Macbook Airport router problem
Over the last month, my MacBook refused to connect to my network under WPA/WPA2 encryption. After the recent security update, my computer connects fine, but has a tendency to cause the router to crash. Under WPA/WPA2, just browsing the web can crash the router within minutes. Using WEP, the problem is less severe, though viewing RSS feeds and using any download accelerator also given that its WEP, its pretty insecure. Using ethernet, the computer connects fine with full connectivity. I have determined that this is caused by my MB, not the router by doing the same tasks on other wireless computers which can connect fine. I have the latest Airport updates. My router is a Netgear WPN824. Does anyone have any similiar problems, ideas, or suggestions?
Are you running the latest Netgear firmware on the WPN824? Check here:
http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/WPN824v2.asp
Also check their user forums.
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New Macbook - Airport connection problem
Hi All, wondering if someone can help.
I have just bought a new MacBook (yesterday) and have been trying to connect to the wireless network that I currently use with my Powerbook.
I can connect the new MacBook to the Airport Express to play AirTunes and access other computers on the local network, but cannot access the internet.
I am able to access the internet from my Powerbook on the same wireless network, and not sure why a brand new mac cannot access the internet via the same connection.
Thankyou for any help
MacBook Core 2 Duo Mac OS X (10.4.8)There have been hundreds of posts on this forum and others regarding the latest batch of MacBooks with Atheros chipsets in the Airport Extreme Cards, which are 802.11n ready cards, currently running in b/g operation only.
We all are hoping for an Apple firmware/driver update, that will hopefully remedy the woeful inadequacy of connectivity with these cards.
It's too bad you don't have access to the router, as you could try updating the firmware.
I originally had quite a lot of difficulty with my new MacBook and connecting to my current network, so I'll list off a couple things that I tried and hopefully one will work for you.
-Turn off interference robustness if it was on.
-Install (or reinstall) this update if you have a Core 2 Duo MacBook->http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/airportupdate2006002.html
-Try and add the network manually in your System Preferences->Network->Airport settings. Choose Preferred Networks, and then the '+' button, add the network in that way. Maybe your MacBook will smarten up after that.
-Reset PMU and PRAM: Turn off your computer, and take out the battery. Flip over your MacBook, and hold down the power button for 5 full seconds. Restart, and before the startup chime hold down CommandOption+PR at the same time, until your MacBook reboots a second time, then release the keys.
-Drag com.airport.preferences.plist to the desktop from the root Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ folder and restart, then try to connect to the network. If you are successful, trash the file, as it was re-created on boot. If this fails, you can replace the file from the desktop.
Hope the above steps can help you in your quest to connect. Please write with what worked or didn't work for you, as there are many visitors in your same boat, unfortunately. -
My iPad 2 Location Service works fine but does not work on my home Airport router. How can I fix the problem?
lbryan1987 wrote:
I dont want the button problem solved i need to know how to restore the phone without using that button or going into settings
You don't in the condition it's in. You will either have to get the phone replaced by Apple or pay a 3rd party to repair it.
there seriously should be more than two ways to solve this other wise apple is useless and we will never buy another apple product.
Seriously? It's physically broken! -
Macbook airport problems linked to battery power?
I too have experienced the macbook/airport problem, specifically since 10.5.8 came back. When I upgraded to 10.5.8, it was so useless that I just reinstalled tiger. Then Snow leopard came out and I upgraded only to experience the same problem but not as severe.
I have just been able to pin/point the problem today (mainly because I just grew so frustrated and spent considerable time trying to figure out). I have tried all the other potential fixes posted on here to no avail (changes airport settings, replacing card, changing dynamic IP to manual, encryption etc).
This is what I have determined and was able to reproduce it:
When macbook is running on power (plugged in):
If battery power is below 60%, connection is spotty - the lower it is, the worst the problem.
If the battery power is above 60%, no problems at all, runs fast and no drops.
When macbook power is not plugged in and running on battery:
Below 60% almost useless
Above 60% spotty and worse as the battery drains
Can anyone else test this out? I've sent Apple an e-mail.I've gone down to maybe 15% without any noticable difference in connection.
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Hi my airport router ( ateast i think this is where the problem originates) has been turning off intermittenly for the past week, when it does this NO devices recieve internet connection, mac, pc,iphone, ipad, wireless or hardwired directly to the router. However they all show to be connected with their corresponding bars and the ip's are all fine. Earlier today it started flucuating on and off about every 5 min making work impossible and now it seems to be completely broken (im currently on my iphone connected though its own internet) Does anyone know how or ehy this happened and how i can fix this? And to know if this originates from the router or something else entirely. Thank you!
Hi - some clarifications would help narrow down some symptoms - just what has been turning off? - has the light been solid green but the modem isn't providing wi-fi? - or is the light flashing yellow with no internet? - which can mean several things - does the light go out completey? - so if you can report on exactly what is happenening and when, maybe someone can help you - we also need to know if there any error messages along the way - we also need the types of devices involved and how they are attached - kind of like a nework map - the more info that you provide, the more answers you will get.
Regards,
Charlie - -
New Airport Extreme problems or DSL router problems
Hi all,
List of what I have: Time Warner Cable (motorola modem) DSL, Latest Airport Extreme (with 2.4Ghz channel 5 & 5GHz channel 149) with the updated version 7.6.1, 2008 MBP4,1 with 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo with Mac OS X 10.5.8.
Now the problem, when I am on my MBP on the web internet slows to a stop, I will go to Systems Preferences, Network, (at this point Airport shows connected Full bars for the ant symble and a green light), then go to: Assist me... , I click Diagnostics, (On the left side) List: Airport (Green), Airport settings (green), Network Settings (green), ISP (either amber or red), Internet (either amber or red) and Server (amber or red).
So, basicly I keep looseing ISP, Internet and Server, now for the kicker, It does not happen every time i'm on my MBP or every day. But if it happens in the morning it will happen all day long.
This was happening with my old Airport Extreme so I up graded to the new one, worked without a problem for about a week, then started again reset & re installed several times changed channels (now back to default settings) I was hopeing that getting the new AE would take care of the problem so I coild start useing streaming TV but I'm not going to spend the money if I can't have the internet all the time.
By the way we just moved from one state to Maine never had this problem before, both area's are rural, & both are with TWC.
So the question is: do I have a TWC Modem problem or Airport Extreme Problem or is it just my MBP?
I have a Win7 desktop hard wired in, and my wife has an ipad2 but she is not home much and dosent seem to be around or on the web when this happens.
I am a serious NOVICE so if you give advise please be very basic, Step by step!!!
Thank you all in advance,
Not So Mad Max, But Getting there!!!!P.S. I do have my AE set to be hidden with WPA2 set and a discoverable Guest also with WPA2 set!!
Thanks
Not So Mad Max -
DHCP Self-Assigned IP Address: No Cable Connection to Router Problem
Hi. I work in different office environments. At home with Time Machine and wireless everything works fine and I can connect to internet and work wireless and also with cable.
In the office _I need to use the cable_ to connect to a dlink router:
I CANNOT CONNECT WITH CABLE but wireless works.
I set MacBook Airport/Ethernet config to "using DHCP": wireless connects, cable pulls some IP address but none of the assigned router IP addresses.
Tried:
deleting Ethernet connection, rebooting
rebooting router
manually setting IP address: effect: it says "connected" but no internet/ping possible
setting a predifined IP address in the router: no effect
Please, I hope someone could help.
Thank youI think you are right that the problem is some combination of software (Leopard) and hardware. At first, I thought it was just the MacBook Pro (or some models of it since obviously not everyone seems to have the problem and Apple is not publicly acknowledging it. I have been working with a friend who has a Verizon home network using their wireless router from Actiontec. At my house, all three of my Macs, a G4 desktop, a G4 iBook and a G3 iBook all running 10.4.11 Tiger all work flawlessly with Verizon FIOS using the same router as my friend's. And, at his house, my G4 iBook also works fine wirelessly. So, too, does his wife's MacBook (not sure which model but bought within the year). But, my friend's MacBook Pro will NOT access the Internet wirelessly, but works just fine as long as it is connected with an ethernet cable.
So, it is not the router that is the problem, and it is not that portion of the Leopard OS that obtaines a DNS server from Verizon since the MB Pro can do this with a hardwire connection. It appears to be something in the combination of that portion of Leopard's OS that deals wirelessly with the router -- and not ALL routers either because this same MB Pro CAN use a Verizon DSL modem wirelessly at another location!
We have, of course, tried everything to get this to work, and read extensively online trying to find an answer. There are no answers online, at least as far as we have explored. So, we are off to the Apple Store shortly to see if their Geniuses have something more profound to tell us that they have been keeping secret from the world as to how to make this thing work. If they fix it, I will insist they say how, and why they have not made the fix public; if it is a hardware problem, as I suspect it is, then they need to announce a recall of this model MacBook Pro.
What still leaves me mystified is why YOU have a very similar problem not getting on the internet, yet all software indications are that you are in contact with your Verizon router with MACBOOK!
One more thing: I believe the problem is really with the airport card in some Macs, pro or otherwise. The software in the OS is telling us users that there is a live signal being received by the computer when it isn't. E.g. I tried to access friend's router via the 192.16.1.1 address in a browser; no go, so there in fact is no wireless connection even though I am being told there is; however, I still do not understand why the Airport menubar menu indicates the correct router ID (name) shows in it!
Rgds -
I just added an external backup drive to my airport router for my desktop and my laptop to use. Initial backups worked, but now I'm getting "... backup disk image ... /.../...MacBook Pro.sparcsbundle is already in use." This message is on laptop even after stopping timemachine on the desktop. The initial backup worked for both machines. Is this a timing problem? It shows the last backup happened earlier this evening, but I'm concerned about the major amount of work I did after that time.
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!You can't use that configuration for Time Machine backups, if that's what you're doing.
Mac 101: Time Machine -
Provide steps to connect HPLJ P1102w to AirPort router (MacOSX 10.5.8)
Please provide deterministic set of steps for connecting HP LJ P1102w wirelessly to AirPort router (MacOSX 10.5.8).
I recently bought a HP LaserJet P1102w in the hopes that since it supports AirPrint and my OS, I should be able to quickly and easily connect it to my wireless network, which has been running without any hitches, except the occasional rebooting of the router. I've tried everyhing, including reading the quick start guide and the on-CD manual that came with the printer (two things that as a convert from PCs to Macs several years back, I have learned shouldn't really even be necessary, when things just work out of the box.)
I have gone through the standard install on the SW CD, gone through the steps to upgrade fhe firmware, and tried various combinations of the steps indicated in the conflicting suggestions I found in the quick start, CD user manual, and in the online support site that HP has set up in lieu of actual human support. At one point, through some combination of (not all documented) steps that I can not reproduce, I managed to get to a web-based configueation page on the printer, and successfully provided my net SSID and password, and confirmed by having the printer produce it's configuration page that it did have the settings to connect to my wireless network. However, the IP address it was reporting was still a standard "local" IP address (starting with 169.xx.xx.xx), rather than being on the correct subnet for my actual network (10.xx.xx.xx). And I could no longer get to the printers web-based config page (no matter what IP I tried in my browser) to check/adjust settings.
i found in another location the suggestion to go through the System Preferences to get to the Print Queue, and select Utiltiy --> HTMLConfig..., which I also tried tonight, but as soon as I click the HTMLConfig... button, the Utility simply closes and nothing else happens.
I'm on the verge of returning the printer if I can't get it configured correctly. As it is, I'm very displeased that I've had to spend this much time trying to get set up (and it's still not working). I used to build computers from scratch back in the day-- but that was "for the fun" of trying to get all the pieces to work together, correct drivers installed, etc. -- but I thought we were far beyond that for end-user products that are intended to work out of the box. And I'm surprised at the lack of quality / consistency in the documentation provided by HP.
Any help other users (or hopefully HP!) can provide would be appreciated, *particularly* it it's in the form of "reset to facory settings by pressing these buttons, and perform these steps to ensure a successful installation."
Thanks.Carolyn Samit wrote:
HI Samuel,
Definitely try a different channel.
Airport Troubleshooting Guide
Carolyn
Hey Carolyn thank's for your reply!
The Airport Troubleshooting Guide is great. Unfortunately did not help in my case.
(I tried a lot of other things, too. Installing the combo update 10.5.8, resetting PRAM, deleting keychain entries, removing Aiport adapter in the list of network adaptors, removing known networks and so one. Nothing did a change!)
What did help indeed was to plug in the Mac by ethernet cable and configure the Airport Express base station to a different channel. Then it works like charm (again), as you suggested, too.
I tested with another (d-link) wlan (b/g) station and confirmed my first suspicion that it has something to do with the channel and not with the base station or some configuration.
Both, channel 12 and 13 are NOT working, but all others do fine!
This is a bug (introduced in 10.5.8 or maybe 10.5.7, I am not sure?). I repeat, this is a bug and unrelated to the wifi battery issues described by others. I guess I will file a feedback report.
As a work-around, switch to another channel. I am not sure what happens to people who have channel left to "automatic" and the base station changes to 12 or 13 by itself. (Is this technically possible?) I think they will get problems. Definetely.
For completeness, my specs:
Model Name: MacBook Pro 15"
Model Identifier: MacBookPro1,1
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 2 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP11.0055.B08
SMC Version (system): 1.2f10
AirPort Card Information:
Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x168C, 0x86)
Wireless Card Locale: Worldwide
Wireless Card Firmware Version: 1.4.16.2
Current Wireless Network: Apple Airport Express
Wireless Channel: 1 -
Persistent Airport connection problems
I've been having persistent airport connection problems since upgrading to Leopard. It got so bad that I finally installed an Ethernet network in my office. However, I really want to be able to use my laptop in other rooms so I want to fix this problem if possible.
Here's what happens. When I turn Airport on, and then select my network, I am prompted to enter my password (even though it's in the keychain). When I click "OK", I get a "connection timeout" error and no connection is made. This happens on both my MacBook and my Mac Pro.
I am currently using a D-Link ethernet/wireless router, but the problem also occurs with an Airport Express which I used previously and still have. I am using mixed 802.11n and 802.11g with WPA personal security and "WPA only" mode.
One note: if I disable any kind of network security, I can easily connect to the network. So it seems to have something to do with the security setting.Can you reconfigure your router to use WPA2? Some people have found satisfaction after switching to the security model: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7336628#7336628
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I recently replaced my dead airport router with a Netgear91-5g router and synced it successfully to my Lexmark Pro 915 printer and my computer; yet when I try to print wirelessly I get the message: "printer not connected; printer offline". Lexmark support verified that my printer was connected to the new router and the problem was with the computer's printer configuration and they could reconfigure it online if I paid for their "Premium Support" services ($119 for one year, 3 fixes). I declined, feeling sure that this is something I could do if I knew how. Could it be an incompatability issue with OS 10.8.3?
You saved me $$$ that I can ill afford on my fixed income. I was very unhappy with the "support" from Lexmark... what a rip off! Thank you dwb!
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Yoga 2 11 drops signal on Airport router - change router settings?
i have spent several hours with Lenovo tech supports (all perfectly friendly), trying to fix the issue of the Yoga 2 11 consistently dropping the wifi connection at my workplace. Two important considerations:
* It's not entirely on the Yoga, as it does not have this issue with home wifi, coffee shop wifi, etc.
* And several other PC and Mac desktop and laptops have no trouble with the workplace wifi. The problem is definitely the way that the Yoga interacts with the Airport router.
Lenovo tech support has made numerous changes to my drivers, system settings, and so on, but cannot fix the problem. The next solution is to return the Yoga to factory settings -- a solution I'm convinced will not work as I've already returned one laptop to Best Buy for the same problem. In other words, two Yogas, directly out of the box (presumably with factory settings), had this issue.
My question is -- is there possibly a way I can change the Airport router settings (or set up a new network entirely) that might be more compatible with the Yoga 2 11 with Intel Wireless-N 7260 card? If I can't get the Yoga to talk to the router, maybe the router can be changed to talk to the Yoga.Which model AirPort Base Station do you have?
To determine that open AirPort Utility, select your base station, then position your cursor over the base station's name. Reply with the text shown adjacent to "model". -
Hi, My network went down earlier in the week. Now the network is fine, I can connect through the ethernet cable, but my macbook airport no longer detects it, when prompted, macbook will find it, but I get asked for the WAP. When I put the password in, it 'times out'. Prior to the network problem my macbook worked fine everytime. Anyone know the answer?
My guess is all the issues are probably related and fall back to malware.
AVG is probably correct in identifying malware. So I suggest you try some cleaning tools other than Emsisoft .
ones I use (all of them one after the other until I find one that can cope) are;
Roguekiller http://www.adlice.com/softwares/roguekiller/
Malwarebytes anti malware Free http://www.malwarebytes.org/mwb-download/var2/confirm/
ESET online scanner http://www.eset.com/int/home/products/online-scanner/
So first create a clean boot in Windows using Microsoft's instructions https://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135?wa=wsignin1.0 and then run the anti malware applications.
My outside looking in guess is that malware has set itself up as an internet proxy and is is downloading copies of itself and other malware, blocking some mail port as times as downloading more malware is more important, and probably breaking your tivo as well..
Try the malware programs first. If that does not work I will try and talk you through some logging to see what is happening. -
I just bought a airport wireless route and I have a time warner modem. My problem is my modem is not connecting to my apple airport router. What do I need to do?
Power cycle the cable modem.. you may try leaving it off 5min.. might be enough.. sometimes you need 15min or even longer.. Followed by power cycle of the AE.
Nothing else should be connected to the modem.. except the router that will get the public IP as they only hand out ONE> -
Airport print problem - have to turn it off and on at mains to get working!
Dudes,
I have a wireless setup here that goes something like this:
MacBook > Airport Express (AX) > Stereo + Samsung laser printer
Pretty straightforward. However, I keep having to turn my AX off and on to get it to print. When I send something (anything) to the printer, it gets stuck after only a small percentage of the job has been processed. This percentages changes every time. Turning the whole kit off and on again at the mains fixes the problem - at least until the next time I want to print (which is often a while later).
Can anybody help? It's driving me nuts.
Thanks!
JCHaven't had any responses to the question above yet - can anyone out there help at all?
Many thanks
JC
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