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<blockquote data-quote="danipoak" data-source="post: 1716895" data-attributes="member: 315139">This sounds eerily similar to an issue I had with a MBA and it wound up taking a couple years to resolve. It would connect to every network except my home network. I fixed the problem by using a USB dongle for a long time. Eventually I noticed that if I moved within about 5 feet of the router (Airport Express or Extreme) I would be able to access internet via the internal card. Every time I took the computer into the Apple store WiFi worked though and the couldn't diagnose it. Eventually with some time the MBA couldn't connect to hardly any networks and finally someone recognized that it was either the airport card or the antenna (which was built into the monitor). I replaced the airport card since that was a cheap easy fix but it didn't work. Finally it was sent off and they replaced the screen (which replaced the antenna) and now everything works. One suggestion I have that might help diagnose it more quickly is take your router into the Apple store along with the computer. They can plug ethernet into the router and then set your computer up some distance away from it that approximates your setup at home and see if you can replicate the problem that way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="danipoak, post: 1716895, member: 315139"] This sounds eerily similar to an issue I had with a MBA and it wound up taking a couple years to resolve. It would connect to every network except my home network. I fixed the problem by using a USB dongle for a long time. Eventually I noticed that if I moved within about 5 feet of the router (Airport Express or Extreme) I would be able to access internet via the internal card. Every time I took the computer into the Apple store WiFi worked though and the couldn't diagnose it. Eventually with some time the MBA couldn't connect to hardly any networks and finally someone recognized that it was either the airport card or the antenna (which was built into the monitor). I replaced the airport card since that was a cheap easy fix but it didn't work. Finally it was sent off and they replaced the screen (which replaced the antenna) and now everything works. One suggestion I have that might help diagnose it more quickly is take your router into the Apple store along with the computer. They can plug ethernet into the router and then set your computer up some distance away from it that approximates your setup at home and see if you can replicate the problem that way. [/QUOTE]

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