Here is what's been going on for a very long time- almost a year now. As my computer is nearly useless without internet (for work and school) I REALLY need to figure out how to fix this problem, or get rid of the computer.
I have a Linksys W10 router that has worked fine in the past. After an update almost a year ago, my MacBook (v. 10.5.8 update) won't connect to the router. Keep in mind that I work only about 5 ft away from it.
But it gets more interesting...
SOMETIMES, I can connect if there are no other computers using it (even though the connection is very slow). As soon as my boyfriend powers up his computer, internet is no more. The wireless signal is there, the connection is not. Even connecting the ethernet cord does not help matters!
Also, I have a netbook that has become my main computer because of this problem and it connects perfectly.
MOST interestingly, if I take the MacBook to school and use the WiFi there IT WORKS FINE. So I have installed updates, etc, but still no fix.
So the router works, but not for the Mac. And the Mac works, but not for the router.
A friend thought it was a conflict of IP addresses, so he tried putting a static IP on. Still no fix.
Has anyone heard of this problem before? I don't want to buy a new router only to have the same problem again.
Thanks to anyone who has read this and please let me know if you have anymore clues or insights to this problem,
A very vexed Samantha.
I have a Linksys W10 router that has worked fine in the past. After an update almost a year ago, my MacBook (v. 10.5.8 update) won't connect to the router. Keep in mind that I work only about 5 ft away from it.
But it gets more interesting...
SOMETIMES, I can connect if there are no other computers using it (even though the connection is very slow). As soon as my boyfriend powers up his computer, internet is no more. The wireless signal is there, the connection is not. Even connecting the ethernet cord does not help matters!
Also, I have a netbook that has become my main computer because of this problem and it connects perfectly.
MOST interestingly, if I take the MacBook to school and use the WiFi there IT WORKS FINE. So I have installed updates, etc, but still no fix.
So the router works, but not for the Mac. And the Mac works, but not for the router.
A friend thought it was a conflict of IP addresses, so he tried putting a static IP on. Still no fix.
Has anyone heard of this problem before? I don't want to buy a new router only to have the same problem again.
Thanks to anyone who has read this and please let me know if you have anymore clues or insights to this problem,
A very vexed Samantha.