My Macbook Pro crashes when booting when my new router is on.

[macpokerstars]

I have a 2011 Macbook Pro with OS 10.6.8 on it.

I received a router for my new fibre-optic connection and whenever the router is on and try to connect to it via Wifi, my Macbook Pro crashes. Force Quit doesn't work and i have to do a hard reboot.

When i reboot, the laptop gets stuck on the Apple screen and never gets to log in page.

The problem only disappears when I unplug the router.

I tried disabling the wifi on the laptop and used an Ethernet cable to connect to the router. The computer still crashes.

Have you ever heard of such a problem?
What causes it? The wifi signal is too strong? Electromagnetic disturbance?

This is disturbingly illogical!

Thanks in advance

 

[Tubamajuba]

I have a 2011 Macbook Pro with OS 10.6.8 on it.

I received a router for my new fibre-optic connection and whenever the router is on and try to connect to it via Wifi, my Macbook Pro crashes. Force Quit doesn't work and i have to do a hard reboot.

When i reboot, the laptop gets stuck on the Apple screen and never gets to log in page.

The problem only disappears when I unplug the router.

I tried disabling the wifi on the laptop and used an Ethernet cable to connect to the router. The computer still crashes.

Have you ever heard of such a problem?
What causes it? The wifi signal is too strong? Electromagnetic disturbance?

This is disturbingly illogical!

Thanks in advance

Try doing a factory reset of the router and try connecting again. If that still doesn't work, I'd try upgrading to at least Mountain Lion if not Mavericks. Unless someone else has a better idea of what might be going on.

 

[Bending Pixels]

You might also want to contact your ISP since it seems it is their router that's causing the problem.

 

[syobwoc]

have you tried deleting all your previously saved wifi passwords? I've ran into issues when I use a new router with the same wifi name and password as my old router. Usually a delete and readd does the trick for me.


Also since it may be a new internet provider you probably want to check to see if you have any previous DNS addressed stored for the network. I'd also do a DNS flush, shouldn't hurt anything. Hope this helps!