Why does my MacBook now only connect to the internet if I reboot my Airport Extreme?

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Why does my MacBook now only connect to the internet if I reboot my Airport Extreme?

In the last month or so, almost every time I wake up my MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard it will not connect to the internet unless I reboot my Airport Extreme. Systems preferences says there is no IP address and sometimes it says it has a self assigned IP address. Any thoughts on why this is happening. I have two other Macs and a Sonos system connected to my wireless network.

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Oct 15, 2013 6:54 PM

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sanjampet

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Oct 15, 2013 7:08 PM in response to planner

planner,

Check out this:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3728

Especially the reset on the bottom line of the links (blue) click the triangle and follow the instructions for a soft reset, Ihad this issue recently, and it did drive nuts, I performed the soft reset and it has been fine since, if the soft does not help try the factory.

I had the same problem in that one MBP 10.6.8 would behave like this, other MBP no problem, iPad no problem. I did the reset from the problem MBP.

Hope this helps you.

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planner Author

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Oct 16, 2013 4:19 PM in response to sanjampet

Sounds reasonable. The instructions for a soft reset say that is is for when you forget your password. I know my password.

Once I hit the reset button, what should I do in the five minutes before it reverts back to the way it was?

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sanjampet

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Oct 16, 2013 6:09 PM in response to planner

planner,

It seems sometimes the MBP forgets it, don't know why.

Open airport utility Applications/Utilities/Airport utilitlty, it should find yours with a cryptic name, click continue, click "I want to change some settings for this airport extreme", click continue, click change these settings, enter a name, enter password, verify password, click continueclick thru to finish.

Hope this helps

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