Wireless problem in leopard ... works in XP

Has anyone else had this problem? I get it periodically and it's quite irritating.
I try to connect to a wi-fi access point (right now it's a public access point at a hospital). OSX either won't associate with the access point or if it does it gets a self-assigned IP address (169.xxxxx) In any event it won't work.
However if I boot the same computer into Windows XP using boot camp then the same laptop hooks right up and starts working wirelessly. Also: My iPhone is able to connect to the same access point.
I even tried totally reinstalling OSX fresh on the same computer but I experienced the same problem. (So I subsequently rolled back using time machine.) I did a firm-ware update, but no change.
Has anyone else had this occur? Does anyone have a solution? It's embarrassing to have to boot into XP to work. (and even then I can't access my OSX apps that I need).

Ellis Z,
You are not alone. I assume that you have a MacBook Pro and running Leopard 10.5.2 because, for all reports, this is the only Apple product combination experiencing this issue. If you look on the MBP discussion, you will see dozens of threads, hundreds of posts and thousands of views related to the Wi-Fi connectivity problem. I first discovered that when I ran my MBP under Windows Vista using VMWare, there was no connectivity problem (amazing, same hardware connecting to the same Wi-Fi only with the dreaded MS OS - and it works). I also have an iMac and no problems. My wife has a PowerBook G4 and no connectivity problems. It's only the MBP with Leopard 10.5.2. And, Apple remains totally silent on the issue. You can read posts of brand new MBP's coming right out of the box and not being able to connect via Wi-Fi. While Apple will tell us (the individual user) nothing about the problem or the pending fix, they have been forced by a BIG user (the NYC school system) to admit that there is a problem and that 10.5.3 will fix it. Unfortunately, we have been living with this problem since the release of 10.5.2 (several months)...and still, no release of 10.5.3.
Here are a couple of URL's posted on another thread that discuss the issue and how the NYC school system put a hold on all Apple orders until the fix is released.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/04/17/macssuspended_from_nyc_schools_over_wififlaw.html
"it looks like it took some bad PR and possibly losing a really big order, but the word's finally getting out..."
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/04/18/appleoffers_developers_weekend_10_5_3seed.html
and
http://www.9to5mac.com/leopardwirelesswoes

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Hello
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are you sure you fixed it??
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The problems with leopard connecting to wireless networks is documented all over the forums
But anyway, below is a solution from fred (Genius!!) it comes from
http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-375266.html
You have to do this through SAFARI (then for me camino worked perfectly as well)
1. When you awaken Leopard you get the "None of your preferred networks are available" message.
Cancel it.
2. Ask Safari to open any page. It will, of course, hang with the message "You are not connected to the Internet."
Click on the "Network Diagnostics..." button in the message box.
3. You should get a dialog box titled "Network Diagnostics". The list of "locations" should have the name of your usual network setup highlighted in gray. All the network status signals down the left side will be red.
Click on the "Continue" button in the dialog box.
4. You should see a fresh Network Diagnostics box subtitled "Choose network port configuration"
Click on the AirPort radio button.
Then click on continue.
5. The Network Diagnostics box should be refreshed. You should now see "Select AirPort network" as a subtitle, and one or more wireless network names listed.
Click on your wireless network name (the one your AirPort knows).
Click the Continue button.
6. Type your password in the Password box in the next refresh. (No need for a $. Just your password.) (Don't bother checking the Remember password... box. It seems non-functional.)
7. Click the Continue button.
8. The Network Fairy awakens, makes all the status signals on the left green, turns on your wireless signal strength icon in the top bar, loads your Safari page, and leaves you with the message: "Your Internet connection appears to be working correctly."
9. Beats me why the "other" WEP password entry process consistently fails.
Fred

I must have missed something the first time around with the G3....
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I'm having problems printing from my 15" macbook pro to my HP wireless printer. It works sometimes but not reliably, it can spend hours "seating for printer". I can print from my i pad with no problems

Hi,
Apple's AirPrint only support specific models while using wired or wireless network connection.
Plugging a printer into a USB port of Apple base is not supported for AirPrint:
AirPrint printers connected to the USB port of the Apple AirPort Base Station or Time Capsules are not supported with AirPrint.
As well you must use AirPrint enabled printers for a such, none of your printers are AirPrint enabled:
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For months I have been getting problems with Leopard unable to reconnect with a WPA or WPA2 connection after going out of range and coming back into range.
I have tried a Draytek 2800 and a Cisco 877W. Same symptoms with both routers on macbook and iMac but it never happens on my Windows XP laptop.
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Seems like everyone I talk to has this problem with their macbook.
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Click on Continue
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Click Continue and let it finish
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Download and install this: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL907
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- Sys Prefs, Print & Fax
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WARNING - this will delete ALL of your printers!
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also, nice to meet you all, thanks for having me!
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Hi,
I think they are called homeplugs,
There are a few things you can do, but Im fairly certain they will not affect your wireless.
In any case,
1. Plug them into sockets that are next to eachother,
2. switch them both on (no need to plug ethernet cables in yet,
3. Wait for them to sync up (green lights) the ethernet lights will not be on,
4. Move each of them where you need them and let us know how it goes.
I should say that I also received the black homeplugs, but I already had the previous ones replaced so I didnt see the point in switching them just yet. They are perfectly fine and I will notice any issues since I switch ethernet cables in 1 of them every day.
Netgear Setup

Bluetooth not working = wireless mighty mouse not working too

I've received an apple wireless mighty mouse from my gf and it's not responding to anything. and my bluetooth icon in the top right of the screen says it's not enable everytime since. So it's surely in my imac the problem. Is there a way i can fix it buy myself or i have to send it to an apple store?
N.B. i have the same problem as the rest of the peps who have the latest update of Leopard

"can you tell my why it says that while 2 weeks ago my WIRELESS mighty mouse
was working and that i was able to go into bluetooth icon and it was active???"
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86496 Apple Wireless Keyboard and Mouse: Troubleshooting Connection Issues
If the above Article is of no help and DaddyPaycheck does not have any more solutions then I suggest that you cross-post over in the Bluetooth Keyboard/Mouse Forums where the Bluethooth users hang out.

Wireless problems - wired is ok

Last night everything was working fine on my daughters macbook running leopard. This morning I installed snow leopard, and the wireless internet no longer works. The strange thing is it does get an ip address and I can access the router pages in firefox or safari. It just won't go to the net. Everything works fine when connected via ethernet though. Very strange. I have restarted my modem and router, with no change, and repaired disk permissions too. I did upgrade my personal macbook a couple of weeks ago and everything was perfect.
Any ideas?

Your problem is very common. As of now, there is no universal solution. Here is a possibile solution. Please let me know if it does or does not work. I have some alternatives.
Go Finder > Your HD > Library > Preferences > SystemConfiguration.
Move the SystemConfiguration folder to your Desktop.
Restart. Now, try airport. Try your network. Try your browser.
Keep your System Configuration folder for a while just in case

Wireless issues after Leopard install

Hi guys im pretty new to Mac so all new to me . Had a Macbook for about 4 months and has worked from day 1 using wireless connection with my Netgear router. I bought and installed Leopard and it went on like a dream no probs until the RESTART. The wireless connection had gone and was asking me to choose a network which was on screen as netgear which i clicked and asked for password which i can only thnk is my WEP key like it was when i started using mac, but wont have it . Even using the assistant in network wont let me use WEP key keeps saying connection timeout .If i use the diagnostic in set up i can get on line everytime with wepkey i restart the mac and there is nothing there so i have to start again with the diagnostic which works , is there another password i should be using because i didnt before Ive updated the keychain access today but still no good.
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cheers nat

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maybe try manually setting DHCP settings in router config page, and set a static IP for the G5 to connect to and disable security and see what happens, also in the Network preferences pane, > Show: Network configurations > Click the *Gear symbol* next to the + & - and services > and set the Airport to be top of the list so it looks for that as connection first... maybe its dropping off and on and looking for a different connection...
i dunno i'm all out of idea's at this stage, i'm just backing up my Tiger install and then going to install Leopard and have another go.... but i think its a case of sitting back and waiting for Apple to release a software fix as i dont think any configuration's we try will solve it..... & wont be as good as a proper software fix from the developers as it looks like its something to do with the Network coding being messed up... its occurring too often to a lot of people to be a mistake or configuration error on the customers side...

Slow wireless with Snow Leopard

I've read many posts on the subject and tried most all the fixes, but nothing works and I need a work around.
Here is a summary:
Macbook Pro to Time Machine base wireless, through Actiontec GT701 DSL modem. Latest updates and firmware for all. Tested with all firewalls off.
Had no speed problems before Snow Leopard.
Web pages intermittently load very slow. Will work fast for a few minutes, then very slow for a longer periods of time, then repeat.
Direct connect via Ethernet to Time Machine, no speed problem at any time.
On different wireless hot spots including at work, no problem.
Test of DSL speed shows steady high speed performance.
Tried different DNS configurations, no effect. Tried at least 10 other recommended fixes,none worked.
Put in older Linksys WRT54G V5 in place of Time Machine. Same problem.
Same exact problem with my wife's MacBook Pro.
This points to a problem between Snow Leopard and the ActionTec modem. But since it worked just great with Leopard, is there something I can change in the ActionTec or in Snow Leopard to get back the previous performance????
I don't believe buying new hardware is a good trial and error solution, so I'm looking for a configuration solution.
Thank you in advance for you suggestions.

I am posting a solution that worked for me on this issue.
This was similar to an issue I had back with Leopard (10.5) and Entourage. Using Entourage with my Exchange Server, every time an OS update would come up, my connection was unstable and would routinely disconnect for no reason. I found a solution on one of the Mac Boards on the Internet (I do not remember which) that fixed the issue, and that same fix seems to work for this slow WiFi connection problem. This assumes you have the problem with your home WiFi, or the WiFi WAP (Wireless Access Point) you are having connection issues with. In my case I was using an Apple Airport Time Capsule Access Point.
I write these steps in the simplest terms possible to ensure even a novice can understand and follow.
1- Go to you Keychain Access (Applications -> Utilities -> Keychain Access)
2- Look for the name of your WiFi WAP/Server (It should say AirPort network password next to it)
3- Double Click and then click on Show Password on the Attributes window (May ask you to Authenticate yourself for access to the Password)
4- Write down the WAP Password (it may be case sensitive, so be exact)
5- Close Attributes window
6- Delete the entry with the name of the WiFi WAP name you selected on Step 2 above.
7- Close Key Chain Access window
8- Turn off your Airport on the menubar at the top of the screen (Airport Symbol -> Turn Airport Off)
9- Open System Preferences (Icon on your Dock) and then Click on the Network Icon
11- Click on the Airport entry and then on the Advanced button
12- Click on the Network Name of the WiFi/WAP you deleted in the Keychain Access (Step 6)
13- Click on the minus sign below the Network Names section (This deletes the WAP entry)
14- Click OK
15- Restart your Mac
What these steps do is erase the main entries that automatically connects you to your Airport WAP/Network account.
After Restart, do the following:
1- Once your Mac has restarted, then turn on your Airport (Airport Symbol -> Turn Airport On)
2- Once the Airport has scanned for available WAP's/Networks click on your chosen WAP/Network (assuming it is your Home WAP)
3- It should ask you for the WAP/Network password (If it automatically connects to your WAP then you did not delete one of the entries listed previously in step 6 and/or 13. You will have to start over.)
4- Input the Password you copied in step 4 above
5- Airport Icon should show that you are connected by going from Grey to Black lines.
6- You are done...
Once you follow these steps you should be connected to the Internet. You can test your Internet speed at www.speedtest.net
One optional step I do, which may make a difference for you, is that while the MacBook is restarting I disconnect power to the DSL modem for 10-15 seconds, and then re-connect it. This ensures you have a clean and renewed DSL connection with your provider.
One note of caution on this... when I did this fix for my Entourage problem under Leopard (10.5), every time an incremental OS update would come up, I found myself having to repeat these steps over again. It was not until Snow Leopard was installed that this issue completely went away. It seems that a new OS installation fixed whatever gremlin was laying underneath all of this.
This "Fix" did recently work on a 15" MacBook Pro 2009 model (10.6.5) that belongs to a friend of mine, and was experiencing very slow Internet WiFi speeds at his home. I hope it also works for you.
Good luck....

Sleep function = wireless problem?

I have an Intel iMac 2.4 GHz/OS 10.5.2 (the earlier version of Leopard came pre-installed) and a lynksis router.
Like many others I experienced an unstable wireless connection from day 1 with this computer. The other two Macs in the house, both running Tiger had and have no such problem.
Changing the router channel from 6 to 3 seemed to help somewhat, but the problem persisted.
I noticed it was worse when the computer had just been wakened from sleep. That is, the wireless signal would start strong then quickly fade away. I found that putting the computer back to sleep, then immediately waking it up would restore the signal, but I often had to do this a dozen times during a session of an hour or so.
Since there seemed to be some connection between the sleep function and the wireless connectivity I decided to experiment. I went to System Preferences/Energy Saver and set the sleep function to Never. The screen is still set to black out after fifteen minutes. So now the computer is awake all the time, only the screen darkens after some inactivity.
For three days now the wireless signal has been extremely robust - no fading out whatsoever and the bars have remained at full strength. This certainly doesn't explain the cause of the problem, but it does seem to be an effective work-around, at least so far.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? And can anyone explain why the sleep function would affect wireless connectivity?

That a graphics update would fix the sleep function (not to mention the associated wireless issues) seemed odd to me too. I'm just reporting what the Apple tech said. I do have the impression that if they really can't solve your problem their next objective is to get the caller off the line as pleasantly as possible. That may possibly be the case here.
I would certainly be interested to know if anyone else has a similar problem. The two necessary conditions seem to be:
1. Sleep function (as set from System Preferences) unreliable, e.g. doesn't always put the computer to sleep, sometimes invokes such a deep sleep that the computer must be unplugged to restart, sometimes wakes up by itself;and
2. Wireless signal slows to a crawl shortly after awakening from sleep (and in my case, remains unstable, requiring toggling sleep on/off or airport card on/off to resume strong signal.)
As long as I have the sleep function set to Never the wireless problem disappears. It's been almost two weeks now, so I'm pretty sure there's some link between the two conditions. After the last software update from Apple a couple of days ago I reset the sleep function back to 15 minutes and the wireless fade immediately started up again. Reset it to Never, and, voila!, no problem since.
I hope anyone else who has both sleep and wireless problems will try this. So far it's the first reliable clue I've found regarding the issue of unstable wireless.

Anyone else having a Problem with Leopard and Photoshop CS3?

I'm using CS3 with Leopard 10.5.4 at work and there are some very aggravating anomalies, that I'd like to nail down to a cause. Most frequently, when switching from apps to P'Shop, the menu bar stays for the previous app, i.e. when going from Finder to P'shop, the menu bar still says Finder and has Finder options. Changing from Lightwave to P'Shop, the menu bar remains Lightwave.
Occasionally, an Adobe app - P'Shop or InDesign - will simply disappear and not come back. The icon in the dock shows it as active, but no amount of clicking, Command-Tabbing will reveal the app and I have to Force Quit, losing unsaved changes.
I have a feeling it's Leopard, since, I've used CS3 on Tiger and CS4 on Tiger and never had a problem.
I'm wondering if upgrading to the latest Leopard would make much of a difference.
Has anyone come across this and found any kind of answers?
Thanks for any suggestions.
-Vincent

> Just because it doesn't happen to Phil (who may not use all of the same features of the Suite that others do anyway) does NOT mean that these problems are not real and are not mere PEBCAK.
Right. If someone is having a problem associated with Tiger, it's PEBAK. If Leopard is involved, it's automatically because of Leopard. Apparently, with Apple's latest OS, trouble shooting problems are no longer necessary - just blame it on Leopard and call it a day.
b FUD
I find the dynamics here really interesting. This thread would have been very different if Vincent had posted with problems involving Tiger. Would have gone something like this:
After admonishing him for not providing more information about his setup by posting the obnoxious big blue link on how to ask questions (ahem - we know NOTHING about his machine or configuration, such as which machine, how much RAM, scratch disk or attached peripherals), there'd be all kinds of trouble shooting advice given - "try a new user", "repair permissions", "run DiskWarrior, and on and on ...
But no, since he mentions Leopard, none of that is apparently necessary and the completely, utterly
b irresponsible
advice is given ... "that's just the way Leopard is".
Those are some serious problems he's reporting that have nothing to do with Leopard. Something is obviously hosed!
As for discounting my experience because I don't use every app in the suite as extensively as I do Photoshop, I'm FAR more qualified to discuss Leopard and CS issues than Ann or Neil who do not use Leopard at all (and have never used it as far as I know.)
"Others have problems with it", is their battle cry but it's extremely weak. Do I really need to remind you all that these forum are ALWAYS filled with people who have problems, regardless of version or OS? You act as if this forum was a ghost town when Tiger and CS3 were current!
Gee, Ann ... people are STILL reporting problems with 10.5 and CS3? How shocking! Guess what - people are STILL reporting problems with 10.4 and CS3 too! Let me make a prediction - people will have problems with 10.8 and CS9!
Vincent-
> I don't really deal with fonts anyway ...
Yes. You do. Even if you never type a single line of text, every application uses fonts to create menus and other GUI items. If one of those fonts are bad, it can create all kinds of problems, including the very problems you mention.
The fact that you don't seem aware of this and you're still using 10.5.4 leads me to believe you're not familiar with the basic practices of maintaining a healthy system. Again, how did you install Leopard on that machine?
Look, if you're simply trying to justify using CS4, go right ahead. It's a worthwhile upgrade in it's own right. However, if you install it on that machine in it's current state, CS4 will NOT fix your problems because you do NOT have a healthy system.
You asked for experiences with Leopard - I can launch every application in both CS3 and CS4 suites
i simultaneously,
and STILL not have your issues. I haven't experienced anything like your CS3 problems in Leopard - on both a 2006 Mac Pro and a 2008 Macbook.
If you'd like help to try and figure out the real problem, I'm more than happy to help. If not, Adobe will gladly take your money ...
-phil

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