Minidisplay Port > HDMI - Works fine but internet stops working. Why the helly??

[Coopsmyb]

Hello, I'm new here

I've just got myself a Mini Display Port to HDMI cable so I can run my Macbook Pro 13" display through my 32" HD TV. It all works fine and I can work everything on my TV either mirrored or as an extended desktop.

BUT...

When the cable is plugged in, my internet decides to stop working. Like, before I plug my cable in, I'm on the internet fine... when I plug my cable in, any applications I have connected to the internet will disconnect, and webpages don't load. I use Safari, but I opened Firefox to see what it said on the bottom loading bar thing and it said 'looking up 'website.com' ", it would stay on this for a while, clear that it's not just being slow, but when I unplug the cable, the webpage loads up instantly.


Has anyone else had this problem or know what I could try to fix it? I've looked at all the things I can think of like opening Network Preferences and Display Preferences but I'm reletively new to Macbooks so I'm not sure what to try next.


Hope someone can be of help.

 

[Coopsmyb]

seriously nobody else has had this problem?

it's so strange.


it worked for 5 minutes or so earlier. then as i got excited that it was working, it stopped working again.

 

[nhinja]

Work-around

I just recently had the exact same issue. I had a feeling it was because of the encryption for my wireless. I was still using WEP because I was still using old wireless B game adapters to connect my xbox and ps2 to the net. Anyway, you have 2 options. Update your encryption to WPA/WPA2 or else run no encryption at all.