Strange airport problem since 10.5.3 - not solved by x.4

Hello,
as suggested by RodneyW I will try looking for help with an own thread:
I have a major problem with my airport-connection. Until 10.5.2 it worked fine.
I have a MacBook C2D (late 2006) and a Fritz!Box 7270 router with latest firmware. Wireless is set to ngb. The router normally broadcasts via the 2,4 Ghz band using channel 1.
I use WPA (TKIP) and a very strong random password (63 characters, I think).
This worked great until 10.5.3. Since then it is very hard to connect to the network. Sitting next to the router in the same room (no matter whether I am one meter or just centimeters away), I cannot connect most of the times. Mostly I get an error message ("time limit exceeded" should be the correct translation). In case my Mac connects, the connection is very(!) slow or literally doesn't exist at all.
The "funny" / strange thing is: as I walk away from the router, the connection starts getting better! I am now sitting two rooms away and my MacBook next to me connects perfectly!
According to AirportRadar and iStumbler there is no other wireless broadcasting at the same channel as my router does. Next to the router the signal strength is great (but no usable connection), two rooms away my signal strength is even lower than some other signal around here but the internet works fine (I am in fact connected to my network).
What I tried so far:
- repair permission, scan hd for errors (just in case s.o. asks)
- re-installing 10.5.3 using the combo update
- updated to x.4 using the combo update with turned off airport and bluetooth
- deleted my network from the preferred networks and connected again
- changed the ssid
- changed the wpa-password
- reboot in safe mode
- turned off IPv6
- played around with the IO80211Family.kext
Btw., there is no problem with re-connecting after wake-up.
Is there anyone having an idea to solve this? I would add any additional information needed to solve this.

Hooray, working again!
I changed encryption to WPA2 as you suggested. My first experience was that my connection got much faster. Since I have the draft-n-patch installed, sold by Apple some months ago, I was now able to connect using that standard. I never realized that.
Unfortunately, the main problem still existed. Now I slightly modified your second advice and switched to 802.11n+a broadcasting via the 5 Ghz band, used solely by me. And now, the connection even works next to the router! Still looks a bit unstable but I just downloaded a 500 Mb-file without troubles.
Seems as if the great number of networks was one of the reasons for my problem.
The commands mentioned by you return the following now:
agrCtlRSSI: -27
agrExtRSSI: -39
agrCtlNoise: -92
agrExtNoise: -92
state: running
op mode: station
lastTxRate: 300
maxRate: 270
lastAssocStatus: 0
802.11 auth: open
link auth: wpa2-psk
BSSID: 0:1c:4a:4b:f:6a
SSID: Irischer Tanzsaal
MCS: 15
channel: 36,1
SSID BSSID RSSI CHANNEL SECURITY (auth/unicast/group)
axelpaul 00:17:9a:68:bc:85 -53 6 WPA(PSK/TKIP/TKIP)
treggiari 00:1b:2f:5b:bf:d4 -71 11 WPA(PSK/TKIP/TKIP)
WLAN 00:03:c9:a3:42:ca -89 11 WEP
Irischer Tanzsaal 00:1c:4a:4b:0f:6a -27 36 WPA2(PSK/AES/AES)
Any comments?
Thank you very much for your help. I will pay you drink in case we ever meet.

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About the problem:
Symptoms:
AirPort signal level randomly decreases until connection is lost, and there is no automatic reconnection.
Manual reconnection is required and might not always succeed, and even if it does, it doesn´t last long(usually less than 3 minutes).
Sometimes the network is missing from the menu(when clicking the wifi icon on status bar) and turning off and on AirPort is required.
Judging from what I´ve read here and found on google, this is a known common problem that dates back to at least april 2007(see [1]).
*Some (useful?) Information:*
0) It might have worked better before updating (10.4.9 is the version of my Installation discs, I didn´t reinstall) to 10.4.10, but I can´t say for sure.
1) According to [1] this seems to be a software problem in OS X, since the atheros driver works fine under Windows.
2) It doesn´t matter if the laptop is running from battery or not, and it doesn´t seem to be related to waking from sleep state since it happens on a clean restart too.
3) Once in a while, the OS asks me to enter the WPA passphrase again to connect to the network, why does it do this if the passphrase is already stored inside the default login keychain?. (entering the passphrase again does not fix the problem)
4) Wireless router is a speedtouch modem, it´s properly configured and it´s known to work, its leds indicate that everything is ok.
5) The MacBook is approx. 6m away from the speedtouch router(walls in between), electronic devices: headless computer next to the speedtouch modem, printer, radio, tv (note: not that it matters since the laptop has worked from this location before).
6) System Info: (forums display issues, does not show ok)
Hardware:
+Mac OS X 10.4.10+
+Model Identifier: MacBook2,1+
+Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo+
+Processor Speed: 2 GHz+
+Number Of Processors: 1+
+Total Number Of Cores: 2+
+L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB+
+Memory: 1 GB+
+Bus Speed: 667 MHz+
+Boot ROM Version: MB21.00A5.B06+
+SMC Version: 1.17f0+
+Serial Number: W87190VFYA2+
+Sudden Motion Sensor:+
+State: Enabled+
Network:
AirPort:
+Type: AirPort+
+Hardware: AirPort+
+BSD Device Name: en1+
+IPv4 Addresses: 192.168.1.68+
IPv4:
+Addresses: 192.168.1.68+
+Configuration Method: DHCP+
+Interface Name: en1+
+Router: 192.168.1.254+
+Subnet Masks: 255.255.255.0+
DNS:
+Domain Name: lan+
+Server Addresses: 192.168.1.254+
+DHCP Server Responses:+
+Domain Name: lan+
+Domain Name Servers: 192.168.1.254+
+Lease Duration (seconds): 0+
+DHCP Message Type: 0x05+
+Routers: 192.168.1.254+
+Server Identifier: 192.168.1.254+
+Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0+
Proxies:
+Proxy Configuration Method: Manual+
+ExcludeSimpleHostnames: 0+
+FTP Passive Mode: Yes+
+Auto Discovery Enabled: No+
Ethernet:
+MAC Address: 00:1b:63:08:c0:87+
+Media Options: +
+Media Subtype: autoselect+
+AirPort Card Information:+
+Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x168C, 0x87)+
+Wireless Card Locale: USA+
+Wireless Card Firmware Version: 1.1.9.3+
+Current Wireless Network: SpeedTouch824916+
+Wireless Channel: 1+
7) logs (not good debug info, but maybe it helps...)
Before last update (from /var/log/system.log)
+Aug 1 01:36:21 Federico-Zagarzaz-s-Computer mDNSResponder: Repeated transitions for interface lo0 (127.0.0.1);+
+delaying packets by 5 seconds+
+Aug 1 01:39:14 Federico-Zagarzaz-s-Computer ntpd[158]: sendto(17.254.0.26): Can't assign requested address+
+Aug 1 01:39:31 Federico-Zagarzaz-s-Computer /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Resources/ai+
+rport: Error: WirelessAssociate2() = 88001006 for network SpeedTouch824916. The operation timed out.+
+Aug 1 01:39:39 Federico-Zagarzaz-s-Computer /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Resources/ai+
+rport: Error: WirelessAssociate2() = 88001006 for network SpeedTouch824916. The operation timed out.+
+Aug 1 01:39:39 Federico-Zagarzaz-s-Computer /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Resources/ai+
+rport: Error: WirelessAssociate2() = 88001003 for network SpeedTouch824916. errWirelessKernelError.+
+Aug 1 01:39:39 Federico-Zagarzaz-s-Computer /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Resources/ai+
+rport: Error: WirelessCreateScanResults() = 8800100b+
+Aug 1 01:39:50 Federico-Zagarzaz-s-Computer configd[35]: Error: Failed to join most recent network "SpeedTouch8+
+24916", err=88001006 (will search for any others)+
+Aug 1 01:39:50 Federico-Zagarzaz-s-Computer /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Resources/ai+
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+Aug 1 07:01:37 Federico-Zagarzaz-s-Computer configd[60]: Error: Failed to join most recent network "SpeedTouch824916", err=88001006 (will search for any others)+
+Aug 1 07:01:48 Federico-Zagarzaz-s-Computer /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Resources/airport: Could not find "SpeedTouch824916" on any channel (directed scan)+
+Aug 1 07:01:48 Federico-Zagarzaz-s-Computer /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Resources/airport: Could not find "SpeedTouch824916" on channel(s) 1+
+Aug 1 07:02:20 Federico-Zagarzaz-s-Computer /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/air port: Error: WirelessAssociate2() = 88001006 for network SpeedTouch824916. The operation timed out.+
+Aug 1 07:02:29 Federico-Zagarzaz-s-Computer /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/air port: Error: WirelessAssociate2() = 88001006 for network SpeedTouch824916. The operation timed out.+
+Aug 1 07:02:38 Federico-Zagarzaz-s-Computer /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/air port: Error: WirelessAssociate2() = 88001006 for network SpeedTouch824916. The operation timed out.+
8) Settings: (forums display issues, does not show ok)
+unknown-00-1b-63-08-c0-87:~ fede$ cat /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.airport.preferences.plist+
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>+
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">+
.+<plist version="1.0">+
.<dict>
. <key>AllowEnable</key>
. <integer>1</integer>
. +<key>Always remember new networks</key>+
. <integer>1</integer>
. +<key>Default 802.1X Configurations</key>+
. <array>
. <dict>
. <key>AcceptEAPTypes</key>
. <array>
. <integer>25</integer>
. <integer>21</integer>
. <integer>43</integer>
. </array>
. <key>Description</key>
. <string>Automatic</string>
. <key>EAPFASTProvisionPAC</key>
. <integer>1</integer>
. <key>EAPFASTUsePAC</key>
. <integer>1</integer>
. <key>TLSVerifyServerCertificate</key>
. <integer>1</integer>
. <key>TTLSInnerAuthentication</key>
. <string>MSCHAPv2</string>
. </dict>
. <dict>
. <key>AcceptEAPTypes</key>
. <array>
. <integer>21</integer>
. </array>
. <key>Description</key>
. +<string>TTLS - PAP</string>+
. <key>TLSVerifyServerCertificate</key>
. <integer>1</integer>
. <key>TTLSInnerAuthentication</key>
. <string>PAP</string>
. </dict>
. </array>
. +<key>Disconnect on logout</key>+
. <integer>0</integer>
. +<key>Fallback Preference</key>+
. <integer>0</integer>
. <key>InterferenceRobustness</key>
. <integer>0</integer>
. <key>JoinMode</key>
. <integer>0</integer>
. +<key>List of known networks</key>+
. <array>
. <dict>
. <key>AuthPasswordEncryption</key>
. <string>SystemKeychain</string>
. <key>SCAN_CHANNELS</key>
. <array>
. <integer>1</integer>
. </array>
. <key>SSID</key>
. <data>
. U3BlZWRUb3VjaDgyNDkxNg==
. </data>
. <key>SecurityType</key>
. +<string>WPA Personal</string>+
. <key>WEPKeyLen</key>
. <integer>32</integer>
. <key>_timeStamp</key>
. <date>2007-07-02T07:49:11Z</date>
. <key>authMode</key>
. <integer>2</integer>
. <key>capability</key>
. <integer>16</integer>
. <key>channel</key>
. <integer>1</integer>
. <key>cipherMode</key>
. <integer>2</integer>
. <key>isIBSS</key>
. <integer>0</integer>
. <key>isWPA</key>
. <integer>1</integer>
. <key>multiCipher</key>
. <integer>3</integer>
. <key>name</key>
. <string>SpeedTouch824916</string>
. <key>scanWasDirected</key>
. <true/>
. </dict>
. </array>
. +<key>Require Admin for IBSS creation</key>+
. <integer>0</integer>
. +<key>Require Admin for network change</key>+
. <integer>0</integer>
. <key>Version</key>
. <integer>5</integer>
.</dict>
.</plist>
9)
.+unknown-00-1b-63-08-c0-87:~ fede$ /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/air port -I+
. +commQuality: 0+
. +rawQuality: 10+
. +avgSignalLevel: -89+
. +avgNoiseLevel: -96+
. +linkStatus: ESS+
. +portType: Client+
. +lastTxRate: 2+
. +maxRate: 54+
.+lastAssocStatus: 1+
. +BSSID: 00:14:7f:30:56:75+
. +SSID: SpeedTouch824916+
. +Security: WPA PSK cipher: TKIP+
10) Software Update.log
+2007-07-02 01:17:51 -0300: Installed "Pages Update" (2.0.2)+
+2007-07-02 01:17:54 -0300: Installed "Keynote Update" (3.0.2)+
+2007-07-02 01:18:04 -0300: Installed "iPhoto Update" (6.0.6)+
+2007-07-02 01:18:24 -0300: Installed "QuickTime" (7.1.6)+
+2007-07-02 09:57:07 -0300: Installed "iTunes" (7.3)+
+2007-07-02 09:57:09 -0300: Installed "Security Update 2007-006 (Universal)" (1.0)+
+2007-07-02 09:59:26 -0300: Installed "Mac OS X Update (Intel)" (10.4.10)+
+2007-07-26 21:56:29 -0300: Installed "QuickTime" (7.2)+
+2007-07-26 22:21:30 -0300: Installed "iTunes" (7.3.1)+
+2007-07-26 22:21:34 -0300: Installed "Audio Update 2007-001" (1.0)+
+2007-08-01 02:53:00 -0300: Installed "AirPort Extreme Update 2007-004" (1.0)+
Don´t know if it helps or not, but that is all I could find.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Best Regards,
Federico
References:
[1] http://www.macfixitforums.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=wireless&Number=823491&For um=&Words=&Match=Entire%20Phrase&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Old=1day&Main=810572&Sear ch=true
[2] http://www.appletell.com/apple/comment/unconfirmed-airport-issues-with-mac-os-x- 10410/
[3] http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1008143&tstart=0
[4] http://www.macfixitforums.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=wireless&Number=823491&For um=&Words=&Match=Entire%20Phrase&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Old=1day&Main=810572&Sear ch=true
Message was edited by: fzagarzazu (forums display issues)

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http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/installswupdates.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/backuprecovery.html
Since you're a newcomer to the Mac, peruse these:
Switching from Windows to Mac OS X,
Basic Tutorials on using a Mac, and
MacTips Learning Centre.
Additionally, *Texas Mac Man* recommends:
Quick Assist.
Welcome to the Switch To A Mac Guides, and
A guide for switching to a Mac.

External hard drive connected to my airport extreme will no longer open, when navigating to it in Finder, the Finder window quits and reopens, cannot access hard drive, it is visible in airport utility, since the problem began I have updated firmware

External hard drive connected to my airport extreme will no longer open, when navigating to it in Finder, the Finder window quits and reopens, cannot access hard drive, it is visible in airport utility, since the problem began I have updated firmware on Extreme as well as both of my Airport Expresses. Hard drive is USB connected to Extreme.

Reboot the USB drive.. assuming it is powered.. or unplug and replug a self-powered drive.. (you should not use self-powered drives on AE before the latest model.. always use a powered hub).
Does the drive now appear in finder..
If not reboot both drive and the AE.. it should now appear.
If it doesn't work with direct connection try a powered hub.. that can help.

Massive wireless connection problems since airport client update 2009-001

Hi,
I have a brand new MacBook Unibody 2 GHz with 4 GB RAM and an OSX installation up to date. Since the update of the airport client software 2009-001 on March 4th, I have MASSIVE problems to establish a working wifi network connection.
I use as APs a D-Link 614+ with up to date router firmware, a ZyXel Wireless Lan Router 100 (some ISP bulk router from my provider) with up to date router firmware and an AVM 7170 Wireless LAN router with up to date firmware. The last one is extremly expensive and state of the wifi art.
First of all, I can not establish a stable connection to no one of my wifi routers. After entering the passphrase for WPA, an established connection fades out in 20seconds-3minutes. And trying to establish a connection lasts minutes! Mostly OS X is telling me "Out of time". But in wireshark there is in due to my research mostly no packet transfer over the en1 wifi device at all! The airport card sometimes is fooling around with me!
I tried serveral configurations with all my routers differing in encryption (Wep->Wpa->Wpa2) or TTL of the packets or whatever the router is configurable. But I could not solve this problem for me.
Wifi is like dead.... not working reliable... or not working at all.
I have also used Wireshark to get into this problem. With start of an connection with EAPOL, it lasts serveral seconds till the airport card replies to the AP. Airport should response in milli seconds.... but no!
Then DHCP handshake sometimes finishes succesfully, but the airport card turns the correct ip address into a wrong ip address.
MacBook: 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.0 Request "give me an ip"
AVM Router: 10.255.128.1 to 255.255.255.0 ACK "TAKE 10.255.128.25"
You would think the airport card would take the given 10.255.128.25, but no it takes 192.168.0.100 and can not establish an internet connection, OF COURSE!
What the **** is the airport client firmware doing while takeing the wrong IP adress, which is not given by the DHCP Server?
And I have also discovered, that the airport card is sending out tons of ARP requests like:
MacBook: MacBookMacAdress to Broadcast ARP "who has 10.255.128.1?" (my avm router)
AVM Router: AVMMacAddress to MacBookMacadress ARP "I am at ....."
But hey, the airport card seems not be able to understand the avm reply and requests again immediately uncountable times!
Apple, please fix your airport client software. It seems to me the parser within the firmware for packet parsing has some kind of dead locks or sth else.
This are just three hints for the firmware developers.
PLEASE FIX THAT!

I don't know if this will fix your problem or not but it fixed my airport from self assigning ip's instead of taking the proper one.
Florida dude from this thread http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=24540&page=5 says
"I've been having the "self assigned IP" problem now for a bit. It all started when I let the battery run down, and I've been working with it now for a couple of weeks (except it affects ethernet AS WELL as airport).
I've found a temporary workaround. Go to Security in network preferences, and select firewall. Then select "allow all incoming connections". Go back to the preference pane, and select network. After about 15-20 seconds, it DHCP should assign a good IP. Then go back and reset your firewall.
Works ok, but if your Mac goes to sleep, you need to repeat."
Give it a shot, it worked for me.

Airport card suddenly gets no signal--not network problem

Hi all, I have an original Airport card that's been working fine in my G4 TiBook for the past 5 years. Today suddenly my network connection dropped. At first I thought it had to do with the base station, but two other computers in my house (both with Airport Extreme cards, if it makes any difference, though I don't see why it would) both connect fine, and resetting the base station makes no difference. The TiBook still recognizes the Airport card, turns it on and off, etc., but it itself can't see the base station or the network or the other two computers' computer-to-computer networks. When the TiBook creates a computer-to-computer network, my newer AlBook and PowerMac can't see it. I haven't installed anything recently, I haven't dropped the computer, I haven't even looked at it funny. As you can tell, I'm pretty exasperated and at a loss as to where to even begin looking for a problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hmm, we're on totally different generations of powerbooks. Mine is the 2nd gen. Gigabit Ethernet TiBook, so the battery definitely isn't the issue. I'm also using a replacement battery, not an original Apple batt. I also find it hard to imagine a scenario where the battery would suddenly start interfering with the Airport, esp. since the recall defect has to do with overheating.
I went to sleep last night and when I woke up this morning, it was working miraculously. Then, I left and came back a few minutes ago, and it was out again. I think I'm gonna open it up and reseat the card, etc., since it seems like some kind of loose connection. But I have no idea if I'm even in the right ballpark. Ach....
Let me know if you manage to work any miracles.

We bought a time capsule then the wifi has a problem since it does not identify the existing wireless network and it says that its need to have an update firmware. The existing firmware is 7.3.1, does it have an newest update firmware existing now?

We bought a time capsule, 1TB, then the wifi has a problem since it does not identify the existing wireless network and it says that its need to have an update firmware. The existing firmware is 7.3.1, does it have an newest update firmware existing now? Does APPLE do not provide latest firmware for this item?

How old is that Time Capsule? The fact that it still have firmware 7.3.1 suggests that it's not the latest model. The latest firmware available for my two-year-old model is version 7.5.2. Apple does provide firmware updates. You just have to let the Time Capsule download and install them. Use AirPort Utility to do that.
Regarding your Wi-Fi problem, please explain what you mean by "it does not identify the existing wireless network".
By the way, you've been misled by poor field labeling on this forum into typing a large part of your message into the field intended for the subject. In the future just type a short summary of your post into that field and type the whole message into the field below that.

The problem I have since I upgraded to Mavericks version 10.9.1 The problem appears only with Mail not with other programs, not even with my browser. When I try to zoom the text of an e-mail I received or sent , I can no longer use the keys Command to e

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The problem appears only with Mail not with other programs, not even with my browser.
When I try to zoom the text of an e-mail I received or sent , I can no longer use the keys Command + to enlarge the text, although I can reduce it with Command -.
As I have a problem with my eyes, This is a serious matter for me.
When I write an e-mail, if I select text and press Command +, it just displaces the text to the right.
Now, my husband has a USB keyboard. If he connects it to my computer, his regular Command + does not work either, but he uses the extended keyboard, then it works. Unfortunately, he needs it for a musical application which does not work with a wireless keyboard.

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I am using Adobe Flash 10.1.53.64 without any problem in this version of Firefox. Check the release notes, I believe it contains all the latest security fixes in "Firefox 3.6.4".
Hopefully, they will fix Firefox 3.6 in the next version (e.g. Firefox 3.6.7), until then you should probably use "Firefox 3.5.10".

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