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MacBook Pro constantly losing wireless connectivity

Hi folks,

Well, I read a ton of posts regarding MacBook Pro wireless networking issues before buying a wireless router last month, and now it's "me too."

Our iBook has no problems whatsoever with dropped connections, but the MBP loses access every few minutes or so. I usually follow a sequence of "Turn AirPort Off"/"Turn Airport On" to cycle the connection, and sometimes this works. It's an almost constant problem. This is a standard configuration MBP.

The router happens to be a D-Link DIR-615, but I've seen enough posts about problems with the Airport Express and MacBook Pros to know it's not the router that's the problem--it's the MacBook Pro (I notice a few similar posts even on the first page of this forum).

Dear Apple: what are you doing about this issue?

Has anyone else somehow resolved this problem? If there was only a couple of posts about this issue, then it might be written off as problems with a specific router, or specific users. But when there's a ton of messages all complaining about the same problem, then it's more likely a significant defect that needs to be fixed by the manufacturer, and won't be fixed by standard troubleshooting procedures of the mundane kind (Tech Support Theater: "Is your router turned on?").

Dear Apple: where are you?

MBP, Mac OS X (10.4.11), non

Posted on Jan 20, 2008 8:45 AM

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Posted on Jan 10, 2017 9:12 PM

anju10


The original thread was started 8 years ago. It now has over 2058 replies and takes up 138 forum pages.


There is no way you will get any help by saying "me too" to a post this long. No one wants to read this thread.


Start your own post, and include MUCH more information about exactly what computer, what MacOS, and how and when you encountered your problems.

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Feb 10, 2008 5:17 PM in response to ffredburger

I hate to add another "me too", but so be it. I've had tremendous issues the last few weeks with the wireless dropping out frequently. Sometimes the entire computer freezes, and needs to be restarted. Sometimes it causes a kernal panic. On restart, I get the message "No airport card installed." I have reset PRAM multiple times. Last night it took nearly an hour before I could get it working again. I spent an hour on the phone with AppleCare this afternoon. They had me reboot into safe mode and delete the cache folder in my user folder as well as the system library. Then they had me restart. The connection remained stable until I went to post in this forum -- and then disappeared again! I've now lost track of the number of kernal panics it caused and the number of restarts it took to get the airport card to work again! GRRR!

Feb 10, 2008 10:03 PM in response to Joyce

Yea i just got a new macbook pro 3 days ago! and 2 weeks before that i updated my router to a wrt300n linksys N!

Guess what when my computer goes in to sleep mode an d i turn it back on i cannot connect, i bet you were not expecting me to say that.. LOL

Whats going on with this! i went to the apple store and they told me to contact linksys and they were coll about it and after talking for a while and trying somethings we came to the conclusion it was my macbook pro or the software not being accurate and being able to connect!

Before i downgrade my router i am going to tech care again and talk to a specialist and try to work this out! But i am getting really sick of this bulshit..

Feb 11, 2008 2:45 PM in response to Taran08

I have to respectfully disagree that the aluminum case is the issue. My MBP worked great on wireless until about 2 weeks ago, now it's hit or miss. Once I manage to get connected, I'm fine, but as soon as the machine goes to sleep, I'm screwed. Someone posted that the 10.5.2 upgrade fixed the issue, but as I'm still on 10.4.11, that "fix" isn't relevant for me.

Feb 13, 2008 5:47 AM in response to SMK Design

I'm on 10.4.11 and I need a fix for this too. I don't have the cash to upgrade to Leopard just yet and the 'restart, reset, run diagnostics, spin around three times and hop-on-one-foot' ritual I do every time I wake my MBP is becoming bothersome.

...and I was so happy about this wireless upgrade (linksys wrt150n). In fact, I'm the one who insisted upon it and sadly, I'm the only one having problems--and the only one running a mac. am I EVER red in the face.

Feb 13, 2008 6:06 AM in response to ffredburger

i am havig the same issue with my airport sice upgrading to 10.5.1 and 10.5.2. not even 10.5.2 is fixing the problem!!! just updated this morning and the problem still exists!!!!

its really anoying having this kind of issue with a 2500$ laptop. it seems apple doesnt care for customers anymore and is thinking about profits instead of quality and reliability.

what a shame...


we need a solution NOW, this is unaceptable

Feb 14, 2008 3:05 PM in response to jawbone22

For what it's worth, and I do worry about saying this for fear it will jinx me, the problems seem to have gone away since patching to 10.5.2. My airport radar tool thingy up on the menu bar now shows a full set of black curves, whereas before even when I was *right next to my wireless router* it would only show 2 or 3. And, connectivity seems stable and fast. I'll have to play around with it some more (only installed 10.5.2 this morning), but so far things are looking better.

Feb 16, 2008 9:49 PM in response to ffredburger

I am giving it another go with Mixed or Wireless N only protocals on my Linksys 300N router setup. So far the upgrade to 10.5.2 seems to have corrected my connectivity issues. I will reply if it isn't fixed.
At this point it looks good.

I must add as a recent re-convert to Mac from MS it is good to see responsiveness from a major computer manufacturer.

Gonzo

Feb 19, 2008 6:33 AM in response to Zebra1

As I said, the connection is now fast and stable (still crossing my fingers, however). The issue of the bars was a weird anomaly, I guess, though I do think it matters since when the bars disappeared completely, I had no connection at that point. Again, before the upgrade to Leopard, this was never an issue. I could go anywhere in my home and see full signal strength.

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