I have a 2011 Imac and the wifi keeps disconnecting. It happens very often, Atleast 10 times a day. Its not problem with my router becuase my macbook doesn't lose service. Is anyone familiar with this? Should I take it to the genius bar?
I have a 2011 Imac and the wifi keeps disconnecting. It happens very often, Atleast 10 times a day. Its not problem with my router becuase my macbook doesn't lose service. Is anyone familiar with this? Should I take it to the genius bar?
Its an extremely common problem that has existed since the launch of OS X Lion. Apple has yet to fix it.
Saying that, mine was fine, before Apple then released so called "fixes" for the WiFi, which actually broke mine.
Expect it to be a major feature of OS X Mountain Lion
I have a 2011 Imac and the wifi keeps disconnecting. It happens very often, Atleast 10 times a day. Its not problem with my router becuase my macbook doesn't lose service. Is anyone familiar with this? Should I take it to the genius bar?
Great, this is extremly annoying. I will be in the middle of downloads and it just stops.
The only annoyance with my mac.
Apple actually released an update not too long ago that fixed this very problem. I would know, because I was having the constant dropping issue too. The fix was to apply the update, then go into the wi-fi settings, then advanced, then foget all of the networks there by pressing the - button. After doing that rejoin all the networks and you should be all set. At least, that's what I did and my iMac had been running for 23 days now without issue.
MacRumors actually did a story about the update:
https://www.macrumors.com/2012/02/24/apple-releases-imac-wi-fi-update-v1-0/
Before you do something extreme make sure you do a WiFi analysis. There are dozens of free ones for your phone or computer.
Look for conflicts on the channel you're using. This is often an issue in a crowded apartment building or dorm where a whole bunch of AP's are using the same frequency.
For example Linksys always uses Channel 6 for default and most people don't change it. Then you end up with everybody using Channel 6 and a lot of interference.
Apple actually released an update not too long ago that fixed this very problem.
but my mac mini ,macbook pro, pc, ipade never lose connection...its just the iMac..Its hard to believe its a router problem when everything works so perfect...i just opened up the iMac to cHeck the airport card.
Could be a million different things.. distance to router, amount of interference between computer and router, strength of signal of competing networks.. these things will all be different for each computer, unless they're literally on top of each other.
but my mac mini ,macbook pro, pc, ipade never lose connection...its just the iMac..Its hard to believe its a router problem when everything works so perfect...i just opened up the iMac to cHeck the airport card.
If a computer works perfectly using one OS, but drops WiFi when switching to another OS, this is hardly a router issue.
Accept it: Lion has a bug in its Atheros drivers and Appel has not fixed it yet.
I'm having the same problem as this.
Just run i stumbler...
This doesn't look good....?
I live in a shared house, router on the ground floor, me on the 3rd floor.
Would a repeater help?
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By flunkyturtle at 2012-05-10
My network is the top one
Lion has problems. But I believe the OP noted that, on the same computer, he booted into Snow Leopard and still has the same problems.
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If you have the ability to go 5 GHz, you should. Your 2.4 GHz is jammed. If you can't (iPhones are notable for not working on 5 GHz ), switch the channel to one not currently being used, like 3 or 9, and see if things get better.
Yep, switch the router to anything but 6, 11 or 1. Then see what happens.
How do i switch the router to a different signal?
Presumably purchasing an Airport extreme will allow me to have the WIFI in 5ghz as well?