Wireless connection lost after wake up

[texast]

My Imac does not connect automatically to my wireless network when I wake up it from sleep mode. I have to manually select my network but it remembers my WPA keys. Software is up to date. Mac guy at the store says it's a known problem and he has the same issue. He also mention not to put the hard drive to sleep mode..by doing this more energy will be used. This is annoying...please help because this never happen on my pc.

 

[dadsgravy]

Do you have your airport set to join "preferred network" in system preferences? When you wake your imac from sleep, what does the airport satus icone show, Is it gray lines or black lines?

 

[walmartconnect]

To elaborate on dadsgravy, when you open up "Network" in your system preferences and then navigate to Airport in the second drop-down box (labeled "show"), you have the option of of saying "By default, join [Automatic/Preferred Networks]." Try changing it to preferred networks and make sure that your network is on that list and at the top. Good luck.

 

[dadsgravy]

To elaborate on dadsgravy, when you open up "Network" in your system preferences and then navigate to Airport in the second drop-down box (labeled "show"), you have the option of of saying "By default, join [Automatic/Preferred Networks]." Try changing it to preferred networks and make sure that your network is on that list and at the top. Good luck.

Great team work! Pitty that I was caught being lazy!;D

 

[walmartconnect]

Not so much lazy as perhaps not having as much free time as me

No school and work in the evenings... I can only spend so much time running and sleeping you know.

TEXAST: What's the word, did it work?

 

[texast]

Followed your instructions and it works! Thanks for all your help. This is a great forum.

 

[walmartconnect]

Awesome, that's good to hear.

 

[Glenners]

Now that you know how to fix the problem you should go back to the mac store and tell the mac genius hehe, maybe you'd get a job there!