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Dropping Wi FI Signal

Ever since I installed 10.6 -- I constantly drop my wifi connection.
I have VPN turned off and the all the same settings from 10.5, and I never had a problem before.
Whether I am far away (reception is worse) or only 3 feet away, I drop my signal constantly for no reason.
I have latest Firmware on router and powered down modem and router.

Many times I can not turn off airport as well, and I need to restart my latpop in order to get a strong wifi signal again? Any suggestions?

My router is a Belkin G+ Mimo - most updated firmware

Thanks!

MacBook Pro 2.16 - 15 Inch, Mac OS X (10.6), 4 GB RAM, 320 Gb HD

Posted on Sep 3, 2009 5:41 PM

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Oct 1, 2009 3:36 PM in response to Ryan83

Sounds like there is still no fix to this problem. I posted a few weeks ago. Since then, I have reinstalled leopard, my wifi works fine again. I refuse to reinstall snow leopard until this problem is fixed. Installing SL did nothing for me except cause problems. If you are thinking about installing SL without a real need for it, don't. Wait until these bugs have been fixed.

Oct 6, 2009 4:32 AM in response to Auger0_0

the switching off of IPV6 support seems to reslve the issue, this is more than likely due to the IP stack waiting for an IPV6 join message which on an IPV4 netowrk would never be seen. So although the IPV4 fallback seems to work for a time the IP stack times out because it doesnt see the IPV6 join complete.

So for the time beign the solution is switch off IPV6 support in the network configuration

Oct 6, 2009 10:23 AM in response to Ryan83

I too have had problems staying connected to the internet via Wi-Fi since installing Snow Leopard in my MacBook. I have had the laptop checked by authorized service technicians, installed additional RAM and purchased a brand new external modem. I have had no such problems with Eithernet connection or with operating my older iMac that is using OSX but not Snow Leopard. I have visited my internet service provider and they said since I continue to stay connected with my older computer, the problem is not with their system.

For some reason I am usually disconnected at about 10 PM (Pacific Daylight Time). Sometimes running through the "Network Diagnosis" drills will suddenly re-connect me. Usually I get a pop-up that says my network configuration has changed, but I haven't changed any settings. Sometimes turning off AirPort for a minute and then turning it back on makes a connection, and sometimes turning off the new modem does the trick.

I wish Apple would address this issue soon....

Oct 6, 2009 12:17 PM in response to Jodin

An update: It seems to work at my home, but not at my significant other's home. At home I use an old Apple Airport that's connect to an Actiontec modem that my isp gave me. I'll have to update this again when I figure out the modem at my sig other's place is. I know it's a wireless modem that her isp (Qwest) gave her.

Oct 6, 2009 3:53 PM in response to Ryan83

I am so frustrated as I am having the same issues. Want to reinstall Leopard, but first want to know if there is any issue I should know. I don't want to just use my time machine backup to go back to Leopard because I have tried this for almost a month now and I would lose too much information if I restore from early Sept. So I need to install from disk which I have. Can someone please tell me if I can do that. Will I need to unistall OS 10.6.1 and if so, how do I do that. I cannot work with having to reboot 50x a day to keep an internet connection. I never had this problem with Leopard 10.8 and my husband has a PC having no issues, so I KNOW it is not my modem. Can someone tell me if they have successfully used their old Leopard disk and gone back to the old Leopard. Thanks for any help

Dropping Wi FI Signal

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