Macbook and Netgear Router

I am sure lots of you are having similar difficulties with the Macbook and Routers. As soon as I brought my new Macbook home I knocked the whole wireless network out of being usable. The only way to fix it was to close up my Macbook or turn off Airport, then completely rewire the modem and router, resetting them both.
BUT..I found this article:
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20070105083013439
and updated my Netgear router.
I have been online wirelessly for a few minutes with my Macbook and it has not messed up the network...yet!
You can access the Netgear MR814v2 through:
http://192.168.0.1
username: admin
password: password
After logging into your router, download the update here:
http://kbserver.netgear.com/release_notes/D102875.asp
Go to your Netgear router smart wizard page (that you already logged onto) click "Router Upgrade" beneath "Maintenance" on the left menu. Click "Choose File" to choose the .img file you downloaded already and upload it.
Here's to hoping this is defenitely the fix I needed, and perhaps it will help some of you.

Hi Don -
I see you've replied to Andrea, and I'm sure you're a very helpful fellow on these forums judging by the number of bars next to your login. Maybe you're chums with Andrea, I don't know. However, since I'm the only other poster in this thread so far, I'm sure you won't mind if I ask to what or whom specifically you're referring. It would seem you've been troubled by a great number of posts by people who haven't posted in this thread, unless of course you mean me. I don't post much in these forums, so perhaps I don't understand your protocols, but it sure feels as if you're preaching to the choir. I certainly didn't post my questions and results in anticipation of a short treatise on lethargy. I - and I'm sure many others like me with less expertise than those like you who respond to our questions - post here as a last resort when things that have worked fail to work after recent changes. In our case, after several years of uninterrupted service from our router, the only hitch we experienced was with the addition of our MBP; my search on the Discussions pointed me to this thread, and thankfully Andrea's link. Are you actually begrudging folks for not diagnosing the hitch as a firmware update before posting a question? Isn't a forum like this the place for folks who "think they know a little" to ask questions of those who think they know a little more? By this inflated measure (didn't it used to be "those who think they know everything?"), no one should post questions, nor certainly expect useful responses, as your post suggests.

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I am sure lots of you are having similar difficulties with the Macbook and Routers. As soon as I brought my new Macbook home I knocked the whole wireless network out of being usable. The only way to fix it was to close up my Macbook or turn off Airport, then completely rewire the modem and router, resetting them both.
BUT..I found this article:
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20070105083013439
and updated my Netgear router.
I have been online wirelessly for a few minutes with my Macbook and it has not messed up the network...yet!
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http://192.168.0.1
username: admin
password: password
After logging into your router, download the update here:
http://kbserver.netgear.com/release_notes/D102875.asp
Go to your Netgear router smart wizard page (that you already logged onto) click "Router Upgrade" beneath "Maintenance" on the left menu. Click "Choose File" to choose the .img file you downloaded already and upload it.
Here's to hoping this is defenitely the fix I needed, and perhaps it will help some of you.

Hi Don -
I see you've replied to Andrea, and I'm sure you're a very helpful fellow on these forums judging by the number of bars next to your login. Maybe you're chums with Andrea, I don't know. However, since I'm the only other poster in this thread so far, I'm sure you won't mind if I ask to what or whom specifically you're referring. It would seem you've been troubled by a great number of posts by people who haven't posted in this thread, unless of course you mean me. I don't post much in these forums, so perhaps I don't understand your protocols, but it sure feels as if you're preaching to the choir. I certainly didn't post my questions and results in anticipation of a short treatise on lethargy. I - and I'm sure many others like me with less expertise than those like you who respond to our questions - post here as a last resort when things that have worked fail to work after recent changes. In our case, after several years of uninterrupted service from our router, the only hitch we experienced was with the addition of our MBP; my search on the Discussions pointed me to this thread, and thankfully Andrea's link. Are you actually begrudging folks for not diagnosing the hitch as a firmware update before posting a question? Isn't a forum like this the place for folks who "think they know a little" to ask questions of those who think they know a little more? By this inflated measure (didn't it used to be "those who think they know everything?"), no one should post questions, nor certainly expect useful responses, as your post suggests.

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I've never heard of it, but then I'm not a Windows user nor do I use any HP printers.
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lynton74 wrote:
thanks
I am using wpa-psk security and a dynamic isp, DHCP is on and I have a MAC address. I have hard reset and rebooted the router.
i know not what the problem is either, any more help appreciated before I resort too a 'genius' and the Mac store!
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Sorry I have to copy and paste to just read your reply now.. stupid site.
If I understand you correctly in effect the TC is a client of the Netgear router so is just another access point on the Network. Rather than connecting to the Netgear via a wireless connection, it is connected with an Ethernet cable and receives an IP address from the Netgear like any other device. Although the Netgear and TC create 2 different wireless networks/ access points it is actually just one network?
Yes, all just one big happy network now.
Any idea why my printer has started disconnecting/ reconnecting approx every 5 mins from the TC wireless network? This has only just started in the last couple of months and does not appear to happen when the printer is connected via the Netgear wireless network connection.
I think you mentioned in your first post a suspicion about the latest firmware.. it is really poor.. downgrade to 7.6.1 and I think it will work better.
But also remember HP is a PC company.. have you setup your TC with all nice SMB names.. short, no spaces pure alphanumeric.. not nasty apple names with horrible worms.. like these, ' and spaces..
Also too much auto .. fix and lock everything down.. mode, channels, etc.
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