Wifi works for short time

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Dear readers,Since a few weeks my wifi / airport on my Macbook stops working after a few minutes. I can temporarily fix this problem by turning off and on the Airport function, but after a few minutes it kicks me out again. Other details: Cable works fine.Full wifi bars at all time.Not a router issue. Other devices work fine and problem occurs both at home and on work.I recently updated to Mountain Lion, problems started to occur around this time. (not 100% sure)Problem still occurs after downgrade from Mountain Lion 10.8.3 to Snow Leopard 10.6.8. Examples: (I have the feeling that has something to do with bandwidth usage)Browsing the web is possible for about 5 minutes.Youtube video stops loading after 2 minutes.Any kind of download works for 30 seconds.What I tried: Simple rebootSoftware downgradeCreating a new network locationManual IPChange DNS serverChange MTUSome reset by pressing cmd/ctrl/shift/power during startupI know that i&#x27;m not the only one who is having this problem. But i really hope that this (extra) post will get some attention from Apple. Thank you for your help.

Baby-Boomer-USofA · Answer

Try the basics first:   Change your router channel number.  Most times this works &amp; is all you have to do.Disconnect &amp; reconnect your modem.  unplug it for about 10 seconds.  Plug it back in.  Do the same for Apple’s routers.  Wait for everything to reboot.System Preferences&gt;NetworkClick the Assist Me button.In the next window that pops up, click the Diagnostic button &amp; do the necessary. Research Knowledge Base for network problems that pertain to the OS that is currently installed on your computer.   See these basic networking KB Articles:  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1401 AirPort troubleshooting guidehttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712 Using network locations in Mac OS X Manually provided DNS server addresses are higher priority than DHCP&#x27;s http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1714 Solutions for connecting to the Internet, setting up a small network, and troubleshooting&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D; What to do when you can&#x27;t connect to the InternetAlso, run the Airport Utility app which is located inside the Utilities folder.&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D; If using a  Linksys router, contact LinkSys Customer Support and/or post in their forums. If using Apple&#x27;s Airport, please re-post over in one of the AirPort Forums. &#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;But i really hope that this (extra) post will get some attention from Apple.These are user-to-user forums where everyday folk (volunteers) post questions and offer answers (technical support) to each other.  Apple does not read nor post on this message board.

edba · Answer

Hi Baby Boomer,Thank you for your answer and trying to help me.Like I said before, it is not a router issue. I&#x27;ve the same problem on every network, and reconnecting my modem doesn&#x27;t solve the problem either. There a hounderds of people having a similar problem.https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1345209?start&#x3D;0&amp;tstart&#x3D;0http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/internet-networking-wireless/200297-macbook-kee ps-dropping-connection.htmlhttps://discussions.apple.com/thread/1352518?start&#x3D;0&amp;tstart&#x3D;0https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3190651?start&#x3D;0&amp;tstart&#x3D;0etc, etc, etc