Wifi problem...I know...please...
Hi
I bought my Macbook 2.16 ( you know, the middle one) on 7th Oct...I absolutely love it and have been merrily creating web pages and all kinds of stuff...haven't even got to the music bit yet, which is why I bought it.
I connected to my home network really easily (ok I had to unencrypt it but that's not any kind of issue where I live)...got a full signal all the time and never dropped out once. Fantastic. Why did I put up with Gates all these years?
This morning I switched on and the airport indicator was greyed out and has remained so all day. I use a D-Link G604_T modem/router and nothing has changed since last night. My PC (ugh) has connected all day, no problem. I've switched airport on and off to no avail, restarted, cold booted, done the option,R, alt, P thing - nothing. I have read all the posts I can find both here and on the Apple site. My wife's HP laptop connects no problem. I have never had any problem at all with the router so I am at a loss now.
I haven't seen exactly the same problem here but obviously am aware that there are issues with wifi...I guess I thought I was the lucky one.
Can anyone help. Please...
Thank you...oh yeah, I still love it!
Hello. I've never had problems with WiFi and the MacBook. I bought the newly updated "Santa Rosa" black MacBook yesterday (2.2Ghz) and transferred everything over to the new BlackBook via firewire (6pin to 6pin). It took about thirty minutes and I wondered if there would be problems connecting wirelessly to my Mac Pro with built-in Airport Express. To my pleasure, no. Not only did I connect but I didn't have to insert my password because it was included in the transfer.
If I experienced your problem I would assume it was the router/modem and would shut it off, give it a few minutes then restart. I'd then restart the MacBook and try connecting again. If that failed I'd check my MacBook wireless setup by first clicking on the (greyed out) radar icon in the top menu bar and then select the last item on that list: Open Network Preferences. If you are using Leopard you'll find a different menu setup then under Tiger. Check those settings then if all else fails, try the "Assist Me" option and walk through that quick process.
If you have other wireless laptops you can see if they connect without a problem. If they do then you know something is askew on your MacBook. If they find no signal then it is with the router.
Sorry I can't pinpoint the problem exactly but I hope this information is of some help.
Lisa
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