Dear fellow Mac users,
I hope that this message finds you all well.
This is my first post on here.
I have a Imac PowerPC G5 (1.8 Ghz) with 2GB ram, running OS X 10.5.8
I have had my Mac for a couple of years now (It purchased it from a friend). I have had Windows based PC's for years but thought I would give a Mac a try. I am very glad I did as can't imagine I would ever go back now ;D.
When I purchased my Mac it was not fitted with an airport card. I therefore quickly ordered an airport extreme card from apple and installed it myself. I found this easy and have had no problems until now.
For the last few months I have had an intermittant problem of losing connection between the Imac and my wireless router. I tried completeley re-setting the router which made no difference. I even replaced the router for a completely new one but this still happens. Basically I turn the Mac on and the wireless signal shoots up to 4 bars. This then drops back to 2 and makes the conection unusably slow. I have tried connecting to another local network but the same thing happens. If I then try to reconnect to my own network I get a timeout failure time and time again. Eventually it will re-connect to my network but still only 2 bars signal strength and sooooo slow! I have tried power cycling the router and turning the Mac off but it makes no difference. It will usually work perfectly the next morning and then maybe fine for 2-3 weeks before doing it all over again.
I am not sure if this is possible sofrware of hardware related. I just wondered if anyone had experienced anything similar?
Any help would be really appreciated as is gets frustrating .
Thanks very much.
Gary (UK)
I hope that this message finds you all well.
This is my first post on here.
I have a Imac PowerPC G5 (1.8 Ghz) with 2GB ram, running OS X 10.5.8
I have had my Mac for a couple of years now (It purchased it from a friend). I have had Windows based PC's for years but thought I would give a Mac a try. I am very glad I did as can't imagine I would ever go back now ;D.
When I purchased my Mac it was not fitted with an airport card. I therefore quickly ordered an airport extreme card from apple and installed it myself. I found this easy and have had no problems until now.
For the last few months I have had an intermittant problem of losing connection between the Imac and my wireless router. I tried completeley re-setting the router which made no difference. I even replaced the router for a completely new one but this still happens. Basically I turn the Mac on and the wireless signal shoots up to 4 bars. This then drops back to 2 and makes the conection unusably slow. I have tried connecting to another local network but the same thing happens. If I then try to reconnect to my own network I get a timeout failure time and time again. Eventually it will re-connect to my network but still only 2 bars signal strength and sooooo slow! I have tried power cycling the router and turning the Mac off but it makes no difference. It will usually work perfectly the next morning and then maybe fine for 2-3 weeks before doing it all over again.
I am not sure if this is possible sofrware of hardware related. I just wondered if anyone had experienced anything similar?
Any help would be really appreciated as is gets frustrating .
Thanks very much.
Gary (UK)