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Airport Extreme (802.11n) - Connection drops (no auto-reset)
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Nov 6, 2007 6:57 AM
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I have seen a few questions here about the Airport Extreme doing auto-restarts, but mine is just dropping off. It varies between only hours after the last reset to 1-2 days, but each time the Airport stops passing all traffic. I have the status light set to show traffic, and sometimes it's just a solid green and others it's actually off (no light). In either case the Airport stops passing traffic and I am not able to see it with the Airport utility. If I unplug it and plug it back in it works again. Any one else have this problem?
PowerMac G5
Mac OS X (10.5)
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Nov 2, 2007
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Re: Airport Extreme (802.11n) - Connection drops (no auto-reset)
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Nov 6, 2007 8:27 AM
in response to: GalinMD
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I'm having the same problem. My connection just drops and the network is no longer visible in my airport window. The only way to get it working again is by turning it off and on again.
macbook pro
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Jul 19, 2005
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Re: Airport Extreme (802.11n) - Connection drops (no auto-reset)
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Nov 6, 2007 10:24 AM
in response to: jusfonzin
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having the same problem with Airport showing a good solid signal then when traffic is in progress the connection will drop and I have to turn off and on the airport to re-establish connection. Very frustrating.
PowerMAC G5 Dual w/Leopard using external antenna
Powermac G5 Dual with external ant.
Mac OS X (10.5)
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Henderson, NV
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Re: Airport Extreme (802.11n) - Connection drops (no auto-reset)
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Nov 6, 2007 10:36 AM
in response to: GalinMD
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Yup, Now my G5 is NOT wireless...but loses the Internet. It's and I have to unplug the Airport and plug it back in to get it to work again. For some reason, it just stops passing traffic.
Does anyone know a way to get the logs from it after a failure? Seems like everytime I restart it, the log starts fresh. So I feel like I'm getting nowhere.
PowerMac G5
Mac OS X (10.5)
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canada
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Re: Airport Extreme (802.11n) - Connection drops (no auto-reset)
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Nov 6, 2007 6:09 PM
in response to: GalinMD
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I just purchased the Airport Extreme 802.11n on Friday and it crashed Sunday night and has not been able to give a connection for longer than 10hrs since. I don't know if this is just a defective unit or if I should have listened to everyone when they told me Apple does not know how to make a solid router.
Has anyone been able to get this router to function with any kind of load for extended periods (as in a couple months w/o having to restart it)?
2 - Macbooks 1 - iMac (all 2007 models)
Mac OS X (10.4.10)
One linux samba file server.
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Mar 20, 2006
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Re: Airport Extreme (802.11n) - Connection drops (no auto-reset)
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Nov 6, 2007 7:08 PM
in response to: GalinMD
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I have the same problem. Airport will drop all traffic. The light will stay green and act like its working properly. A quick unplug sets it straight. This can happen once in a month or 2-3 times a day. It is very annoying.
Power Mac G4 1.0ghz (AGP Graphics)
Mac OS X (10.5)
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Re: Airport Extreme (802.11n) - Connection drops (no auto-reset)
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Nov 6, 2007 8:38 PM
in response to: GalinMD
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This just started happening to me too TODAY. Never had a single problem with it until I installed Leopard. Thought that might be it, but I see some are having the same issue with Tiger.
HELP!
MacBook Pro C2D
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Re: Airport Extreme (802.11n) - Connection drops (no auto-reset)
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Nov 6, 2007 8:42 PM
in response to: GalinMD
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This just started happening to me too TODAY. Never had a single problem with it until I installed Leopard. Thought that might be it, but I see some are having the same issue with Tiger.
HELP!
MacBook Pro C2D
Mac OS X (10.5)
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Henderson, NV
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Re: Airport Extreme (802.11n) - Connection drops (no auto-reset)
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Nov 7, 2007 7:23 AM
in response to: Jason Jenkins
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I called Apple and they told me it's my Leopard machine doing something that is affecting the Airport (I'm a little sceptical). They told me to do the following steps:
1. Reset the Power Management button (tiny button on the motherboard).
2. Reset the PRAM (hold option+command+P+R at start up chime, until 2~3 chimes).
3. Start in Safe Boot, then restart normally (hold shift at start up chime).
I haven't had a chance to do this yet, but I'm curious if it really solves the problem. I'm not sure how Leopard can be causing the problem, they wouldn't tell me why this fix would work, just that others have done it with success.
Also, glad to see that I'm not the only one, started to think I was crazy. (and for those that asked about having a GOOD apple router, my old Airport Extreme 802.11g worked for 10-14 months at a time without any problem at all).
PowerMac G5
Mac OS X (10.5)
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Los Angeles
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Dec 14, 2005
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Re: Airport Extreme (802.11n) - Connection drops (no auto-reset)
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Nov 7, 2007 9:24 AM
in response to: GalinMD
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Airport Extreme 802.11n gig drops network connection. light goes to yellow and then back to green. this problem start like a month ago. Anyone else had the problem?
MBP CD2, MB CD2, G5 1.8Ghz, Mmini 1.8Ghz,iBook G4,Xserver, iPhone, iTouch
Mac OS X (10.5)
Mac Cert's Desktop, Laptop, Train in FCP
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Nov 7, 2007
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Re: Airport Extreme (802.11n) - Connection drops (no auto-reset)
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Nov 7, 2007 9:26 AM
in response to: robmacs
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Mine doesnt change color, but it drops after approx 30 seconds of use and wont come back.
Black Macbook, White Macbook, Mac mini
Mac OS X (10.5)
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From:
canada
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Nov 6, 2007
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Re: Airport Extreme (802.11n) - Connection drops (no auto-reset)
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Nov 7, 2007 8:16 PM
in response to: patroy
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Ok so I've just recently decided to play the is it the router or is it one of the computers...
After diconnecting my samba server (pc running Ubuntu lastest ver. all updates installed) I've been able to watch DIVX files on all of my computers streaming from one to another simultaneously.
Though it did start it did lag abit after a while but that was when I started Azureus...
So maybe, just maybe it's the servers fault.
So apple it looks like you have not failed me after all.
2 - Macbooks 1 - iMac (all 2007 models)
Mac OS X (10.4.10)
One linux samba file server.
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Re: Airport Extreme (802.11n) - Connection drops (no auto-reset)
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Nov 7, 2007 9:43 PM
in response to: GalinMD
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Followed what Apple told you to no avail. However, I decided to be brave and just up and nuked my Mac completely. Low and behold, doing an "erase and install" option on Leopard and I am 100% operational. Something weird having to do with the upgrade option perhaps???
MBP 15" C2D
Mac OS X (10.5)
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Rio de Janeiro / Brasil
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May 14, 2006
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Re: Airport Extreme (802.11n) - Connection drops (no auto-reset)
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Nov 8, 2007 4:55 AM
in response to: GalinMD
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I'm having the same problem. My airport disconects from time to time, going to orange light and getting back to green after a while for no reason.
The problem seems to started after I installed Leopard on my machine but as other had the same problem months ago, I don't know what seems to cause that.
I hope Apple releases some kind of fix soon.
Mac Mini - Intel Core Duo
Mac OS X (10.4.7)
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Henderson, NV
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Re: Airport Extreme (802.11n) - Connection drops (no auto-reset)
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Nov 8, 2007 7:02 AM
in response to: Jason Jenkins
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Interesting. My HD died in my mac the week before Leopard was released, so when I bought a new one, I waited to do a fresh install of Leopard. So my G5 technically didn't have any OS on it at all before Leopard. I would have thought that would have saved me from this pain.
P.S. I tried those steps as well last night....it did something alright, now when my computer boots, it comes to the Setup Assistant program and when I finish the assistant, it comes right back up. arg I get to install Leopard again today after work. (thinking about Tiger again).
PowerMac G5
Mac OS X (10.5)
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