Internet drops connection

Having problems with my internet connection just dropping off unexpectedly.  PC in house works fine; no issues with modem/router.  Airport always shows full bars.  Screen shows message of either "you're not connected to the internet" and brings up the network diagnostic box, or "could not connect to server."  I've tried emptying cache, resetting Safari, restart mbp, etc.  Sometimes it will work fine for like 3 hours, other times it won't hook up at all.  Any ideas?

My MBP is having the same problem...I've contacted support on several occasions but still don't have a resolution. My main complaint is that is it freezing up the entire system after wake in Safari.

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    Is it possible that this could be an issue with the TC? Somehow it might be dropping the connection to the AX? I can still exchange it for another if this may be the case. I'm already on my second AX thinking that the Express was the problem initially.
    So far, nothing seems to help the situation. About the only thing that I haven't done is configure the AX to just join the network rather than extend it...but that would be defeating the purpose of why I bought it in the first place (to stream iTunes and extend network).
    I never had issues with my old set-up, but then I had it configured as a WDS because I didn't have the option to "extend" the network as it was an older AX and Airport Express.

  • 10.7.3 MBP Wifi Problem - Endless Timeouts & Dropped connections

    I've been reading around here a bit already and so I know many other people are having Wifi issues with Lion, but given that there are so many discussions and so many pages of talk, it's hard to go through it all, and using the search I haven't found anything that's quite similar to what I'm experiencing, so I'm starting a new topic...
    Basically, I've got a late 2006 MacBook Pro, installed 10.7.1 (form 10.6.8) on in back in Aug 2011 and everything seemed to be fine. I updated to 10.7.2 sometime in Jan and still didn't notice any issues, but wasn't using Wifi at all at the time.
    Then in Feb I moved and started using wifi (with a Cisco N router), and noticed that often, the system would not automatically reconnect to the network after waking up from sleep. Just selecting the network manually worked on the first try every time though, so it wasn't so bad.
    At the end of April, I finally got around to installing the 10.7.3 update. I read it was supposed to fix wifi issues and so was looking forward to it. It installed fine and didn't seem to cause any problems...
    2 days later I moved again (to India), and all **** broke loose... Now, I can rarely connect to wifi (a Beetel G router, configed with WPA). Around 25% of the time, the network won't show up in the list (despite being a clear 5ft from the base station), and when it does show up, 95% of the time I get a "connection timeout" error - often immeadiately, but sometimes it takes about 10sec to respond. On the same network, 2 Win 7 Dells and an iPad 1 all work flawlessly - it's not the router...
    One the occasions that I am able to connect, it usually works fine, but if I put the computer to sleep and wake up again, there's no guarentee that the connection will work again - it's back to the lottery. And sometimes even when it's connected, the wifi stays (according to the menu indicator) but the internet connection disappears (to the point I can't even ping the router - 100% packet loss, let alone any internet server)
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    Here's the Wifi output from System Profiler (trying to use "Home Network"):
    Software Versions:
      CoreWLAN:          2.1.2 (212.1)
      CoreWLANKit:          1.0.2 (102.2)
      Menu Extra:          7.0.2 (702.1)
      configd plug-in:          7.1.2 (712.1)
      System Profiler:          7.0 (700.3)
      IO80211 Family:          4.1.2 (412.2)
      WiFi Diagnostics:          1.0.1 (101.1)
      AirPort Utility:          6.0 (600.92)
      Interfaces:
    en1:
      Card Type:          AirPort Extreme
      Firmware Version:          Atheros 5416: 2.1.14.9
      MAC Address:          00:XX:XX:XX:XX
      Locale:          FCC
      Country Code:          IN
      Supported PHY Modes:          802.11 a/b/g/n
      Supported Channels:          1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165
      Status:          Not Associated
      Local Wi-Fi Networks:
    Home Network:
      PHY Mode:          802.11g
      BSSID:          80:a1:d7:4a:d0:02
      Channel:          1
      Network Type:          Infrastructure
      Security:          WPA Personal
      Signal / Noise:          -77 dBm / -96 dBm
    MGMNT:
      PHY Mode:          802.11g
      BSSID:          80:a1:d7:4a:d0:03
      Channel:          1
      Network Type:          Infrastructure
      Security:          WEP
      Signal / Noise:          -77 dBm / -96 dBm
    RC:
      PHY Mode:          802.11g
      BSSID:          00:1e:40:57:67:61
      Channel:          6
      Network Type:          Infrastructure
      Security:          WPA Personal
      Signal / Noise:          -97 dBm / -96 dBm
    Vivek:
      PHY Mode:          802.11g
      BSSID:          00:24:b2:94:ea:06
      Channel:          11
      Network Type:          Infrastructure
      Security:          WEP
      Signal / Noise:          -94 dBm / -96 dBm
    nischai:
      PHY Mode:          802.11n
      BSSID:          58:6d:8f:c3:ea:2a
      Channel:          6
      Network Type:          Infrastructure
      Security:          WPA2 Personal
      Signal / Noise:          -90 dBm / -96 dBm
    noor:
      PHY Mode:          802.11g
      BSSID:          00:24:b2:7e:26:72
      Channel:          11
      Network Type:          Infrastructure
      Security:          WPA Personal
      Signal / Noise:          -90 dBm / -96 dBm
    One thread here I read had someone suggesting to run the Airport debugger in Terminal and posting the output - here's the results:
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.823 <kernel> IO80211ScanManager::startScan: Broadcast scan request received from pid 622 ().
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.824 <kernel> IO80211ScanManager::startScan: Initiating scan.
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.824 <kernel> __ieee80211_newstate: INIT -> SCAN (arg 0xffffffff)
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.824 <kernel> ieee80211_check_scan: active scan, duration 24000, desired mode auto, append, nopick
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.824 <kernel> ieee80211_start_scan: active scan, duration 24000, desired mode auto, append, nopick
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.824 <kernel> scan_next: chan   1g ->   1g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.865 <kernel> [80:a1:d7:4a:d0:02] new beacon on chan 1 (bss chan 1) "Home Network"
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.865 <kernel> [80:a1:d7:4a:d0:02] caps 0x411 bintval 100 erp 0x4 
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.873 <kernel> [80:a1:d7:4a:d0:03] new beacon on chan 1 (bss chan 1) "MGMNT"
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.873 <kernel> [80:a1:d7:4a:d0:03] caps 0x411 bintval 100 erp 0x4 
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.909 <kernel> scan_next: chan   1g ->   6g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.917 <kernel> [58:6d:8f:c3:ea:2a] new probe_resp on chan 6 (bss chan 6) "nischai"
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.919 <kernel> [58:6d:8f:c3:ea:2a] caps 0x411 bintval 100 erp 0x4 
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.920 <kernel> [58:6d:8f:c3:ea:2a] new probe_resp on chan 6 (bss chan 6) "nischai"
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.920 <kernel> [58:6d:8f:c3:ea:2a] caps 0x411 bintval 100 erp 0x4 
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.928 <kernel> [58:6d:8f:c3:ea:2a] new probe_resp on chan 6 (bss chan 6) "nischai"
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.928 <kernel> [58:6d:8f:c3:ea:2a] caps 0x411 bintval 100 erp 0x4 
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.992 <kernel> scan_next: chan   6g ->  11g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.47  <kernel> [00:24:b2:7e:26:72] new beacon on chan 11 (bss chan 11) "noor"
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.47  <kernel> [00:24:b2:7e:26:72] caps 0x411 bintval 100 erp 0x0 
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.75  <kernel> scan_next: chan  11g ->   7g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.158 <kernel> scan_next: chan   7g ->  13g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.241 <kernel> scan_next: chan  13g ->  52a [passive, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.327 <kernel> scan_next: chan  52a ->  56a [passive, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.409 <kernel> scan_next: chan  56a ->  60a [passive, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.492 <kernel> scan_next: chan  60a ->  64a [passive, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.575 <kernel> scan_next: chan  64a ->  36a [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.657 <kernel> scan_next: chan  36a ->  40a [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.741 <kernel> scan_next: chan  40a ->  44a [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.823 <kernel> scan_next: chan  44a ->  48a [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.906 <kernel> scan_next: chan  48a ->   2g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.920 <kernel> [04:4f:aa:b4:dc:f9] new beacon on chan 2 (bss chan 2) ""
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.920 <kernel> [04:4f:aa:b4:dc:f9] caps 0x431 bintval 100 erp 0x0 
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.992 <kernel> scan_next: chan   2g ->   3g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.74  <kernel> scan_next: chan   3g ->   4g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.157 <kernel> scan_next: chan   4g ->   5g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.239 <kernel> scan_next: chan   5g ->   8g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.321 <kernel> scan_next: chan   8g ->   9g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.388 <kernel> [00:26:15:61:4c:87] new beacon on chan 9 (bss chan 9) "BSNL_AP"
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.388 <kernel> [00:26:15:61:4c:87] caps 0x431 bintval 100 erp 0x0  country info  49 4e 49 01 0d 14
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.403 <kernel> scan_next: chan   9g ->  10g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.486 <kernel> scan_next: chan  10g ->  12g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.569 <kernel> scan_next: chan  12g -> 149a [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.655 <kernel> scan_next: chan 149a -> 153a [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.738 <kernel> scan_next: chan 153a -> 157a [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.821 <kernel> scan_next: chan 157a -> 161a [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.903 <kernel> scan_next: chan 161a -> 165a [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.991 <kernel> scan_next: done, [ticks 32630, dwell min 8 scanend 56413]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.993 <kernel> __ieee80211_newstate: SCAN -> INIT (arg 0xffffffff)
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.993 <kernel> ieee80211_init_node[1132] old_auth 5
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.994 <kernel> IO80211ScanManager::getScanResult: All scan results returned for pid 622.
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.765 <airportd[804]> _handleNewMessage: Received XPC message, event = ASSOC_EVENT, pid = 622
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.766 <airportd[804]> associate: INFO: airportd associate: network=<CWNetwork: 0x7f9fd8c11fc0> [ssid=Home Network, bssid=80:a1:d7:4a:d0:02, security=WPA Personal, rssi=-76, channel=<CWChannel: 0x7f9fd8c185b0> [channelNumber=1(2GHz), channelWidth={20MHz}], ibss=0], is8021X=0, remember=1
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.781 <airportd[804]> associate: INFO: Checking if admin authorization is required
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> __ieee80211_newstate: INIT -> SCAN (arg 0x0)
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> ieee80211_check_scan: active scan, duration 24000, desired mode auto, append
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> ieee80211_check_scan: check scan cache
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel>  macaddr          bssid         chan  rssi rate flag  wep  essid
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.807 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.807 <kernel> ieee80211_init_node[1132] old_auth 5
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.807 <kernel> __ieee80211_newstate: SCAN -> JOIN (arg 0x0)
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.812 <kernel> __ieee80211_newstate: JOIN -> AUTH (arg 0xc0)
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.813 <kernel> ieee80211_cancel_scan: cancel active scan
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.813 <kernel> scan_next: done, [ticks 32912, dwell min 8 scanend 56413]
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.813 <kernel> parseWPAIE: groupCipherType = 3 pairwiseCipherType = 3 authSel = 2
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.813 <kernel> initWithInterfaceAndIE: _myMacAddress 00:17:f2:e6:81:a1
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.813 <kernel> setPMK: PMK SET!
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.815 <kernel> ieee80211_tx_timeout: state AUTH
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.815 <kernel> [80:a1:d7:4a:d0:02] ieee80211_scan_assoc_fail: reason 1
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.815 <kernel> [80:a1:d7:4a:d0:02] sta_assoc_fail: reason 1
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.815
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.815 <kernel> __ieee80211_newstate: AUTH -> SCAN (arg 0x1)
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.815 <kernel> [80:a1:d7:4a:d0:02] ieee80211_scan_assoc_fail: reason 1
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> ieee80211_init_node[1132] old_auth 5
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> ieee80211_check_scan: active scan, duration 24000, desired mode auto, append
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> ieee80211_check_scan: check scan cache
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel>  macaddr          bssid         chan  rssi rate flag  wep  essid
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> ieee80211_start_scan: active scan, duration 24000, desired mode auto, append
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> scan_next: chan   1g ->   1g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.834 <kernel> ieee80211_cancel_scan: cancel active scan
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.834 <kernel> __ieee80211_newstate: SCAN -> INIT (arg 0xffffffff)
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.834 <kernel> ieee80211_init_node[1132] old_auth 5
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.835 <kernel> en1: Terminating supplicant.
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.835 <kernel> RSNSupplicant: Releasing authenticator for 00:00:00:00:00:00
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.835 <airportd[804]> associate: Apple80211Associate2() failed with error -3905
    Sat May  5 09:52:21.354 <kernel> IO80211ScanManager::cachePurge: clearEntries[0] Firing!
    Sat May  5 09:52:21.354 <kernel> IO80211ScanManager::cachePurge: Rescheduling in 14 seconds.
    Sat May  5 09:52:35.354 <kernel> IO80211ScanManager::cachePurge: clearEntries[0] Firing!
    Sat May  5 09:52:35.354 <kernel> IO80211ScanManager::cachePurge: NOT Rescheduling.
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    Sorry - to add:
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    I am new here, but i would like to share my experiences with a problem a lot of people seem to have here aswell.
    I got home last week after being abroad for work for two days, and noticed i couldn't get on the internet again. My system uses an iMac, TC and an internet modem i got from my ISP, which is a Motorola modem.
    Hooked the TC up to the modem via ethernet and this has been working without a glich for about 2 years now. I first noticed the problem on my iPhone which was unable to get on the internet. Connected to the network just fine, but no internet. Very strange, as i had a solid green light on my TC.
    Checked the internet on my iMac, and i found the same problem. Did a reset on the TC and the modem, and things seemed to be ok again. But.... after about 20mins. internet was not working any more again. By now i was getting rather frustrated, because in the AirPort Utility it said everything was working the way it should, including a solid green light on the TC.
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    Greetz, Peter
    (the Netherlands)

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