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Apple products won't connect to my interwebz

I have a 13in macbook pro, 16gb iPad, and a new Verizon iPhone and I have the worst problems with wireless internet connections on all of them. I had a linksys router a wrt160n i believe which had problems and I have a netgear now that I'm using. Both of them have the same problem and give me spotty internet signal. My sisters windows laptop connects all the time no problems. Xbox connects no problems. Blue-ray player connects and stream netflix with no problems. Just apple products it seems. Is there a setting that I can change. As we speak now when I put the password in on my macbook it gets a connection timeout. My iPad and iPhone just say unable to connect to my wireless access point. Please help I'm so tired and frustrated. I don't believe it would be my ISP due to the fact I'm not having any problems with my wired lines and my other wireless connections. 😟

O this is just another thing that I need help with, my macbook wont update the firmware update. It downloads and installs then when it reboots and starts makes the sound then just reboots again and says that the firmware update is available for download and installation again.

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Posted on Feb 9, 2011 7:54 PM

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Feb 10, 2011 9:19 PM in response to Side_Step_Society

Did that and I can't connect to the router so I guess it would have to be a router issue. But I don't understand how this would carry over from 2 different routers that are 2 different brands. Plus why wouldn't a router let me connect especially using setting right out of the box. Especially when I've connected before a bunch of times previously in weeks before.

Feb 10, 2011 9:25 PM in response to Andrew Tig

That's the peculiar part. One would think out of the box settings SHOULD work for all devices.

The only thing I can suggest at this point is like I said before. Perhaps try to get your hands on a different router. Try using B and G mode only, play around with frequency settings, etc.

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Feb 10, 2011 9:26 PM in response to Side_Step_Society

Also when I try and connect my iPad and iPhone and occasionally my Macbook pro they just instantly just say unable to connect or for the macbook it just instantly says timeout.

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Feb 10, 2011 9:48 PM in response to Side_Step_Society

Well for now I tried changing back to my linksys router since I haven't tried that in a while. Once again worked at first then lost connection and haven't been able to connect since I set up the ssid and password.

Feb 11, 2011 3:12 AM in response to Andrew Tig

Did we ever establish whether or not any torrents were running?

What make and model is the modem? Is the modem also a router?

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Feb 11, 2011 4:38 AM in response to DaddyPaycheck

I have no torrents running... The Modem is just a standard motorola modem. Obviously it isn't a combo modem with a built in router otherwise I wouldn't have brought up that I've been using a linksys and netgear router.

Feb 11, 2011 4:41 AM in response to Andrew Tig

Just making sure.

Apple products won't connect to my interwebz