MacBook and Airport

I love my black MacBook so much. There is one thing that it does, that bugs me though. If I close the lid and put it to sleep, then open it, it takes a very long time for it to reconnect to the Airport Base Station. What's up with that? My iBook and PowerBooks before it, had so much problem.
Anyone else have this happen? Any fixes for it?
Thanks for reading this.

Yes, I would think that you would need a location for each.
It's annoying, since I automatically connected with no problem on my iBook, but it's a small price to pay for such a wonderful machine
I guess we can only use automatic for snifing out other networks to use.
Just as a note, I tried to get AppleCare to help, and they tols me automatic connections were no longer supported...I guess I got someone who really didn't know what they were talking about
*EDIT* - You know, you could just flip the airport card back to automatic for work, and manually connect to it, rather than setting a new location. Not sure what would be best for you, because you'd just have to set it back to your home location when you got home.
Boy, I wish it were automatic still!

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when i try to connect to my wireless internet, i put in the correct password, and my macbook says "connecting to network", but right after it says "network time out". i have tried taking off the password and it still does not connect. i have tried plugging in the ethernet cord and that seems to work, but it wont connect through airport.
can someone please help.

Omar 182 and Freeky Geek,
I hate to ask you to give more money to apple but I suggest you try an Airport Express.
I bought one today, brought it home, disabled my DSL modem's wireless, plugged in the Airport Express and connected an Enet cable from the DSL modem to APE.
Using the Airport Utility I downloaded the latest APE SW version; configured my wireless network with WPA2 security and had my MacBook AND Lenovo T60 working off the Internet in no time (OK, less than an hour).
In the past 5-6 years I have bought and configured 3 (or 4?) Linksys wireless routers and it has never been this straight forward.
If you can spare the $100(US) I recommend it,
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I set it up using the cd that came with it and 90% of the time it is unable to make connections to the internet.
Unless something has changed recently, I'm not aware that Linksys provides a CD setup for Macs. However, you can access the Linksys's setup via a web browser, like Safari.
My question is can I just buy a airport extreme base station and hook it up to her dsl and use it as a stand alone?
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I have an iMac Power PC 750 (32.24) operating with OS X v. 10.3.4. I currently am hooked into the internet with a Siemens Speedstream 420 DSL modem. I plan to buy a new macBook and want to use it with a wireless router. According to the information in the Apple catalog, the current Airport Extreme Base Station will not operate on the version of OS X that I have available in my Classic iMac.
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Thanks

Yes, it is fairly simple, but that is relative to your familiarity and experience. You use the AirPort Utility and it walks you through the basic set up. You have the option to manually configure additional detailed or advanced features at any time later. Enable the WPA2 Personal encryption, that will require wireless clients to enter a password, there is also a feature to turn off broadcast or stealth mode, I don't remember what they call it exactly now, so that the network name is not broadcast for additional security, so to connect you have to manually enter the WiFi network name and password. I bought an open-box unit, which was actually used/returned and had already been set up with a network name and password, so I had to perform a factory reset, it took a couple of tries to get it to reset, but then it worked fine.
The default internet configuration should work when you hook everything up, most of the time. It usually searches all available network ports until it finds one available, but you may specify particular settings when you are at home, at work, or at a public hot-spot, or dial-up, so you can manually connect to the preferred method, or change the order in which it searches, so as not to wait for the computer to search for a connection that isn't available, or sometimes get confused thinking it might be available and continue to wait. You use System Preferences: Network to control this. Create a new Location, then look at the Network Port Configurations, you can deselect the ones that don't apply, so on the iMac you would have only the Built-in Ethernet active, but on the MacBook you would use the AirPort. You can drag these around so the preferred one is on top of the list.
Most wireless routers will work fine with both Macs and PCs, I bring a Dell home from work and use it fine on my AirPort. The AirPort Utility on the CD can be installed on a XP/Vista PC also. Conversely, some non-Apple third-party router web-based configuration utilities may require Internet Explorer that might not work with Safari on the Mac.
"The way to go," depends on your needs. Check the specs for total number of wired ports, max number of wireless ports, speed, range, etc. for what you think will satisfy your needs for your network. The AirPort Extreme Base Station may have a higher price tag than some other brand wireless routers, but it works great and has some unique features such as the shared USB port for printer or USB disc sharing. Other than sharing the internet connection, you will also be able to share a printer and the hard drives, iTunes libraries, and even remotely control one computer from the other using a Virtual Network Computer software like Chicken of the VNC.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/networking_security/chickenofthevnc.html

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I am trying to set up airport management utility on
my new Intel Macbook Pro. I have downloaded the
utility and attempted to open it and get an error
stating that it requires Airport 3.4. The update
doesn't work and I believe I must have the latest
Airport update. Might this be an Intel Mac issue?
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is if I just have my macbook within lets say 2m of
the airport express an the airport express is next to
my stereo can I A: print without the internet cable
Yes
and B: stream music wirlessly.
Yes
I have a wirless
network. Can the airport express connect to the
wireless network but not extend it?
Yes
It will be in my
room and I don't want cancer (can I turn off the
wireless router function).
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Has apple fixed the one year burn out problem yet?
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When playing iTunes from 2006 MacBook via Airport Express remote stereo speakers, the music keeps dropping in and out

I've tried hours and a trip to the Apple Store to resolve this problem, and no luck so far.
We have two Airport Expresses -- one is an older "g" version (from 2006), one is a newer "n" version (a couple of years old).
We have one older MacBook (from June 2006) (so it can only use "g" wireless and also cannot be upgraded to OS X 10.7 "Lion").
We have one MacBook Air and an iMac (both less than a year old), an iPad (about 2 months old), and a recently acquired AppleTV (in the past few weeks).
We also have two iPhones that do use our local wireless network on occassion.
We have stereo speakers that are currently connected into one of the Airport Expresses.
For years (until the past few weeks) I played music from iTunes on my first generation MacBook to the speakers with no problems (using the older "g" Airport Express). Recently, however, when playing music remotely over the speakers we have gotten fairly regular (though at random intervals) drops of the music in and out (drops are for a second or two each). So far, here's what we've tried to do:
(1)     Went to the Apple Store, where they thought the problem might be compatability between the g and n equipment in our house. They suggested that we get an Airport Extreme and use that as the base so that 2.5 GHz and 5 GHz networks could each be set up, allowing the two systems to play nicely. Spent a couple of hours setting everything up. No dice.
(2)     The skipping happens even when (a) I turn off the Apple TV; and/or (b) turn off the older Airport Express and just use the Extreme and the "n" Express (with the "n" Express as the connection to the stereo).
(3)      When I have the wireless network drop-down menu selected on my MacBook, the skipping occurs immediately after the computer is "looking for networks" (as shown at the top of the menu). The computer does this at random intervals on a regular basis. The skipping, however, will occur even if the menu is not selected.
(4)     Here's the weirdest part. The skipping has even occured when playing iTunes from our newish iMac, with the older MacBook shut down, with the older Airport Express shut down. In this case, the skipping only appears to occur when we have the wireless network drop-down menu selected and again, it occurs when the computer is "looking for networks" which occurs at random intervals. In this situation, the skipping only seems to occur when the menu is selected.
At this point, if I can't find another solution, I'm going to return the Airport Extreme, and just give up playing music over our stereo speakers from the MacBook (and instead transfer music to the iMac and play from it). But I thought I'd try a last-ditch effort to ask for help to see if anyone could figure out what might be causing the problem. I would chalk it up to the problems of using my old "g" network MacBook on a newer "n" system (though I'm not about to spend $1K+ to upgrade my laptop just for this), but for (4) above, which seems to indicate something else is going on.
Any help would be most appreciated!

Unfortunately, your description of the problem and the placement of both your main and AirPort Express routers does lend itself to believe the problem is most likely Wi-Fi interference. If it isn't the microwave or portable phones, it could be obstacles like walls between the routers that may be preventing the stream from consistently reaching the Express.
In your configuration, the stream will first travel to the main router, and then, from the main router to the AirPort Express. If, for example, you started the stream in the same room as the Express, that stream would have to travel across several rooms at least twice.

HT1515 My Airport Extreme keeps flashing amber. I have powered it down and hard reset it several times. Airport Utility on either of my MacBooks and any of my iPads cannot find it.

My iTunes library is on a HDD attached to the USB port of the Airport Extreme. We tend to run iTunes on my wife's MacBook and use Remote on our iPads to play music and interrogate the library. Ther connection from the MacBook regularly drops and iTunes defaults to the MacBook HD location for the library. When connection is restored, it therefore requires a rebuild/reload of the library, which can take some time, as it is over 70Gb. This time connection has been lost, the Airport Extreme is flashing amber and none of the Airport Utility programs on either of our MacBooks or iPads can see it. Can anyone advise as to how I get access to my iTunes library?

Since I can't seem to reset it here with the computer I have, can I take it to the apple store to reset it, and then bring it home to use it?
The old Express must be able to "see" your wireless network to "join" it, so unless you take your main wireless router with you to the Apple store along with the Express, things won't work.
The Apple Store might have a Mac running Leopard or Snow Leopard....but I would make an appointment first before I hauled everything down to the store.
Things would be much easier if you could invite a friend over to your house who might have a Mac using Leopard, or Snow Leopard, or a PC.
It would only take 5-10 minutes to get the Express configured.
Or, should I jsut buy a new one? And, if I am buying a new one to stream music, shouldn't I just go ahead and get apple tv (I think the price is very similar)?
Sorry, I can't tell you what is best for you. Talk the folks at the Apple Store to get some opinions.
If it were me, I would get a new Express. Careful on the AppleTV as it only has a digital audio output..... that may or may not work with your existing equipment.
http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs/

My airport express is still providing a link to my wifi network but I can't find my airport express on my macbook and i can't link to my bose speakers through it ... any bright ideas?

My airport express is still providing a link to my wifi network but I can't find my airport express on my macbook and i can't link to my bose speakers through it ... any bright ideas?

I'm not sure what you mean. You can't find the express to set it up.. or you can't find the network created by the express?

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