Intermittent WIFI with Leopard on Macbook

Hi applewhore12321

That's an interesting observations. I have two questions:

1. is the computer still behaving itself after you uninstalled RealPlayer and that downloader app?

2. i feel stoopid asking this question, but other than dragging RealPlayer.app into the trash, did you do anything else to deinstall it? often various other apps and support files are installed along with the main app, and i just want to make sure that I get all of them.

Thanks for the useful post,

Cheers

dr.colekat

This may or may not be relevant, but after I downloaded and installed the Apple AirPort Extreme 2008-03 ver 1.0 on 10/22/08, I had trouble accessing my wireless connection. It was quite intermittent and slowed down my MacBook. Today, 10/25/08, I downloaded and installed the latest Apple AirPort Extreme 2008-004 ver 1.0 and everything is again working.

Hope this may help. Cheers

I installed the new update now my macbook doesnt work whatsoever on the network.

Yes, I've not had ONE SINGLE outage since then! I deleted Realplayer 11 using Appzapper and it included the downloader and all the plist files.

Good luck!

Did you ever find a solution? My Macbook has exactly the same problem with wireless connection.

I just tried what you said: getting rid of Real Player 11, and it seems to work so far (although it's only been about 10 min. - let's hope it holds!) - which has just upgraded my MacBook from fancy doorstop to actual working computer, alleluia!

One other question just in passing: how do you change channels? I have a Motorola cable modem and a Time Capsule.

OK, this seems to have worked! =)

Last night I used AppZapper as you suggested to remove RealPlayer from my system (it only seemed to have three preferences files associated with it and no other files), and since doing that the network connection has not dropped out even once!

It's early days - it's now the morning after the RealPlayer de-install - so I won't tag my post as being resolved, but it's looking good. I've connected and disconnected to my WLAN several times now with the iTouch and stayed connected for various periods of time, and on no occasion has the MacBook lost its net access.

I'll post again in a couple of days to report whether this is indeed a working fix for my problem.

Cheers

dr.colekat

I take it back... getting rid of RealPlayer worked - if I'm close to airport. Downstairs - where our other Macs works - the MacBook has great difficulty and slows to almost nothing. Any more ideas????

Thanks to all of these posts here, this is how I solved the poor WiFi reception problem on my newly purchased brand new 2.4Ghz Macbook.

It exhibited the following symptoms: terrible reception, which I define as two reception bars, when less than a foot away from the Wireless access point!

Reception was poor at work and at home. As a point of comparison, my old G3 iBook got full reception at work and home.

I returned my brand new Macboook within a week of purchase, via an Apple agreed DOA (Dead on Arrival) number. Macwarehouse then very kindly provided me with a new replacement Macbook. No fuss, no arguments, no hassle.

If your Mac is new, don't waste time. Return it for a full refund or replacement. I refused to accept a tediously lengthy repair process when I'd be without a computer for up to three weeks. Under the UK +Sale of Goods Act+ you have a strong case. I only had to mention "The Sale of Goods Act' 1979 and subsequent amendments", only once 🙂

http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/consumers/fact-sheets/page38311.html

For those of you with warranty-expired Macs with this infuriating problem, there's a five year window for claims.

Let's hope the replacement Macbook's not got the same hardware problem.

p.s. I only wish that I could run the 2.4Ghz Macbook on OS 10.4

OK, I'VE NOW CONFIRMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED BY UNINSTALLING REALPLAYER! =)

Uninstalling RealPlayer from my system has returned in a rock solid internet connection again. No more unexplained loss of connection even though the AirPort icon shows that I'm connected, no more loss of connection shortly after another WiFi device joins the wireless lan.

The cause of my problem was RealPlayer!

So if your wireless internet connection is unexplainably bad, and you have RealPlayer installed, then try uninstalling it.

If you have questions then please email me off the list since I won't be logging back here for a while (until the next need for tech support).

Cheers

dr.colekat

I don't see Real Player listed in my Apps...I am getting booted off my wi-fi connection every 15 minutes or so. It's so frustrating. My computer is only a month old.

I also solved my WIFI problem. I got a new Airport card for my Macbook on eBay and it works. Verdict: the old one had been fried when dust cluterred the venting holes. Good thing: I now have 802.11n instead of 802.11g 🙂

hmmm. I have never owned a Mac and have spent this week trying to connect my MacBook to my wireless router. haven't successfully connected once. keeps asking me for a password when my network is not password protected and every other PC based machine in the house connects to easily.

after reading through this thread and hearing a dozen or so possible remedies, I am beginning to think that the two most viable options are to get Windows as my operating system or just return my MacBook and purchase a PC notebook for half the price. I do not need this machine for work, it is basically so I can have internet access anywhere in the house and when I travel, and as a media player when I am away from home.

suggestions? I would describe myself as a person who knows nothing about computers, and fiddling with settings on my MacBook multiple times a day will not fly with me. maybe I should get out while I still can

Do you have other macs on the network with realplayer downloader? The realplayer downloader effected other macs (powerbook running 10.4 and macbook air) on my wifi network. But after I deleted the downloader in system preference>accounts>login items, all is working.

Thanks for your response....my macbook is the only mac in the house and I don't see real player listed anywhere. The other computers I have on the network are 2 desktop PCs and a dell laptop.