my daughter has a macbook pro and on occasion has difficulty hooking on to a home WIFI. She has no problem in most locations.

my daughter has a macbook pro and on occasion has difficulty hooking on to a home WIFI. She has no problem in most locations this is a particular problem at the moment as she is in a house in france for the next 2 months.


help.........!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), white plastic case

Posted on Sep 23, 2012 11:26 AM

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Sep 23, 2012 11:43 AM in response to 1Doonhamer

Change your router channel. Sometimes this is all you will have to do.


Power cycling the router. Read the router's user manual if using one of Apple's or contact the tech support department for instructions if using a 3rd party router.


System Preferences/Internet & Network/Network

Unlock the padlock

Locations: Automatic

Highlight Airport

Click the "Assist Me" button

In the popup window click the Diagnostic button.


System Preferences/Network- Unlock padlock. Highlight Airport. Network Name-select your name. Click on the Advanced button. Airport/Preferred Networks-delete all that is not your network.

Place a check mark next to "Remember networks this computer has joined." Click the OK button and lock the padlock. Restart your computer.



http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1920 Mac OS: How to release and renew a DHCP lease



No internet connection (wireless)

Check to see if an extra entry is present in the DNS Tab for your wireless connection (System Preferences/Network/Airport/Advanced/DNS).

Delete all extra entries that you find.

Place a check mark next to "Remember networks this computer has joined."



Other resources to check into:

Troubleshooting Wi-Fi issues in OS X Lion and Mac OS X v10.6


Configuring 802.1X in Mac OS X Lion and Later


Non-responsive DNS server or invalid DNS configuration can cause long delay before webpages load Netspot


How to diagnose and resolve Wi-Fi slow-downs


Pv6 troubleshooting


Mac OS X 10.6 Help: Solving problems with connecting to the Internet


What Affects Wireless Internet?


Solutions for connecting to the Internet, setting up a small network, and troubleshooting












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