Macbook wireless issues

rickjames · 23 Nov 2014 at 19:43

Howdy

I've got an admittedly old Macbook from 2006 (1.83ghz, 2gb ram, 60gb HDD etc) but for the most part has been able to do what I need to.

However more recently its been a real pain with wireless issues around the house, as to the point where I'll stand right next to my router at home only to be presented with either a really really poor wireless signal or a timeout altogether as it asks me for the password for it.

Any ideas as to what the problem might be? I've not changed anything at home and the wireless card is slotted in fine after opening it up. It's driving me mad!

cliffo88 · 24 Nov 2014 at 22:21

Anything else have connection problems...phones...ipads?

rickjames · 26 Nov 2014 at 10:51

Nope, my phone connects fine as does my Xbox and other wireless devices we have dotted around the place. Don't think it's a router issue.

cliffo88 · 27 Nov 2014 at 13:43

I did have a funny Wifi problem on a Mac the other day which was resolved by locating the network preferences files (I cant remember where, but google will know) and trashing them.

I guess the Wireless card could be faulty, difficult to know.

You could download a piece of software we are testing at work called netspot to try and analyse what is going on.