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Wireless problems with 24 inch Imac

Since I have bought my 24 inch imac I suffer from several problems with the wireless system. First of all, very week connection (2bars, in comparison to 4 bars on my macbook). 2.) After waking up from sleep, it looses connection with the wireless network (I already tried some suggestions from Apples knowledge base without much success). 3. From time to time it loses connection at all (with a message. There is an error connecting to your wireless network). 4. Streaming music using my airport express is impossible. There are so many drop outs, it is impossible to listen to music anymore (it used to work perfect on my previous G4 and G5 imacs). I am using a ZyXEL P 660 wireless router as a base station. Thanks for any suggestions to this topic

iMac intel, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Nov 13, 2006 10:47 AM

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Nov 13, 2006 10:59 AM in response to semija

Not sure it will help, although it has helped some other Core 2 Duo new owners, so it seems to be worth the small effort involved - try downloading the 10.4.8 Combo Update for Intel, then install it over top of your current 10.4.8 OS. Hopefully, that will fill in something that is missing, or help something to adjust itself.

Nov 13, 2006 7:15 PM in response to semija

I myself have no issues. The foll. worked for me:

Try making a new network location and prioritzing network ports (airport should be first):
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106653

Prioritize your preferred networks:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304482

Understand WPA encryption terminology and synch your Mac with your router, e.g.
WPA PSK (TKIP) = WPA
WPA PSK (AES) = WPA2

Probe for other nearby wireless networks to indentify their broadcast channels and avoid said channels for your wireless router.

Enable wireless g only on your router if all computers on your network have wireless g adapter cards.

hope this helps - good luck

Wireless problems with 24 inch Imac

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