Wireless Internet not working correctly

I have a ibookg4 with an airport extreme wireless card. A while back my wireless stopped working all the sudden. I have a netgear router nothing to special. So i have spent countless of hours on the phone with the iT guys from netgear trying to help me figure out if its the router or what...i have the latest firmware for my router, i have to use my ethernet cable to connect through my router then to my cable modem to get on the internet. Now sometimes i can connect to my network but the speed is slow even though i have full bars. Then it loses its connection. Sometimes my network is on the list with other names and then sometimes there wont be any names on the list at all....and other times i try to connect and an error comes up and says there was and error joining this group with 2 options try again or ok....weird. When i use a program to find networks and i find mine, my signal strength is only 56% max and this is in the same room as the router. So i would like any help on this or any tips on what could be the problem.

hi old skool.....how did you figure out it was your wireless card? I'm having very similar problems, my mac book pro will recognize the wireless networks and the diagnostics even say i'm connected to the internet but when i open safari it just idles and it never actually opens the webpage.
I pretty much did the same thing, stayed on the phone with the Belkin people for hours trying to figure this out and i know it's not the modem or the router because everything picks up just fine on the windows laptop i use for work.
I'd really appreciate your insight! Thanks!

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When I go to the network connections folder, for the wireless network connection icon, it says “not connected, firewalled.” I can still browse the internet, though (at places other than my house).
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Whats the Wireless Settings you have set on your Router, I there might be the possibility that you have set the security mode on your Router too high thats the reason you are not getting connected to your Wireless Network. Follow the setps to change the Wireless settings on your Router and i think this might help in getting you connected to your wireless network.
Open an Internet Explorer browser page on your wired computer(desktop).In the address bar type - 192.168.1.1 and press Enter...Leave Username blank & in Password use admin in lower case...
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Click on the Wireless tab
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- Provide a unique name in the Wireless Network Name (SSID) box in order to differentiate your network from your neighbours network...
- Set the Radio Band to Standard-20MHz and change the Standard channel to 11-2.462GHz...Wireless SSID broadcast should be Enabled and then click on Save Settings...
Please make a note of Wireless Network Name (SSID) as this is the Network Identifier...
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Click on the Sub tab under Wireless > Wireless Security...
Change the Wireless security mode to WPA, For Encryption, select TKIP...For Passphrase input your desired WPA Key. For example , MySecretKey , This will serve as your network key whenever you connect to your wireless network. Do NOT give this key to anyone and remember the key.
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Click on the Sub tab, Wireless MAC Filter..
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i had my computer sent out it wouldnt power on they replaced the motherboard bios and ram i think it said, anyways the internet wont connect it keeps saying turn the switch on on the front of the computer well it is on and the logo even pops up on screen showing im turning it on and off. the internet will work if i plug it in wired but not wiredless and when i troubleshoot it says enable wireless but it is enabled! if i go into the adapter setting and i try to click enable it wont connect. it worked fine ebfore i sent it out did they modify this or something?
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Wireless internet not working... I'm so confused :(

I have wireless internet hooked up at my place (Rogers high speed modem with a Linksys router) and it was working on Saturday afternoon. Come Saturday night, when I turned my Powerbook back on, I connect to my wireless router but when I start up Safari or Camino, I can't connect to the internet at all. Limewire as well can't connect either.
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The problem, though, lies in the fact that my modem, while purchased outright from someone, is actually rewired to bypass my local cable company's high speed internet and, therefore, I get it for free. So, unless I can take this modem to another apartment in my building to see if it works, I can't actually get my cable company to help out here.
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F# keys on Apple Wireless Keyboard not working correctly.

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Shutdown your macbook.After thats done , switch the wireless keyboard off. Press Shift + Ctrl + Option + Power Key (all together ) and then release together. Start up the macbook and once that's up start up the keyboard.Try now.The keys should work fine.

Wireless internet not working on my mac for new network..

Im visiting my boyfriend and for some reason my macbook wont pick up his wireless network. All other pc computers in the house seem capable apart from mine. I usually use wireless via my airport router at home. Here it's Tiscalli.
At first it asked me for the WEP password as normal but when I entered the correct password it would say 'connection failed' after trying to connect via that password. (this still sometimes happens)
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Not quite sure why you posted in the iPod nano forum?
Maybe the MacBook forums would be better?
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Hi @Musicrafter , and welcome to the HP Forums!
I see you're experiencing connectivity issues. I would like to try and help!
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Good luck and please let me know the results of your troubleshooting steps. Thank you for posting on the HP Forums!
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Try this:
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Why doesnt mac book pro wireless internet not work as well as my macbook

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Hi @Jayesh_Bhadja ,
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Since yesterday we test the Feature "Enterprise Mode" for "Internet Explorer 11". However, we have many problems
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We use "Windows 7" on all our Clients, as test Clients are also running the same operating System...
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Greetings!
Ps: Please do not be angry if pronunciation or grammar do not fit well. English is not my nature language (my nature language is german)

Hi，
According to your description, seems the end-users can manually turn on\off the enterprise mode, If you don''t want this, you can disable the option.
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