I've seriously had enough of this now. I love using Leopard and really don't want to go back to Tiger but it looks like that's what I'm gonna have to do until this wireless problem is fixed. Like many people, using WPA causes the connection to drop during normal internet use. So I changed it to the less secure WEP and I was able to use the internet more or less normally ... except for large file downloads.
Every time I try and use a program like Software Update the connection will just drop in less than a minute. Only by using a completely UNSECURE connection can I download large files properly. I was hoping that the last Leopard update would have fixed the problem but alas nothing. I've been following this thread on the Apple website and it looks like a lot of people still seem to be affected despite various attempts to try and come up with a solution by themselves:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1195706&tstart=165
I bought my MBP so I could use it in a portable way with the freedom of wireless and it's annoying that I can't. And I know from various websites and forums including MacRumors that there's a lot of other people out there who are having to suffer in the same way, or compromise and get themselves a really long network cable!
How long is it gonna take?
I would've expected something like this from a new release of Windows but not Mac OS. Have they even admitted there's a problem? What was Tiger like when that was released; did it have annoying problems that were eventually fixed and if so how long did it take?
Finally, if I decide to use an unsecure network will data being sent over HTTPS (such as a banking site) still be secure? Or is using HTTPS over an unsecure wireless network a big no no? (It certainly sounds like a bad idea!)
Cheers
Every time I try and use a program like Software Update the connection will just drop in less than a minute. Only by using a completely UNSECURE connection can I download large files properly. I was hoping that the last Leopard update would have fixed the problem but alas nothing. I've been following this thread on the Apple website and it looks like a lot of people still seem to be affected despite various attempts to try and come up with a solution by themselves:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1195706&tstart=165
I bought my MBP so I could use it in a portable way with the freedom of wireless and it's annoying that I can't. And I know from various websites and forums including MacRumors that there's a lot of other people out there who are having to suffer in the same way, or compromise and get themselves a really long network cable!
How long is it gonna take?
I would've expected something like this from a new release of Windows but not Mac OS. Have they even admitted there's a problem? What was Tiger like when that was released; did it have annoying problems that were eventually fixed and if so how long did it take?
Finally, if I decide to use an unsecure network will data being sent over HTTPS (such as a banking site) still be secure? Or is using HTTPS over an unsecure wireless network a big no no? (It certainly sounds like a bad idea!)
Cheers
