Just switched to Airport extreme, now in the mornings I am not connected??
Hello group..
I am hoping this is a setting somewhere. I have had my Imac for a year now, connected via Buffalo wireless router. We just upgraded and bought the airport extreme and implimented a password (didn't before cause we live in the stix and the buffalo was complicated to set up) All works fine but when I get up in the morning to check my mail the connection has dropped (wireless bars are gray) I click the bars and it shows my airport connection, I choose, it connects and off we go. Any idea why it is not reconnecting automatically? I understand it must be losing it's connection for some reason in the night (odd it never happens during the day) but shouldn't it automatically reconnect? It's the only signal that it is seeing (no neighbors) I do have interference robustness checked (not sure what it means but it sounds good)
Ideas?
Thanks all!
John
20" Intel Imac Mac OS X (10.4.6)
20" Intel Imac Mac OS X (10.4.6)
Perhaps you will find a solution in KB 304482, Mac OS X 10.4.8: AirPort does not auto-connect to existing networks after restart or wake from sleep.
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