After installing 10.5.2 I'm noticing that if I click on Airport icon it indicates that it's scanning briefly and then stops. Is this a bug with 10.5.2? Unplugging my Airport Express briefly didn't seem to do anything.
I try'd all the possible solutions from the different forums:
- "Ask to join new networks" off
- manuell IP address and DNS
- other WiFi channels
nothing changes, always scanning and network dropouts.
This never happens with 10.4.x
I am experiencing the same issue, the only thing I have tried that "seems" to work is to edit Network configuration and uncheck "Show AirPort status in menu bar". Give it a try and let us all know if this works, I am hopeful but not 100% confident.
Same issue here, but only on my intel iMac - which is also the only 802.11n machine I have.
This is connecting (well at best, 50% of the time) to an Apple Airport Extreme Base Station. Even when connected with a good signal it will show scanning and stop communicating. This is killing the use of my Apple TV, which then also freezes - the ATV has a wired connection to the Airport Extreme as does my OS X 10.5.2 server (G4 Mac mini) and ADSL Router.
Never had the problem with 10.4.x.
It can drop off at any time, and reconnection can be real pain, since I'm running 802.1x and that also seems broken in 10.5.2. Just attempting to reconnect some times works, sometimes shows it's reconnected, but will not pick-up a DHCP address, so no router or DNS. Other times it sits on authorizing for minutes and then gives up.
Sometimes it even shows it's connected, has an IP address, but can not ping anything and bonjour shows nothing on the network either. I have to turn the airport off then back on again after it's released the ip address.
I've even tried disabling IPv6, which made no difference, and running a fixed IP address - again no improvement.
I also have DG834N but no problem with 10.5.2 on my iMac. However, same issue here on my MacBook Pro. Have you update Netgear firmware to 1.01.06? I think this is the latest f/w from Netgear.
Ever since I upgraded from my eMac to this POS iMac it's been nothing but trouble. First the new iMovie doesn't work, now my Airport card is acting up. Sometimes, depending on how I configure the network settings, (and I've tried everything, believe you me), it's better than other times --for a while anyway... But one thing remains constant and has since I got the **** thing. I cannot sit and enjoy a YouTube video, (or anything that streams), to save my life. It will play for a couple of seconds and stop, and play, and stop. When I look at the Airport status icon, it's "searching". The stops and starts of the video tend to correspond with the Airport searching. I spent almost two hours on the phone with support today and he did everything from reseting my router to resetting my network settings. Nothing. He blamed it on my portable phone, my computer location, even my neighbors! Then I told him, "My eMac worked just fine and I had the same phone and the same router and the same location." So, now I have to haul the **** machine into the store. I always wondered why the Apple store was so crowded all the time. Now I know. Apple, meet Peter, (as in principle).
This is a "me too" to pile on. My MacBook began doing the same thing after 10.5.2. Saw this problem documented on several discussion boards, but no proven fixes.
Adding yet another "me too" to this topic. Airport won't stop scanning and connection to internet is intermittent. Tried hard reset and a few other fixes to no avail.
Hoping for hope here...
Argh. My MacBook's airport is now constantly scanning also - I never noticed it doing that before. It will occasionally lose a bar or two, and I'm sitting two feet from my Buffalo AirStation wireless router. Sometimes when I check the connection, it's connected me to a neighbor's wireless network instead of my own. I also momentarily lose my connection so that trying to connect and load webpages stalls. Very frustrating.
