well i have a new 15 powerbook.....and the problem im having just started happening i have a linksys wireless router and i have no problem connecting until i put my computer to sleep and then try to reconnect it shows good signal strenght so i know that it sees the router but safari just says can't connect to server and the only way to get it to work again is to restart computer ........please help i hate having to restart it takes too long
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
help with my new powerbook
- Thread starter dresumt
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
MillieWales
macrumors 6502
Is this a wireless connection? If so, go to the Airport Conmection menu and turn Airport off and on again.
If it is a wired connection, take the lead out and plug it in again. Not ideal, but a temp work around.
Marc
If it is a wired connection, take the lead out and plug it in again. Not ideal, but a temp work around.
Marc
stcanard
macrumors 65816
Losing airport connection
I've seen something similar with a WEP encrypted connection.
As a workaround, just turn off your airport card and turn it back on again. That always fixed it for me.
I think the wake up wasn't poperly reinitializing the wep key for the card, so it couldn't connect to the network. kicking the airport card does the re-init.
I've found that adding the key to the keychain has fixed the problem, but if you're like me and have ssid broadcast turned off on your network you won't see the checkbox to add the key to the keychain!
Turn on ssid broadcast, then select your network from the list in the airport menu, and you should see the checkbox to add the key to the keychain. After adding it I have never lost my connection (whereas before, if my system sat idle for as little as 10 minutes I'd have to kick the card).
It drove me crazy for a week trying to figure that one out!
I've seen something similar with a WEP encrypted connection.
As a workaround, just turn off your airport card and turn it back on again. That always fixed it for me.
I think the wake up wasn't poperly reinitializing the wep key for the card, so it couldn't connect to the network. kicking the airport card does the re-init.
I've found that adding the key to the keychain has fixed the problem, but if you're like me and have ssid broadcast turned off on your network you won't see the checkbox to add the key to the keychain!
Turn on ssid broadcast, then select your network from the list in the airport menu, and you should see the checkbox to add the key to the keychain. After adding it I have never lost my connection (whereas before, if my system sat idle for as little as 10 minutes I'd have to kick the card).
It drove me crazy for a week trying to figure that one out!
yeah but why would it work fine for a week and a half.........it worked fine before it only started doing this yesterday ......and i tried turning airport on and off and still nothing only thing working is restarting