Airport slow to connect

[ClemTiger0408]

I've been having trouble connecting to a linksys router recently. So as suggested by someone, I deleted my com.apple.airport.preferences.plist and NOTHING else.

Since then, Airport takes a long time to connect or detect any networks on bootup. What used to be almost instant, now takes close to 2 or 3 minutes. OS X is up and running fine, but airport just sits there for a few minutes before seemingly "waking up".

Any ideas how I can fix this? I'm away on vacation so I do not have access to my install CD.

 

[clyde2801]

Was having the same trouble, and blaming it on my belkin-n. My cable ISP sent a guy over, and said it was the broadband modem we had been using for four or five years now.

Replaced it, and had no connection or dropouts since. Good luck!

 

[ClemTiger0408]

Thanks but its definitely not the modem or router.

It is definitely the Mac OS X software.

The problem started a few days ago and now no matter where I am, on start up I always have this problem.

 

[ClemTiger0408]

I've tried a few other things and I can't get this thing to work, short of doing a complete OS X reinstall.

Anyone have any ideas?