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March 11, 2008
Users Report Continued AirPort Connection Wonkiness Under Mac OS X 10.5.2
Per MacFixIt, a number of users have continued to report serious issues with AirPort connectivity under Mac OS X 10.5.2.
Stories such as the following from Mac user Mike Stimpson describe the issue:
"The primary symptoms of this are Airport continuously scanning for networks (you'll see this if you click on the Airpot MenuBar icon), and dropping connections while doing so. The drops will appear as long delays/stalls in connectivity, despite the Airport signal strength being at full bars w/no visible drops. I can confirm that this is attributed to the 10.5.2 update.
"Beforehand, the Airport would scan a lot as well, but I did not experience any loss of connectivity or drop in speed. My wife still has 10.5.1 on her MacBook, and has NO problems on our home Airport b/g compatible Extreme Base Station (white "flying saucer" variety). That base station does have the latest firmware installed, by the way. Meanwhile, on my 10.5.2 upgraded MacBook Pro, on the same home network, I experience these horrible problems, whereas I was fine prior to 10.5.2 Interestingly enough, while Airport continues to scan for networks while I am at work, I do not experience the same slowdown/dropout problems on my Airport Express wireless network there."
One fix which seems to be especially effective for the problem is upgrading your cable or DSL mode's router firmware. Be sure to check your manual and reference online for instructions as to how to do this, but various reports have emerged that this seems to be the most effective fix for the problem.
If you've seen this issue on your end or discovered a good fix or workaround, let us know in the comments or forums.
Posted by chrisbarylick at March 11, 2008 9:05 AM
Category: Wireless
Tags: 10.5.2, AirPort, Apple, cable, connection, continued, DSL, firmware, Mac, Mike Stimpson, modem, OS X, problems, router, serious, upgrade, users
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OS X 10.5.2 on my 1.5GHz 12" G4 Powerbook worked fine with my Linksys WRT54G. It killed the WiFi on my 1.66GHz CoreDuo Mac mini and I had to drop that one back to 10.5.1 until I could figure it out.
After updating my WRT54G to the most recent firmware I was able to play around with the settings and get it to work with both my mini and my Powerbook.
Had to set it to 'WPA2 Personal' authentication to get the mini to work with it instead of the 'WPA Personal' I originally had it set to. That, unfortunately, broke wifi on my Powerbook until I set the WRT54G to 802.11g ONLY. Which means an older iBook I have that only does 802.11b no longer works with that router.
But at least my primary laptop, my Mac mini, and assorted other wifi devices I own still work.
Who knows what Apple broke/changed, (I suspect it was security related but I haven't seriously dealt with configuring network security in years.) but an ordinary mortal shouldn't have to play with the settings on a router to get a supposedly plug-n-play wi-fi connection to work.
Posted by: -acs- at March 11, 2008 5:09 PM
My Air has had connection since day one, and they are getting worse. 10.5.2 made no difference, it's now so bad that I can't use AIM/iChat because I've "logged in too often in a short period of time". So doing anything online is a real chore. THANKS APPLE.
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at March 11, 2008 11:59 PM
disable IPv6 helps a lot.
Posted by: Charles Bueche at March 13, 2008 3:56 AM
I fixed my MBA connection problems. I have been using a 2-Wire wireless modem/router from ATT, and after reading about problems other users have had with this modem, I pulled out my old Linksys WRT54G. Since piggybacking it on the 2-Wire and using it to connect with, my Air has not dropped a connection for several days.
Posted by: leebertski at March 16, 2008 9:30 PM
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