10.5.2 and flaky wireless
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I'm clearly not alone in having this problem. I have a simple, low-tech setup: there's my Mac, then there's the Buffalo WBR2-G54S router, then there's the Internet.
10.5.1 - no problem at all.
10.5.2 - wireless is unreliable as hell. It'll drop several times in an hour, then go for a couple of hours, then not stay up more than a couple of minutes.
I've seen various "cures" involving farting around with router settings, re-installing old version of kexts, and other
wittery.
Anyone else seeing this? Anyone found a real solution?
10.5.1 - no problem at all.
10.5.2 - wireless is unreliable as hell. It'll drop several times in an hour, then go for a couple of hours, then not stay up more than a couple of minutes.
I've seen various "cures" involving farting around with router settings, re-installing old version of kexts, and other
wittery.Anyone else seeing this? Anyone found a real solution?
Have to say that I have not had any wireless problems at all since the 10.5.2 update (touch wood).
My setup is:
MacBook Pro (C2) -> Netgear DG834G -> Zen Internet.
The Netgear router has always performed flawlessly - once the shipped firmware was replaced with something stable
- and has been used from Panther, All versions of Tiger and now Leopard.
The only problems that I am seeing with Leopard in general, and more frequently since 10.5.2 are complete machine freezes requiring a power cycle reboot. They are proving to be a right bar steward to track down.
My setup is:
MacBook Pro (C2) -> Netgear DG834G -> Zen Internet.
The Netgear router has always performed flawlessly - once the shipped firmware was replaced with something stable
- and has been used from Panther, All versions of Tiger and now Leopard.The only problems that I am seeing with Leopard in general, and more frequently since 10.5.2 are complete machine freezes requiring a power cycle reboot. They are proving to be a right bar steward to track down.
I had problems yesterday, just dropped completely and I had to reboot. Twice this occurred within 1/2 an hour. Hasn't happened since though.
I also had a complete freeze yesterday too, screen just became pixellated like white noise on a tv and hung, only way out was to hold the power down.
I also had a complete freeze yesterday too, screen just became pixellated like white noise on a tv and hung, only way out was to hold the power down.
Both of the routers I regularly connect to are Belkin, on WPA2, one with SSID hidden and one with it shown.
Have problems with both and it is bloody annoying...
It's crashed a few times since as well.
As I said, may all be coincidence, but I definitely didn't have as much in the way of airport problems on 5.1....
Have problems with both and it is bloody annoying...
It's crashed a few times since as well.
As I said, may all be coincidence, but I definitely didn't have as much in the way of airport problems on 5.1....
) all running 10.5.2 and no problems at all with WiFi.Something else that may be worth thinking about, if you haven't already...
MacFixit said:
Firmware, firmware, firmware! At the risk of being Ballmer-esque: Fimrware, firmware, firmware! (clap hands). Out-of-date firmware can spell disaster for external devices under new iterations of Mac OS X, and 10.5.2 is no exception. One reader was having issues with wireless connectivity that were instantly resolved by updating his Verizon DSL modem's firmware:
one reader said:
"Being quick to blame Apple for my newly defunct wireless connection after the 10.5.2 update, I called AppleCare, but found that all machines on my wireless network were no longer working. I suggested to the AppleCare tech that I would call Verizon and find out what I did to my modem, which had been working fine before the upgrade. (It wasn't working for my Windows connections either, by this point.) Verizon had me update the firmware on my Westell modem, and Voilá, everything now works fine in both platforms. For the do-it-yourselfers out there with Verizon DSL, the address is http://verizon.net/versalinkupdate. Make sure you have the correct model and subtype, then download the update, and update it via the maintenance tab of the router's homepage."
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