it brings up the 'connection timeout' error message.
I thought that this was something to do with his router so I brought my friends 3 Huawei E585 wireless internet device round to try that, but the same message appears, HOWEVER my iPhone 4 connects to this perfectly fine with a full signal strength.
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John,
I had the same problem when I upgraded from Tiger to Leopard in January. My memory is already rusty but try the following:
1. Go to System Preferences > Network pane. On the left pane, click on AirPort. In the right pane lower right, click Advanced button. Then on the AirPort tab, click on the name of your network and then the minus sign to remove it from the list.
2. Click Apply and quit System Preferences.
3. Put the computer to sleep.
4. Wake the computer.
5. Go back in to Network preferences, AirPort tab. Click the plus sign to add your network. Fill in the Network Name, choose the type of Security by clicking on the pop-down bar, enter password/code/phrase and click Add. NOTE: Do not connect to the network at this time.
6. Click Apply and Quit the Network Preferences.
7. On the Menu row, click the Airport icon and select your network. (IF your network does not show, choose Join Other Network. Fill in the Network Name, choose the type of Security by clicking on the pop-down bar, enter password/code/phrase and click Join.)
8. Verify connectivity
9. Put the computer to sleep.
10. Wake the computer.
11. Verify connectivity
HTH

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