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Having To Restart Macbook Pro A Lot to get Wifi Signal

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pro3g

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Sep 18, 2008
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Has anyone had this issue I thought it was the router but I just got a new one and I am having the same issue. My macbook pro shows the network but is not connecting to it. It says connected but doesnt have any signal but then when I restart the computer the signal works fine? This just started happening it doesn't happen everytime but it has happend a few times recently and all the other computers I have work when this happens also.

any feedback would be great.
 
I got a new router but the issue was happening before that, other then that I have not added anything.

What do you mean by repairing the permissions what should I do?
 
'Spotlight' disk utilites. Select your volume and click 'repair permissions' on bottom left side. Don't bother with verify, just repair. Then reboot.
 
What does repairing permissions do? I am going to do that when I get home what would usually cause this to happen?
 
pro3g said:
What does repairing permissions do? I am going to do that when I get home what would usually cause this to happen?
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It makes sure that critical files have proper access permissions. When those get altered it can prevent software or a device from getting to a file it needs to operate.

What causes it? I'm sure other installers can cause it. Others may have more of an answer for that.
 
I am not sure how to reset the permissions I go into spot light but there is nothing that says disk utilities can you please give me directions on how to do this.
 
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