[X4U] Problems with wireless connection- resolved?

[Richard H Stoddard]

Since posting the below, I may have now identified the source of the 
problem. I usually have my iPhone with an active wifi connection 
sitting on the desk, or at least close by, when I'm at the computer. If 
I turn off the phone's wifi connection, my problem seems to go away. I 
was able to maintain my MacBook's connection for over an hour, but when 
I turned on my phone's connection, it dropped almost instantly. I 
turned the phone connection off, turned AirPort off and on again, and 
once again was not having a problem with my laptop's connection. Just 
to make sure it wasn't a coincidence, I repeated the test with the same 
results.

I hope Apple is able to address this soon with an update to either the 
iPhone firmware or OSX.


 On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:01:06 -0500, Richard H Stoddard wrote:
> I am having problems with my wireless connection. I'm using a MacBook 
> (late 2007) with AirPort Extreme. I know the AirPort is working because 
> we have two iPhones, and both of them remain connected, but my MacBook 
> keeps dropping the connection. I can restore it using diagnostics, but 
> it will drop the connection again after awhile - anywhere from a few 
> minutes to a few hours. This has been happening since the upgrade to 
> 10.5.6; I can't prove that's the cause, but it never happened before.
> 
> I went to the Apple store this week for tech support, and while it 
> appeared to be okay when I left, it continues to drop the connection. 
> They did say it was possible it's an antenna or other hardware problem, 
> but I hate to spend the bucks  to send it in if it's a software issue. 
> There are several reasons I believe it's software=related:
> 
> - Not all apps will lose the connection at the same time. Safari may 
> not be able to connect, but dashboard widgets requiring a connection 
> will continue to function, and I can continue to receive mail on my 
> .Mac account (IMAP), although my Comcast POP account will not connect. 
> (I use GyazMail, although I doubt that makes a difference,) I also 
> launched FireFox a couple of times after Safari was unable to make a 
> connection, and it connected to sites fine for awhile.
> 
> - This has been going on since the upgrade, and I've used diagnostics 
> to restore the connection well over 100 times. Sometimes it requires me 
> to enter my AirPort password, sometimes not, but in all cases the 
> connection is instantly restored. It seems to me that it the problem is 
> hardware-related, there would be times when it doesn't restore it.
> 
> Is anyone else having this issue? Any advice on how to resolve it?
> 
> Thanks, Rick
> _______________________________________________
> X4U mailing list
> X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u
> 
> Seven Cent Deals - Great legacy stuff Great Legacy Price 
> http://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?cat=Seven+Cent+Deal