WiFi problems after update yesterday

[blarelli]

I had a little pop up on my 13" macbook pro yesterday saying I had an update, and being a trusting idiot I went ahead and updated it.
Here's the problem. Now when I wake the computer up, or when I restart it the wifi does its little scan and says it is connected to the correct router, but the op option will go between saying "Wi-Fi: On" and "Wi-Fi: Looking for Networks..."

I don't understand what the problem is. It shows a list of 15 or so connections, including mine. It knows it's supposed to connect to mine, and shows a check mark next to mine. It will even work after I turn it off, turn it back on, and then click a few times on my router.

Does anybody have any ideas on what I can do to fix this? If this computer can't wake up and be ready to get online in less than a minute than it is about as useful to me as the clap.

 

[blarelli]

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I really need some help here guys. If this were one of my Windows machines I could handle it, but I'm not a mac person (nor will I ever be at the rate this computer is spazzing out) and I can't figure it out. I just talked to a few of my classmates who have the same computer and they're having the same problem as well so I know it isn't my fault.

 

[Ttaylor394]

im not going to be able to give you any specific answers, but i know people may be able to... to increase the odds of that happening, we need as much info as possible..
what version of OSX are you running.. 10.7.x..??,
WHAT exactly updated OSX?, iTunes?, or some other app unrelated to wifi at all??,
if it didn't come up as a Software Update window from Apple..
TTU :: IT Division :: IT Help Central :: Install Mac OS X Updates it looks like the third image down from the top on that url...
then there may be issues but if it was that then your fine I'm sure,
what kind of router are you using??,
if it is an Airport (apple brand) router then whats its firmware status??,
if its not an apple router can you trouble shoot it with anyone else's computer??,
does your internet still work? do you have an iPhone or any other device running off the same router? did you pay the bill (silly i know, but i have to ask my friends that sometimes)?

these are just the first things that come to my-8months into my first mac, un-experienced, very limited computer knowledge- mind.

So just imagine how many other things people that get paid to figure out these issues, or have been doing it for years would come up to ask your about your scenario.

Did you reset your router modem combination? Un plug them for a min each and plug them back in. Restart your mac after that and see if that helps.

good luck

 

[blarelli]

It was an update from apple, about 500 megs so I assume it was OSX updating. It's now running 10.7.2.
I know it isn't the router or modem. My evo, windows 7 machine, and ubuntu ftp server are still using it just fine. The macbook also has the same problem when I am at school.

I've only had it for about 3 months and so far it is the worse computer I have ever owned by far. All I ever heard about apple was how it just worked, but apparently that isn't the case. It corrupts my pdf's and powerpoints, it's slow, it won't install the java plugin for chrome rendering my expensive anatomy software useless, and now I can't get on the internet. Fantastic!

 

[osxx]

System preferences > wi-fi under preferred do you have your network listed ?
I also found that TCP/IP configure IPv4 using DHCP and I have remember networks this computer has joined checked and so far I have been able to get on no matter where if I have the correct password if encrypted. I am on 10.7.2 by the way.

 

[blarelli]

System preferences > wi-fi under preferred do you have your network listed ?
I also found that TCP/IP configure IPv4 using DHCP and I have remember networks this computer has joined checked and so far I have been able to get on no matter where if I have the correct password if encrypted. I am on 10.7.2 by the way.

I have the wifi showing it is connected to my router, location setting is automatic. In advanced settings I have two preferred networks remembered (home and school) and it recognizes both immediately after waking up. I don't think it has anything to do with encryption because my connection at school recognizes device mac addresses, not passwords.
I have now discovered that if I let it sit and think it will finally let me use the internet 5-10 minutes after waking up. That's about 5-10 minutes longer than it takes any other wifi device I have to work.