MacBook Pro 15" Early 2011 - Airport Issues

Same problem here! Plus another problem:

MacBook Pro 13' early 2011, Windows Seven partition: on wireless connection MSN Messenger doesn't work (error 81000306), while on ehternet cable it works flawlessly. On Mac partition msn works both on wireless than on ethernet (when the wireless card likes the access point, of course....).

So we have a flacky wireless card driver both for Windows than for Mac OS.

Please Apple fix it, I can't really understand that in 2011 I spent 1200€ for laptop with almost not-working wireless card!

Hi,

I bought a 15" Macbook pro i7 just a month ago and on my university network everything runs fine, but at my place I cant do anything, before it was just showing me that i was connected to the network but there would be no internet connectivity, so i plugged an airport extreme into the modem-router and connected through the airport base, this was working till now, now the computer wont even connect at all to the old network neither the airport extreme telling me about delay issue. On another macbook pro (first unibody serie) everything runs smooth. I have no idea what to do, i just cant use my laptop at home. It is to note that it wont connect at all since i tried to reset the PRAM and the SMC, before i could connect but the signal would drop constantly.

I will call the Apple store tomorrow to see what they have to say.

Im having the same issue with my custom built to order early 2011 15" mbp with the HD screen. I thought that this was only with the mac OS, however, even when I use my bootcamp install of windows 7 I have the same issue. I think this is a Hardware issue rather than an OS dependent issue. perhaps a firmware update will solve?

Exactly the same problemhere. Could it be that the new Macbook Pro prefers the 802.11n protocol? my AirPort Express only has a setting for 802.11b/g.

hope for a fix -.-

same issue here!

It's frustrating to spend that amount of money and get a MBP which is not capable to run the daily business.

I have a 2GHz dual core MacBook, purchased in August 2006. For years airport functioned perfectly with no problems but recently the signal began droppiong from 5 bars to 2 and then to none. Once this happens my network no longer appears in the list of available networks, in fact sometimes no networks are available. The only way to fix the problem is to turn off airport and turn it back on again. Sometimes this doesn't work and I have to restart the machine or sometimes closing the lip for 5 mins and re-opening works. There doesn't seem to be an exact pattern. It occurs every 30 mins to 2 hours and nothing I've tried so far works. I've tried 3 dirfferent routers all with the same problem, annoyingly my girlfriends cheap Windows netbook works perfectly on all of them. I've tired altering the channels, changing from WPA to WEP, turning off the security, resetting the PRAM and removing and re-adding the router to my preferred network list. NONE of these solutions have any effect.

I was considering buying a new Macbook since mine is pushing 5 years old, but apart from this issue it's in perfect working order and since people with 2011 MBPs are having the same issue there's no point.

PLEASE APPLE or somebody can you help, this is driving me crazy and rendering my MB almost useless.

Macbook Pro 2011 10.6.7

I lose wireless connection constantly. Never have the problem with my Dell Laptop.

have the same problem I bought my computer 2 weeks ago and the internet goes down every so often and then returns. someone has a solution?

I have the same problem. 😟

I have the same problem as well ARG Apple!!