Dropped connection constantly

[audreyclarke]

hi my mac is constantly dropping the internet connection, every few minutes.. I do not have this problem with my windows pc. but as i use the laptop more the problem is becoming unbearable. Can anyone offer as suggestion as to what could be causing this!

I have tried everything i can think of so far no luck
Thanks
Audrey

 

[geoffreak]

Please provide more information. Which Mac? Wireless or wired?

 

[audreyclarke]

Macbook pro 1.83 ghz intel core duo

 

[audreyclarke]

Sorry should have said it is a wireless connection

 

[Adapsys]

When you say 'drops' connection. Is Airport actually losing the network connection or is the internet just dropping?

If it's the first then sounds like a faulty card.

If its the second, well this seems to be quite wide spread and happened to me. I fixed it my setting the location in the wireless settings and downloading the latest version of Java and Flash. I realise those things are not related to each other but couldn't say which one actually fixed the issue!

 

[audreyclarke]

hi
Sorry but a bit of a newbie, to this what is the difference between the airport and internet dropping .

Also how do i fix the location in wireless settings

Thanks again

 

[sellitom]

hi
Sorry but a bit of a newbie, to this what is the difference between the airport and internet dropping .

Also how do i fix the location in wireless settings

Thanks again

I had the same problem the first week or two I had my MBP 13". It has stopped "losing" the connection, however. (I know for certain my network was not going out as my iMac stayed connected) I would always option click on the network icon and select "connect to another network" and get back on my wireless network.

After doing this about 10-20 times, it has stayed connected ever since. Make sense?

 

[Beau10]

This has been an ongoing issue with MBPs for years (there was a giganto 300+ post thread over on the apple board about this - it predates Leopard coming out). Plenty of blog posts all around the web on things to do to fix.

Mine was immune to it initially - then some wireless card driver firmware update was released late summer/early fall last year - it started dropping connection after anywhere from 2 hours to 30 seconds of use. Sometimes it was so bad I gave up and plugged in the ethernet.

I literally spent all told about 50-100 hours of my time (spread out over several months) trying to fix this. Even bought a new Atheros wireless card from China, by the time it arrived 10.5.6 had come out, which incidentally fixed it.

One thing I can recommend - don't look for advice here. I wasn't able to find much help. Hang out on the Apple board (flat out - the people there are far more technically inclined) + do an exhaustive google search.