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Losing Wireless Connection... Tiger & Leopard

Hey

I own an MBP which is - as of yesterday - running Leopard. I have also installed all the updates Apple issued in the last couple of days

My wireless network is provided by a Netgear router - bog standard 108mbp model

A few weeks ago - while running Tiger - I started experiencing issues with my wireless connection. Everything had been fine until I tried connecting my MBP to the router via ethernet cable. It didnt seem to work, so I disconnected
Perhaps this is just a co-incidence, but worth raising.

Since this point, nearly everytime I close the laptop's lid and then re-open, it 'loses' the connection to my wireless network - no automatic reconnection occurs. It works occasionally, but not often

To remedy this, I have to go into System Prefs --> Network --> Assist Me --> Diagnostics --> then I look for my closed network (which uses WEP 40/128-bit hex). I am then able to reconnect to the network - the Airport signal guage at the top of the screen activates as normal.

Since installing Leopard, the issue seems to have gotten 'weirder'. Instead of just failing to connect, OSX now brings up a 'network chooser' box asking me if I want to join one of the networks it has detected. I've tried connecting to my closed network... but then it says 'Connection Timeout'. I'm unsure why I'm able to reconnect via System Prefs, but not via this 'network chooser'

Hopefully this has made sense. It's certainly a pain in a backside.
Note that I've checked the router and it works ok with my ethernet wired PCs and my crappy Dell laptop

Cheers

MBP C2D, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Oct 30, 2007 4:37 PM

37 replies

Nov 17, 2007 8:05 PM in response to scottsimeon

Did it get fixed with the apple update?

mrledzep

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Nov 29, 2007 2:33 PM in response to liamski

Yet another person with the same problem. I have tried all of the suggestions on this post and others but it is still dropping all the time. It is usually inconsistent unless I open mail. For some reason it kills my connection every single time I try to check for new mail. Never had a single problem until Leopard.

APPLE HELP!!!!!!

Nov 30, 2007 4:58 AM in response to mrledzep

I have the same problem with my MBP. It loses the internet connection and I have no problem with any other computer on my network. It especially happens when checking google and gmail. Is a fix on the way? This is very annoying!

Dec 2, 2007 9:35 AM in response to liamski

I found one solution. Download the update 10.5.1 directly from the Apple site. It is more comprehensive than the one sent through software updates. This cleared up my problems.
Hope this helps.

rocknit

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Dec 10, 2007 6:08 PM in response to liamski

Same problem here...updated MBP to leopard....connect as usual via my Airport Wireless however whenever my MBP goes asleep it always loses connection upon wakeup. Never had a problem in Tiger. Also system preferences will never remember the network i was attached, always have to manually rejoin. Rather frustrating. I have IPv6 off no help.

WIfe still running Tiger on a macbook on the same network without any issue.

ytorf

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Dec 10, 2007 7:13 PM in response to rocknit

Having similar problems with Leopard. Running 10.5 on a MacBook and keep on losing connection on my network after 30 seconds. Using a Belkin N router, and my iBook running 10.4.10 works fine.

Jan 13, 2008 12:46 PM in response to liamski

Since upgrading to Leopard (now running 10.5.1), both my MBP and iMac G4 do not reconnect to the wifi network following sleep mode. For the MPB, I have to restart to connect (though the Airport "sees" the network). For the MPB, I am prompted to enter the network password. Network is a Linksys WRT150N.

This issue did not happen prior to upgrading to Leopard, and has continued after installing the 10.5.1 update. I had to temporarily install an even more recent and faster Linksys N router and it experienced the same issue -- not reconnecting following sleep.

I'm downloading the more comprehensive 10.5.1 update, which another poster said fixed the issue for them. I'm crossing my fingers.

Jan 13, 2008 7:56 PM in response to bkingbking

Just an FYI to everyone: Installing the full 10.5.1 update fixed the issue for my iMac G4. The machine automatically reconnects to my wifi network after being awoken from sleep. I have not tested this on my MBP.

Very odd. The iMac was running 10.5.1, at least the version from the Apple auto update feature.

Here's the link to the full download. It's 110MBs.
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx1051update.html

Good luck!

Jan 23, 2008 12:08 PM in response to bkingbking

I'm going to try this, but a few notes on my issues. I have a MBP and so do my in-laws. Both have been upgraded to Leopard and both have wifi problems. If I start a ping from the term mon, my connection doesn't drop (w/ or w/o AC). Apple replaced my in-laws wi-fi card (so we think) and they still have the same problem. This is very frustrating.

Jan 23, 2008 5:32 PM in response to dshedrick

I updated my MBP with the full 10.5.1 download. Wifi still does not work upon waking from sleep. The Airport indicator recognizes my network and the signal strength is good. Network Preferences indicates an operational connection. Very frustrating.

Jan 24, 2008 4:22 AM in response to bkingbking

Hi

I've just bought a brand new MacBook with 10.5.1 and I am losing connection every time machine sleeps. Only way to get back on is turn airport off, on again, put in password again. I can't get it to remember the password even though I check the box, ask it to remember in keychain, tell it to always allow etc etc. Connection also sometimes drops while I'm using it for a while, sometimes if it doesn't look like it's coming back I force quit and start again.

I bought this last week in the UK: MacBook 10.5.1, 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1G 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

and I'm using a Netgear Rangemax ADSL wireless router. There are 2 laptops and a PC also connecting to this and having no problems.

This didn't happen with my iBook previously (running 10.2.8!).

Any fixes for this?

Thanks

Jan 24, 2008 11:23 AM in response to Laura Brooks

I don't think there is an answer yet. I haven't seen anything that resolves the problem. Also, no one that has talked to Apple seems to have an answer. I hope 10.5.2 fixes the issue but I doubt it. I have had this issue for almost three months!

inajeep

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Jan 24, 2008 12:17 PM in response to liamski

Funny that this thread is at the top when I was just about search on the problem my wife's new MacBook Pro. Seems to work for a while then when it comes out of sleep, can't connect to my dlink dir-655 N router. I'm not using the N part. I have other wireless devices that don't have any issues. Restarting sometimes works. It's frustrating for my wife because we went to the Mac from XP because of all the issues we've had over the years w/ Windows. I'll keep doing some searching the discussions and see if there is anything I can find.

Jan 24, 2008 12:26 PM in response to liamski

Having the same problem here. Crossing fingers for 10.5.2!

Has anyone had any success with tech support? Any strategies to get this under control.

Jun 2, 2008 12:52 PM in response to Joe Peduto

Got your ears on? I'm coming at you with both guns blazing:

*You MUST make sure you have all your updates...make sure you do this first by clicking on the Apple icon in the top left hand corner of your screen, and click on "software updates", if your wireless is not working, you will need to be hardwired to accomplish this, IF and only IF you still have the wireless "connection timeout" issue, then do the following:

1. Go to "System Preferences"
2. Click on "network"
3. Click on the left hand side "airport"
4. Click the "advanced" button
5. Click on the "802.1x" tab at the top
6. now, choose your access point in the "wireless network" section
7. Click on the "enable 802.1x login" on the left hand side
8. you must then apply those settings

Those steps helped me to resolve the same issue on one of my clients Macbook Pro systems running on 10.5.2, this issue started with 10.5, and was still there throughout 10.5.1 and 10.5.2 until I followed the steps above.

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