Lion WiFi Connection Problem

Shivetya wrote:

Still trying to understand how changing the length of my wireless password ended my connection problems under Lion.

Thats basically not a Lion issue.

I once used to have a AVM wireless router that refused by default to establish a wireless connection until the password had 13 characters to match the HEX deph.

Normally the rules say "The length of the password have to match the chosen encryption depth"

Most modern systems tolerate shorter passwords. Some fill up the missing rest automatically e..g. with 0 (zero) to give the user more convinience.

Maybe in your case the former password contains unususal characters like so called nonprintable ASCI signs (Sample: ^ ) or the existing password in keychain was corrupted for some reason.

Have a nice day

Lupunus

DaPunk wrote:

Finaly i try disable WMM mode in wireless router (before is enable).

Today drop again. May by try change security type. 😟

As said before, WMM will not be the problem.

Some additional infos will help.

Router?

Multi- or singe band wireless?

Security type?

Kind of wireless (n, g, wds)?

and so on.

Lupunus

also try,

'interference robustness' - checked off

mine is an old domed airport extreme

use 'airport utility' click through airport/wireless/wireless options

my imac has been impotent with near constant 'request timeout for icmp' uhg for a month thus rendered worthless.

i've followed and tried every trick in all the forums & posts relating to the crisis and that bit of hudu worked for me.

weeks of uncertainty and now it's been solid for a day thus i feel much better about my life...

i was thinking the problem was with the atheros wifi chips or kext or something

bumps out to all the suffering and afflicted mac'sters keepin the message alive till we can all delete this thread from our lives like i'm about too...

You say you have seen tons of folks reporting problems but the problems aren't the same. Some folks are having trouble getting their computer to talk to wifi, some it is an issue with updating their actual router and so on. All with different computers, different routers, some might have firewalls on, some don't. Some are running programs like Little Snitch, some aren't. Some updated from Snow Leopard, some did a clean install. Some have manipulated settings like Host files to use pirated software, some haven't. So many variables make nailing down the problem a mess

Something you will learn if you hang around Apple during enough releases is that they never speak until they have an answer. yes it is frustrating but generally by the time they actually speak up or post an update they have the solution for at least 85-90% of folks if not more.

I agree with PJ. So far, the easiest fix I come up with so far is to go into system preferences, click on network. Then turn wifi off. After a few seconds I turn it back on. I seem to stay connected after that. And it beats, restarting the Mac or restarting the router.

But I only have one network listed, and I use Airport. So I don't really have a complex setup either.

As I've posted on another network, I think the best solution is to take a break from the madness, and go make a sandwich or something. I'm not saying that to be clever. Seriously, this will drive you nutty, as it did me for a while, and it's not worth it.

Yes, I know many of us need wifi to work for business (who isn't using their mac for business in some form?). But I agree with PJ. It seems like there are too many variables to this problem for there to be one fix. We might all be talking about seven or eight different problems here that manifests as one result: lost wifi connection.

Cheers.

I have a stable wi-fi-connection since I did an absolutely clean installation (= formatted the HD / installed Lion from dvd / only took music, pictures, videos, documents from my time-machine-backup but NO user-settings / same router/firmware as before...) of Lion at the beginning of August (> which means 4 weeks without problems). Before that I tried all the different solutions recommended in this post e. g. by the Apple`s support unsuccessfuly.

The only small bug which appears from time to time is that my Mac tells me it can`t connect to the preferred network after coming from sleep-mode although it is connected (in this case I just have to press the "cancel-button" and everything`s fine...).

Some facts on my setup:

location: Germany

provider: 1&1

router: FritzBox 7220

iMac: 21.5 inch - Mid 2010 - i3 3.2 GHz

software: Little Snitch, Sophos Antivirus, iStat Menus, Skype, Firefox, Chrome, TextWrangler, Adobe Photoshop Elements 9, Cyberduck, Handbrake, VLC, Xee, CleanMyMac, AppFresh, iLife+iWork, GoogleEarth, DropBox + various apps from the appstore

The turning off wifi in Sys prefs works for those where the problem is computer to router. But for many folks the trouble is router to cable modem. The router has lost track of the correct IP etc and when you try to fix it, the router doesn't save the new details. Lion, it seems, can't update the settings and doesn't know it can't. this is a problem that is likely only fixable via a Lion update. Annoying but it happens. Probably doesn't help in my case that I have an older cable modem and TWC doesn't send the new one they keep promising. So for now, i'm back on the ethernet.

PJRives wrote:

But for many folks the trouble is router to cable modem. The router has lost track of the correct IP etc and when you try to fix it, the router doesn't save the new details.

OK, but thats NOT a Lion issue.

There is an awfully large amount of armchair diagnosing going on here that is just causing more useless stuff to read and no real help. There are probably several bugs going on here, and I think it would best if people would just post their experiences and leave it to the developers to diagnose based on what people are encountering. Unless you download and peruse the source to Lion and try understand the firmware for the radio(s) and all other other nuances of what software is the same and what software is new/different, it's pretty silly to guess, especially on this list.

The developers are not going to get much out of reading 46 pages of comments unless each comment is short and concise about what works or doesn't work, and what steps you've tried.

"The developers are not going to get much out of reading 46 pages of comments unless each comment is short and concise about what works or doesn't work, and what steps you've tried."

Except that the developers nor tech support read this forum. Only feedback via AppleCare phone support, the express lane or a genius bar appointment is looked at for such things.

Hi i have tried all 13 wifi channel of my router and channel 1 and 2 (but channel 1 at all) seems to be the more stable and i got just some disc. in a day)...

The problem btw is still here...

Please say what wifi router u are using this may be useful!

Alice Gate Wifi plus 2 for me (seems to be infineon chip)

Yes. I was even having problems with my Apple airport. I tried reloading the software onto the airport and still could not connect. I reloaded Snow Leopard and surprise, surprise. The airport worked with the new settings! I have not solution, just frustration.

Scrivo dall'Italia: anch'io uso un Alice gate 2 wi-fi plus e nessuna delle soluzioni, nessuna, proposte in 47 pagine ha funzionato, neanche quella di cambiare i canali del router Alice.

Il mio Airport extreme sul mio IMac ha firmware Atheros 9280 e non funziona....invece sul mio Mac Book che ha Firmware Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 tutto funziona alla perfezione sulla stessa rete wi-fi: quindi non è un problema di router ma, molto probabilmente, di driver e di Lion, perchè con Snow funzionavano entrambi.

Apple non ha ancora risolto il problema e questo è grave!

Buona giornata!

Assolutamente d'accordo, il problema é Atheros 9280 con Lion. Confermo, nessuna soluzione proposta in 47 pagine risolve il problema. Sarebbe possibile effettuare un downgrade del firmware del Atheros 9280 alla versione presente in SL?? Quale versione del firmware é presente in SL?Mi sembra di aver letto qualcosa di simile qualche pagina fa...

Inutile esporre tutta la frustrazione nei confronti di un problema del genere.

....finalmente qualcuno che mi dà ragione....

Il mio IMac è del 2009 quindi il firmware è meno recente....se con la versione 9380 funziona, basterebbe un aggiornamento firmware.....ma io aspetto da 40 giorni che si muova qualcosa!

Finalmente abbiamo scoperto qualcosa...speriamo in bene!

Buona giornata!