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Hello All,
I've been doing some research on this issue and haven't found a definitive answer yet.
My son just got a new MacBook Pro (w/Leopard) and the Airport wireless continues to drop connections. The wireless strength indicator will show 3 or 4 bars and you try to go to Google and get server can't be found. Yet, you can go to CNN, but then not apple.com, etc. Very strange. Network utility results: can ping a site sometimes, sometimes not.
The facts are: I have a D-Link DI-614+ wireless router (802.11b) connected to a cable modem. This device is a few years old. All WinXP and Vista PCs in the same house that are wireless work fine. I've modified the wireless parameters on the D-Link to be simple and not use any of the fancy, faster D-Link features. This made things a little better but didn't take away any of the intermittent behavior. This router only has WEP security so that is also turned on and in use.
The MacBook Pro has all the latest updates. If I use wired Ethernet, everything is fine. If I delete all Airport setting and re-enter all wireless router settings again, things perk up and it runs well for a little while. We have tried this MacBook at other people's houses who have 802.11 b/g and things work fine, so maybe it points to my D-Link?
Any thoughts on this one? I've seen several posts like this. If it is my D-Link, is it because of a faulty 802.11b? What happens when he goes to college next year and his dorm only has 802.11b? Any help or insights would be appreciated. Thank you.
I've been doing some research on this issue and haven't found a definitive answer yet.
My son just got a new MacBook Pro (w/Leopard) and the Airport wireless continues to drop connections. The wireless strength indicator will show 3 or 4 bars and you try to go to Google and get server can't be found. Yet, you can go to CNN, but then not apple.com, etc. Very strange. Network utility results: can ping a site sometimes, sometimes not.
The facts are: I have a D-Link DI-614+ wireless router (802.11b) connected to a cable modem. This device is a few years old. All WinXP and Vista PCs in the same house that are wireless work fine. I've modified the wireless parameters on the D-Link to be simple and not use any of the fancy, faster D-Link features. This made things a little better but didn't take away any of the intermittent behavior. This router only has WEP security so that is also turned on and in use.
The MacBook Pro has all the latest updates. If I use wired Ethernet, everything is fine. If I delete all Airport setting and re-enter all wireless router settings again, things perk up and it runs well for a little while. We have tried this MacBook at other people's houses who have 802.11 b/g and things work fine, so maybe it points to my D-Link?
Any thoughts on this one? I've seen several posts like this. If it is my D-Link, is it because of a faulty 802.11b? What happens when he goes to college next year and his dorm only has 802.11b? Any help or insights would be appreciated. Thank you.