Im gonna scream. Network osx.

Neoni · 29 Nov 2007 at 19:36

i was able to connect to the wireless network in my home with ease, until yesterday when i dropped the connection rebooted and ive tried everything, does anybody know how i can get it up and running anything i can delete etc?

its winding me off the dial!

i have a macbook pro with airport built in i believe.

and i connect wirelessly via a Netgear DG834GT

Please help!

-Neoni

theheyes · 29 Nov 2007 at 19:47

What version of OSX are you using? Have you recently installed a software update?

Neoni · 29 Nov 2007 at 19:52

theheyes said:
What version of OSX are you using? Have you recently installed a software update?

Tiger and no.

FreeStream · 29 Nov 2007 at 19:57

Does it come up in the list?

10.4.11 does have issues with wireless, or was that 10.4.10? :confused:

theheyes · 29 Nov 2007 at 19:59

I think Tiger xx.10 and xx.11 both had/have issues. Does it improve when running off AC power and not the battery?

Neoni · 29 Nov 2007 at 20:03

theheyes said:
I think Tiger xx.10 and xx.11 both had/have issues. Does it improve when running off AC power and not the battery?

it picks it up fine but wont connect its always plugged into to AC

ichabod crane · 29 Nov 2007 at 20:08

my wireless has problems seems only when i put the iMac to sleep, it takes an ages to connect on wake up, is a lot quicker than it was with tiger but still not perfect. sees the network but just keeps saying connection time out. thats with a WPA security, i believe it is something to do with the security because if i turn it off i have no issues i havent found a fix as of yet but the fastest connecting one for me so far has been WPA 2 personal

theheyes · 29 Nov 2007 at 20:09

Have you tried rebooting the router?

ichabod crane · 29 Nov 2007 at 20:16

Ok i could well of found an answer well have done for mine so far, my router was set to Both g & b i changed this to just g and now it seems to be connecting instantly even from sleep might work for yourself, but if you have any b wireless items they wont work

Neoni · 29 Nov 2007 at 20:17

ichabod crane said:
Ok i could well of found an answer well have done for mine so far, my router was set to Both g & b i changed this to just g and now it seems to be connecting instantly even from sleep might work for yourself, but if you have any b wireless items they wont work

which are b? and yes i have restarted

ichabod crane · 29 Nov 2007 at 20:20

mainly older wireless items are b so you should be fine, most up to date wireless laptops and cards are all g nowadays

Neoni · 29 Nov 2007 at 20:28

its something to do with the WEP. i disabled and it works ok now, but i ideally need it on.

ichabod crane · 29 Nov 2007 at 20:31

like i said before, WPA is faster for mine than WEP was i tried them all! plus WPA is more secure so win win really but i would try setting ya router to just G has seemed to work here for me

Neoni · 29 Nov 2007 at 20:38

ichabod crane said:
like i said before, WPA is faster for mine than WEP was i tried them all! plus WPA is more secure so win win really but i would try setting ya router to just G has seemed to work here for me

WPA and G worked a charm thanks mate!

theheyes · 29 Nov 2007 at 20:50

Nice to see all is well and working again.

Neoni · 29 Nov 2007 at 20:54

theheyes said:
Nice to see all is well and working again.

yup thanks all, seems to be faster too after firmware updates etc!

Deleted member 651465 · 29 Nov 2007 at 22:44

WEP = Fail.

Glad you sorted it though, it can be frustrating when things break out of the blue.

Im gonna scream. Network osx.

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