Airport stops broadcasting?

NutritioN · 11 Dec 2006 at 12:59

I have an Airport acting as a hub for 2 Macs, 2 PCs and a USB printer. It is also connected via net cable to a small Netgear router which connects to a shared net drive.

It seems every day the Airport will stop broadcasting, it vanishes from the list of available networks on all machines although the Airport green light stays on. It doesn't happen at the same time each day, but is either noticed at the end of the working day (6pm) or first thing in the morning.

Is there a particular reason for this? I thought maybe it was a I.P. leasing thing but that wouldn't explain it vanishing from the wireless browser. The temporary fix is to unplug and restart the Airport. Would like to know what settings to look at if there is a permanent fix/explaination.

Cheers.

unknowndomain · 14 Dec 2006 at 00:30

Have u tried installing the new firmware or downgrading the firmware?
I had a problem with the new one not being compatable with cable modem's for some reason unknown to any one apple removed support for Ntl cable modems in their latest relase of the software so I had to down grade it when I got NTL the week after I upgraded it.

Berserker · 14 Dec 2006 at 01:55

Better off in Networking I reckon.

NutritioN · 14 Dec 2006 at 10:13

Berserker said:

Waah, where was it? Never done that before? Thanks

unknowndomain said:
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It has been upgraded since the summer, will check that out though. Don't think it's a compatibility issue with the other hardware as it's the first link in the chain for the computers. Unless other wireless signals could be masking the airport signal. Doubt that is possible though...