New Macbook Air - wifi connectivity problems

edit

This problem is actually not new. I have *exactly* the same issue with my iPhone 5, both at work and at home, while multiple other iDevices can use those same networks just fine. The only solution is to reboot the phone, nothing else does the trick. This occurs at random times. For instance, it may work well for a month and then fail every day for week when I get home from work... but believe it or not I've been living with it so far. I've thought sometimes of taking it to the Genious Bar to get it replaced but I'm not sure I can prove the issue since most likely the WiFi will work fine on the Apple Store.

Apple no longer equals to quality hardware, quite the contraty in fact.

Reading this thread reminds me of my wifi issues with my iPad 2. There was (and certainly still is) a thread that went on for 1 year and was 100's of pages long. Everyone was suggesting fixes and none proved to fully solve the issue. All these reformat, changing channels, etc are just short term solutions. I suggest that if you have a problem with your new MBA, don't wait and exchange or return it while you can. Apple software updates never fixed my iPad2 and the solution was to sell it and get an iPad3. It has never dropped a connection.

Edit: Found the iPAD2 thread https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2780293?start=0&tstart=0

Hah, so true indeed. I got one of those iPad 2 at work (as test device) and it's a pain in the *** to use as it's plagued with WiFi issues. The connectivity just comes and goes when it wants. Most likely a hardware issue, since OS updates didn't fix it, indeed, but Apple has never even acknowledged the problem as far as I know.

did they give you any useful information?

Here's my question: I've got a Genius bar appt tomorrow. Should I return it or exchange it? I'm leaning towards return...what are you going to do?

Hey guys, i just was able to stream radio through itunes for ages, even when safari said my internet didn't want to work...
Can others try this too?

let me know the result..

If it was me and it was within the 30 days I'd tell them to give me a replacement to see if the problem is fixed.

Had a genius appointment the evening.

Of course all was fine on their wifi.

Diagnostic did not show anything.

They replaced the MBA.

Went online on the new one at home and before I even put any of my data etc on, just going onto the web, wifi keeps cutting out. This is insane!

M. R. wrote:

Of course all was fine on their wifi.

Then maybe your Wi-Fi is the problem. Have you checked if there are any firmware updates for your router?

So funny, i've been struggling with this for a while. Eversince I upgraded my old Macbook Pro mid 2009 to Mountain Lion i'm having the exact same problems. Yet I tried everything without any succes; reinstall, firmware update, new router, operating systyem downgrade. Eventually I went back to the apple store and they told me that I had to replace my motherboard for allot of money. Since i'm waiting for the new Macbook pro I fixed the problem with an external USB Wireless Network Utility. Goodluck!

Well -

I have an Airporrt Extreme with latest firmware.

I have in my family here 2 Mac Book Pros, iPad2, ipad mini, iMac and 3 iPhones and all connect well without dropping ever.

Did you update AirPort Utility to 6.3? Check Software Update on the MacBook Air.

yes, 6.3

Has anyone checked what is output to the console log when the disconnection occurs? Hardware errors detected by the driver are output to the console log. Please paste the error message here then Ill tell you immediately if it is hardware because I've seen it before on macs and the first batch of iPad 3s had bad chips.