MacBook Pro loses all 802.11 signals - reboot required - not a router issue
Recent intermittent problem on my MacBook Pro, but happening often enough to need to address:
For some reason the wireless networking (internal "airport card") will lose reception. It drops its current connection when this happens, and the menu bar icon loses all its signal bars and shows that it's scanning, but can't find anything.
I have 4 different wireless routers in the house (2 Apple, one Linksys, one Verizon) and my neighbors have a couple that always show as available in my Airport menu, but when this issue occurs, none of these 6-7 routers show as available, even though two iPhones and two other laptops in the house have no issues.
I've tried turning off the internal airport card and turning it back on with no luck. Only a full power off reboot of the computer fixes the problem.
The problem is random, so hard to troubleshoot, and I don't think it's faulty hardware (or a simple reboot wouldn't fix it), but I don't even know where to begin looking for software type issues.
Any ideas?
Baby Boomer (USofA) wrote:
Suggest that you cross-post in the appropriate AirPort Forums.
I also have the Verizon router. What I did was piggy back my Airport Extreme (802.11n) to the Verizon router. I paid too much $$$$ for the AE to not use it.
Thanks for the reply, +but this is NOT an issue with an AE Router.+ I tried to make that clear. +This is an issue with my MacBook Pro+. All other devices in the household (2 laptops, 4 iPhones, 2 Airport Expresses, an AppleTV) have zero issues with my wireless networking, and my MacBook Pro cannot see any networks, regardless of the brand of router that is running, and regardless of the location.
I suppose a cross post to the AE forums wouldn't hurt, but they seem very focused on AE ROUTERS over there, and I suspect I won't get much replies beyond "what are your router settings" or "reboot your router."
Thanks again.
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