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Poor Wifi signal on TC. Help!

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dubie76

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May 22, 2014
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I have the newest generation TC. I have it connected to a cable modem to use as my wifi connection. I have 100 mps download speeds. I connect wifi to my macbook pro, iphone, and ipad.

The wifi connection constantly has been dropping, or is so slow that google home page wont even load up. I unplug and plug the TC back in and its fine for a day or two. I have reset it to default and went through the create network setup multiple times.

Is this normal? Is there something I am doing wrong? I am looking for any ideas or suggestions. I hope that it isnt going out. I have read something about rolling back the firmware but ther is only the newest firmware displayed when I hold the option key and hover over firmware. I am running a late 2010 macbook pro with mavericks.

Thanks
 
Altemose said:
No problems here. Perhaps a bad one... Is it in Bridge Mode or DHCP and NAT mode.
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DHCP and NAT mode. I was reading that maybe I should bridge it with the same SSID as my cable modem?

I understand that I wont get 100 mps down on wifi but for it to go from 10-70-no connection and back up to 50 there is an issue somewhere.
 
dubie76 said:
DHCP and NAT mode. I was reading that maybe I should bridge it with the same SSID as my cable modem?

I understand that I wont get 100 mps down on wifi but for it to go from 10-70-no connection and back up to 50 there is an issue somewhere.
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Try resetting the base station. To do so, simply unplug it, insert a paperclip into the reset button, and plug it in. Wait until the front light blinks rapidly before releasing the button. Then reconfigure in AirPort Utility.
 
Altemose said:
Try using Bridge Mode, but the network name should always be different than the modem. In fact, the modem shouldn't even be putting out wireless.
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The cable modem is not wifi. Thats why I use the TC
 
I switched to Netgear routers and have not had any problems. Maybe I had a bad TC. Either way I gave up on it. Got tired of the timeouts.
 
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