I bought an AEB about 4 months ago to use as a router, being that I'm in a small apartment so I don't need an extended range. I have had nothing but problems and have been been feeding my notebooks (iBook G4 and now Glass MBP) with the direct ethernet line more often than the AEB's wireless because of it.
My issues have been wide-ranging and absolutely impossible to debug. Being a technical person I've been trying to fix this on my own but now it's become more of a frustration than a challenge. I'm currently receiving cable internet from Comcast, who assures me the problem can't be on their end (and it isn't, because going directly from the modem to my MBP's ethernet everything works flawlessly and blazing fast). Here's a list of the issues:
1. AirPort Utility frequently can not see the AEB, even if I'm connected to it.
2. MBP frequently loses connection to AEB, although it can detect the rest of the WANs in my apartment complex just fine.
3. When I *am* connected to the internet via the AEB, it is mind-bogglingly slow (think Edge, but slower!). Connect ethernet directly to MBP, everything is peachy. I know wireless is not as fast as a direct ethernet connection, but I have not had this kind of performance from other routers.
4. My Xbox 360 seems to have no problem with all of this, regardless of how poorly things are performing on my MBP.
As far as troubleshooting, I've exhausted just about everything I can find in the Apple's discussion groups and the web. From soft resets to factory resets and it's to the point now where it's just not worth my time to troubleshoot unless I can find someone who's tried something glaringly different than me.
Where I'm at right now is that I've done a full factory reset, re-configured the AEB with no security features and I'm not even able to connect to *any* internet sites after doing the whole power-cycling deal with the router, AEB and MBP.
It shouldn't be this hard, and quite frankly this is the first Apple product that I've owned that hasn't "just worked". I've ordered a new Netgear router that should give me a definitive answer about whether it's the AEB or something else.
Anyone have any ideas? Do I just have a lemon?
My issues have been wide-ranging and absolutely impossible to debug. Being a technical person I've been trying to fix this on my own but now it's become more of a frustration than a challenge. I'm currently receiving cable internet from Comcast, who assures me the problem can't be on their end (and it isn't, because going directly from the modem to my MBP's ethernet everything works flawlessly and blazing fast). Here's a list of the issues:
1. AirPort Utility frequently can not see the AEB, even if I'm connected to it.
2. MBP frequently loses connection to AEB, although it can detect the rest of the WANs in my apartment complex just fine.
3. When I *am* connected to the internet via the AEB, it is mind-bogglingly slow (think Edge, but slower!). Connect ethernet directly to MBP, everything is peachy. I know wireless is not as fast as a direct ethernet connection, but I have not had this kind of performance from other routers.
4. My Xbox 360 seems to have no problem with all of this, regardless of how poorly things are performing on my MBP.
As far as troubleshooting, I've exhausted just about everything I can find in the Apple's discussion groups and the web. From soft resets to factory resets and it's to the point now where it's just not worth my time to troubleshoot unless I can find someone who's tried something glaringly different than me.
Where I'm at right now is that I've done a full factory reset, re-configured the AEB with no security features and I'm not even able to connect to *any* internet sites after doing the whole power-cycling deal with the router, AEB and MBP.
It shouldn't be this hard, and quite frankly this is the first Apple product that I've owned that hasn't "just worked". I've ordered a new Netgear router that should give me a definitive answer about whether it's the AEB or something else.
Anyone have any ideas? Do I just have a lemon?
Especially if this replacement router I've ordered is solid. At worst case, I'll keep it for AirTunes.