Regretting iMac Purchase...wifi woes

[chipbutty24]

Brand new iMac 27" i7
Lion preinstalled
WILL NOT STAY CONNECTED TO BLOODY WIFI!!!

Router and connection are fine. iPhone and Windows laptop connected. iMac see the connection, lets me connect but browsers Safari and Firefox say I'm not connected.

Did I just blow 2Gs on a POS?

Please help if you can.

Ive reset router, renamed network, redone security key, rebooted mac and router, deleted and reconnected network. No joy

 

[wrinkster22]

sigh my macbook air has the same issue...
I am off to apple to get a ethernet adapter.

 

[chipbutty24]

There has GOT to be a fix for this.

 

[UlsterApple]

Mine won't keep my preferences. It's a day old, forgets all my bookmarks and changes my homepage every time I start Safari. It's taking a bit of getting used to compared to my old PPC, but there are still many features that aren't user friendly.

 

[Tumbleweed666]

Brand new iMac 27" i7
Lion preinstalled
WILL NOT STAY CONNECTED TO BLOODY WIFI!!!

Router and connection are fine. iPhone and Windows laptop connected. iMac see the connection, lets me connect but browsers Safari and Firefox say I'm not connected.

Did I just blow 2Gs on a POS?

Please help if you can.

Ive reset router, renamed network, redone security key, rebooted mac and router, deleted and reconnected network. No joy

You may have a lemon, call apple support and see what they suggest you may end up getting a replacement

 

[seble]

Guys that shouldn't' be happen, take it to apple!

 

[Hyper-X]

You won't be able to resolve that issue easily as the source of the problem is very likely OS X Lion.

 

[chipbutty24]

On with apple support now

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So far deleted 3 files, restart, reconnect

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Check network, wifi says connected, open safari, no joy

 

[wrinkster22]

I am so unhappy I just got an usb to ethernet adapter. This is not ideal but will have to do until there is a fix.

 

[nufanec]

What make is your router? Some are pretty bad.

 

[chipbutty24]

Ok so here is the fix.

My router was a D-Link DIR-625. Last firmware update was 2006. That was also the last available update. Apple Tech's couldn't sort the issue out. Said it was prob interference which is BS cuz I had the Mac basically on top of my router.

My router had DRAFT-N which as I understand was N before it was certified. The iMac has N. I went into router settings, disabled the 802.11n and just left it with 802.11a/b.

Voila problem solved.

As my PC laptop was also having connection issues as of late, I just went out and got an Airport Extreme. No issues at all. PC and iMac are happy.

Let me point out, I didn't HAVE to get a new router, just change the settings.

Hope this helps some other poor bastard.