Q: Lion WiFi Connection Problem

If you look in your router instructions it will give you an ip adress which takes you to setup page there should be an option under wireless menu saying "Broadcast SSID?" just set to No

FWIW, something is seriously wrong in Lion.  I too have been having these intermittent drop outs that many others have. I even swapped to an Airport Extreme in hopes of fixing it as my old router was quite a few years old.

Here is the laughable part, I decided to experiment. I started to keep Parallels active with Firefox in there running. So when my OS X side suddenly lost connection I loaded a new page inside of Windows 7 which was a VM in Parallels and guess what - it could still surf while I could not in my OS X copy. The OS X eventually fixed itselft but **** if that isn't good at showing its not a router issue

Does airport extreme have a similar option?  Can't recall but its funny to have to change my router just so OS X will work

Have you tried to turn bluetooth off?

This works for me.

Turning the SSID off had for me the result, that iPad and iPhone lost the WLAN-signal. So I had to reconfigure it on both devices.

I prefer to keep the SSID switched on.

I'm working with Airport and there is no longer an Airport Assistant to help set up the system. I'm not sure how to get there and change this.

Are you on an Airport or another router?

Thanks!

I'll give this a try. I just added a bluetooth mouse the other day right before updating to Lion 10.7.2. Not sure if they are related or not, but I'll give it a spin.

That's where I'm at too. I use Airport extreme too, but there is no longer an assistant to set it up so I'm having a hard time getting to the set up for it, for some reason...

As long as you have the network name its easy to log on all other devices, only have to do it once. I'd rather my network was invisible to others far more secure. Just for the record my Windows 7 runnning within Paralells did not drop out, the Lion OS is flawed not the router every other OS works regardless of SSID on or off. This may not be everyones fix, as I said my problem was dropping connection everytime "Looking for Networks" appeared on the wireless strength drop down. but I now know of 4 systems that are no longer experiencing problems.

JPSE wrote:

 

I'll give this a try. I just added a bluetooth mouse the other day right before updating to Lion 10.7.2. Not sure if they are related or not, but I'll give it a spin.

Note that the 2.4 GHz frequency is used by both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, so the two devices may very well interfere with one another.

Hi There,

i'm really p.i.s.s.e.d. because i have the Wi-Fi problems too.

Nothing helps! I hoped 10.7.2 would help...but same again :-(

It's a shame to Apple that they are don't able to fix this!!!

Greets,

Ralf

AS of October 24th, I can report that all of the above problems still exist.  Applecare has tried all of the above...reinstall Lion....update Lion...speak nicely to Lion, speak fiercely to Lion.  Nothing works.  Like many of you, all of my other devices (Powerbook on Tiger, Macbook Air on Leopard) all work with my wifi set up.  I have 10,7.2 as well.  THAT took some doing because I had to get the internet connection to hold long enough to download the update.  And turning off Bluetooth isn't the answer since I got the great new wireless mouse, keyboard and trackpad that comes with the brand new iMac.  iMac, right out of the box, loaded with Lion (not by choice) and I've spent over a month tearing my hair out.  Have another "appointment" tonight with a "senior person".  Not hopeful but if anything helps I'll post it.  But...if something helps....shouldn't Apple be posting it?  Looking at my "pack it up and send it back" options for the first time with a Mac/Apple product. 

Not good, Apple, not good.

I bought a pair of home plugs to get around the issue for now. £37 for a working iMac.

Not much help to those laptop users but for a sound connection it was worth it.

FYI replacing router did not help :-(

I will keep watching on here until there is a true fix then I will try WIFi again.

As for apple support. Very disappointed. First time I have ever used them and they will just not accept the issue is theirs.

Shivetya wrote:

 

Does airport extreme have a similar option?  Can't recall but its funny to have to change my router just so OS X will work

Yes it have.

But if you use the Extreme better try the following:

• Disable Guest Network
• Give the 5GHz a dedicated name
• Set radio mode to: "802.11n only (5GHz) - 802.11n only (2.4GHz)" or "802.11n only (5GHz) - 802.11b/g" if iPhone/iPod Touch is in use.
• Force the Mac(s) to use the 5GHz only by deleting the 2.4GHz name (SSID) from the list of "known networks"

Place the Extreme on a good location with a maximum line of sight to all corners of your home (prefer ceiling mount). Not on a wall, not in a corner, not on the floor or in/behind furniture.

Lupunus

So far your suggestion works for me. I'll keep you posted, but huge thanks and applause.

syncongreen wrote:

 

i'm really p.i.s.s.e.d. because i have the Wi-Fi problems too.

Nothing helps! I hoped 10.7.2 would help...but same again :-(

If it's something like interference with a Bluetooth device, there is literally nothing Apple or anyone else can do about it - they both use the same frequency range and so will interfere with each other.