01-02-2009, 10:01 AM

Hi,

I am running an iMac 5.1 with OSX 10.4.11 and use a wireless Netgear DG834G router and up until the last week or so I have had no problems. The problem that I now have is that I am able to connect to the router and work OK (signal level around 80%) but regularly the internet connect just locks up even though the connection to the router is still up (signal level still at 80%). I started off by rebooting the router but got feb up with this as 5 minutes later it would lock up again.

On further checking I found that by turning AirPort off and on on my Mac the connection came back, does this indicate a problem the my Mac rather that the router and if so any ideas what I can do to fix it?

Thanks

Steve

01-02-2009, 10:36 AM

Start here and let us know if you still have any questions.

My first thought would be that one of your neighbors just bought a new wireless router and it's now starting to compete on the same frequency.

01-02-2009, 11:09 AM

cwa knows a lot more about network stuff than I do and would recommend following his recommendations first.

After that, I just found something a couple of days ago that I had never seen before.

Go into your user preferences folder (User Home/Library/Preferences) and delete any files that contain "com.apple.internet...". The few reports back are showing this working maybe 50% of the time. (Naturally, just move them to another location first before you delete them so you can move them back if you have to.)