Mac OS 10.5.2 Airport Problems

[macadam212]

Hi, I have been experiencing wireless problems since upgrading to Leopard, I will have a full signal one minute and then it drops out.

I read that the 10.5.2 update was supposed to fix the airport issues, but i'm still having the same problems.

I have a Belkin wireless rooter connected to a DSL cable modem, which my iMac G5 connects to wirelessly via the internal Airport card. I then have two Airport express rooters (purchased since upgrading to Leopard) around the house, connected to speakers so I can use Airtunes.

I lose connection more when streaming iTunes music to the two Airport Express rooters, and it appears that when I use programs like Photoshop and Illustrator, it increases the network dropouts, which makes me wonder if the iMac is to blame?

I'm planning to get a Time Capsule, which will replace the Belkin rooter, so that everything wireless is . I'm not sure that this will make much of a difference though as that will only effect the the internet, and I expect I'll still have problems connecting to the Airports as they connect to the iMac.

Is it worth replacing the Airport card inside the iMac, or shall I wait for further updates from ?

 

[mankar4]

this used to happen to me a lot, then I switched from WEP encryption to WPA 2 encryption, and it hasn't happened since.

 

[jalagl]

Same problem here. The problems seems to be with the Keychain, rather than with the actual wireless. Doing the steps in this other post solved the problem for me:

https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?referrerid=59552&t=435106

Make sure that in "Keychain Access" you delete the passwords from the "system" keychain.

This solution seems to work for some people, and not work for other, so YMMV. I hope it does work, though, as it made for one of the most frustrating experiences I've ever had.