codyMR wrote:
Yup, been there done that. The Genius was rather condescending about it really. He said "the card seems to be functioning normally." Now that I think of it he sounded a lot like the HAL 9000 computer just before the antenna array failed on the ship. Too funny.
Anyway, my trip the the Apple Store was a complete waist of time.
My guess is there will eventually be some sort of update dealing with this where the release notes say something like: "Fixes a issue with some Macs causing the Airport card to fail" or some some such language.
So here is the rub, I hope you are correct. Having followed these threads for a long time;
1. Every OS update results in people with the same problem (every 10.x update has threads along these lines). Their wifi worked and does not after the update. So there is something about an os update that seems to mangle something (the process of writing the update rather than some bad code in the update). So all the suggestions about repairing permissions (a known problem with updates), or tossing out preference files, or removing/restoring network locations...do seem to help many. Many who switched from WEP to WPA worked. Many who actually looked at their wifi network for conflicting routers, microwave ovens, cordless phones have found something new/amiss. So what I am trying to say is that with all these known causes (and solutions) how is Apple going to put this into the next OS update?
2. Several of the top posters on network connections will tell you Apple is not going to check their wifi compatibility with every model of router (and every age of router). So Apple will make their router compatible with the N specification. As we saw with antennagate with the iPhone, Apple has the test facilities to make sure they meet specs. But there is some evidence that non-Apple routers implemented draft versions of N or guessed at how to implement and thus might not be in perfect N compliance.
So you could be correct, Apple might including in an update some code to help. But I am concerned, so I keep following the thread and listing my list. The items on my list where I state they have been confirmed by posters means more than one person has written back to say that fix solved their problem.
Because the computer worked at the Apple store, the employee is correct, your card is working. In a known good N wifi location the computer and software worked.
Personally I have had an airport card go bad, and have had three routers just up and die. So hardware stuff happens.
Also, I have been trying to find other repairers of Apple equipment who might have experienced wifi issues and solved. So far no luck finding anyone like that having solved this problem. Usually known OS bugs arise in such large numbers that some of these more skilled people find the issue and get to Apple for a fix.
