iMac dropping internet connection

vaughan80 · vaughan80 #1 (**permalink**)

04-16-2008, 07:25 AM

My iMac keeps dropping the wireless internet connection and then picking it back up every 30 seconds - 1 minute. The airport bar does fluctuate from a full to half signal during the 30 seconds it is connected.
My laptop (pc) works 100% with the connection and never drops it. I even lugged my hefty 24" imac downstairs, plugged it directly into the router and that worked fine, so I have eliminated the actual connection itself.
I have done a system update, all updated.

My router is a Netgear WGR614. I have also moved my router around to see if the signal strength is increased or, the connection drops. The same happens wherever I place it. It's a new problem and I have used the router fine for the best part of 3 months before this happened.

Can anyone help me out?

alaceo · alaceo #2 (**permalink**)

04-16-2008, 03:59 PM

Are you running Leopard 10.5.2? There are a lot of wireless issues with it. I think you have the same router I do or close to it, so I know it has a problem with my iMac on 10.5.2. I downgraded back to 10.5.1 myself to fix it.

vaughan80 · vaughan80 #3 (**permalink**)

04-17-2008, 03:16 AM

Yeah I am. How do I go about downgrading my version?

Truth be told, i'd love to go back to tiger, it's just a shame that there are only two features of Leopard I have become dependent on!

vaughan80 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 14, 2007 Location: Lincolnshire, UK Posts: 338 Mac Specs: Macbook - 2.4 ghz intel core duo / 4 gig of ram.	04-16-2008, 07:25 AM My iMac keeps dropping the wireless internet connection and then picking it back up every 30 seconds - 1 minute. The airport bar does fluctuate from a full to half signal during the 30 seconds it is connected. My laptop (pc) works 100% with the connection and never drops it. I even lugged my hefty 24" imac downstairs, plugged it directly into the router and that worked fine, so I have eliminated the actual connection itself. I have done a system update, all updated. My router is a Netgear WGR614. I have also moved my router around to see if the signal strength is increased or, the connection drops. The same happens wherever I place it. It's a new problem and I have used the router fine for the best part of 3 months before this happened. Can anyone help me out? www.lavaphoto.co.uk
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alaceo #2 (permalink)
Member Since: May 25, 2007 Location: PA Posts: 64 Mac Specs: 17" 2.0GHz C2D iMac, 2.5GB RAM \|\| 2GHz C2D Macbook White, 2GB RAM \|\| PowerMac G4 533MHz, 1GB RAM	04-16-2008, 03:59 PM Are you running Leopard 10.5.2? There are a lot of wireless issues with it. I think you have the same router I do or close to it, so I know it has a problem with my iMac on 10.5.2. I downgraded back to 10.5.1 myself to fix it.
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