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When the hell is Apple gonna fix the Wireless problem in Leopard?!

well there we go!!

I'm successfully writing this on my mac pro, version 10.5.2!!

No dropouts - rock solid signal!!

I'm not being too cocky though until i give it a thorough test tomorrow. But i have to say, so far so good!! Been surfing around for 10 minutes and it's great!

Well done apple!
 
sorry yeh i only connect to the internet via airport - i was having terrible troubles, to the point of not being able to use the internet really, but now it seems to be all fixed.
 
fluidedge said:
well there we go!!

I'm successfully writing this on my mac pro, version 10.5.2!!

No dropouts - rock solid signal!!

I'm not being too cocky though until i give it a thorough test tomorrow. But i have to say, so far so good!! Been surfing around for 10 minutes and it's great!

Well done apple!
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It WAS fine for me in 10.5 and 10.5.1, but now it's ****ed up. I get dropped every couple of minutes. I'm probably going to lose my connection as soon as I hit Submit Reply. :mad:
 
acfusion29 said:
It WAS fine for me in 10.5 and 10.5.1, but now it's ****ed up. I get dropped every couple of minutes. I'm probably going to lose my connection as soon as I hit Submit Reply. :mad:
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:( Oh dear - hopefullly it's just the OS bedding in the new update?

Keep restarting, turning airport on and off and maybe deleting your current location and set up a new one.

Turn your router/modem on and off too.

good luck
 
I really hope that 10.5.2 fixed the problem since I've had the wifi dropout problem in 10.5 and 10.5.1. I installed 10.5.2 but I just haven't been able to test the wifi because I'm in school hardwired. when i go home or something then I'll finally be able to test out if the connection is more stable now.
 
fluidedge said:
:( Oh dear - hopefullly it's just the OS bedding in the new update?

Keep restarting, turning airport on and off and maybe deleting your current location and set up a new one.

Turn your router/modem on and off too.

good luck
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Alright I'll try that. Thanks for the help, I'll keep you guys updated. If it continues, I'm going to call Apple.

Edit: Maybe my config is screwing everything up? Is there any way to reset it?
 
Been going for a few hours now and still rock solid - looks like apple have done it for me!

The rest of the update is pretty smooth too - why do people want to disable the transparent top bar? I love that.

Not sure what all the fuss about stacks was either
 
I'm still having dropouts on my iMac, the same as before 10.5.2 update. My MacBook Pro, iPhone, PS3, and Tivo have never lost a connection to the same router.

The strange thing is when it drops the connection, no wireless networks can be seen for a brief period. Then mine shows back up but says connection refused. Nothing I do helps. I have tried restarting router and restarting computer.

It reconnects when it wants to. Sometimes it is minutes, sometimes it is an hour, which happened two nights ago. I am on closed network with no security. Previously I had security and turned that off hoping it would help.
 
Never had this problem in 10.5.1, but no my connection drops every 5 minutes or so in 10.5.2.

Can someone point out a list of things to try? I'm using WPA on my router, could using wpa2 fix the prob?
 
perhaps, but i haven't exactly got government secrets on my computer. If a hacker wants to steal all my holiday photos he's welcome to them.

128bit WEP is still pretty strong though isn't it?
 
My problems are worse than ever. Before the 10.5.2 update I would loose my connection once or twice a day. Now I'm not able to keep a connection for 10 minutes. iMac is about to meet iDumpster.

I think this proves it is software. There may be something hardware involved, but seeing as how the update is making things even worse for some people, while fixing it for others, shows that something is a little screwy in the software.
 
Ok, 10.5.2 ***** sucks. I had no wireless problems before but now I do since upgrading.

I've tried changing my router to WEP, WPA, WPA2...losing connection on all. Tried repairing disk permissions and rebooting, still losing connection.

Is there any way i can go back to 10.5.1? Losing your wireless connection every 5-10 minutes really makes you not want to use your computer...
 
Lava Lamp Freak said:
My problems are worse than ever. Before the 10.5.2 update I would loose my connection once or twice a day. Now I'm not able to keep a connection for 10 minutes. iMac is about to meet iDumpster.

I think this proves it is software. There may be something hardware involved, but seeing as how the update is making things even worse for some people, while fixing it for others, shows that something is a little screwy in the software.
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My problem EXACTLY this blows, I time out every 5-10 minutes
 
desistyle said:
Ok, 10.5.2 ***** sucks. I had no wireless problems before but now I do since upgrading.

I've tried changing my router to WEP, WPA, WPA2...losing connection on all. Tried repairing disk permissions and rebooting, still losing connection.

Is there any way i can go back to 10.5.1? Losing your wireless connection every 5-10 minutes really makes you not want to use your computer...
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Change the CHANNEL/FREQUENCY setting on your wireless router.
 
geeserver said:
Change the CHANNEL/FREQUENCY setting on your wireless router.
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My router only operates at 2.4ghz. I tried a bunch of different channels with the same result.

I just bootcamp'd into windows about 30 minutes ago, not a single drop so far. Clearly an issue with apple's airport drivers or something....
 
I think I fixed it.

I'm probably jinxing it right now... but whatever

I did this:

Cleared all my saved network keys
Reset my modem to factory settings
Changed my frequency in my settings from AUTO to 11.

Haven't been dropped for like 5 hours..
 
Hmm, i'm not sure how to reset my 2wire to factory settings. I cleared my one network key and rebooted my router..but that's it.
 
acfusion29 said:
I think I fixed it.

I'm probably jinxing it right now... but whatever

I did this:

Cleared all my saved network keys
Reset my modem to factory settings
Changed my frequency in my settings from AUTO to 11.

Haven't been dropped for like 5 hours..
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Even when you downloading large files (like 100mb from rapidshare) ?

I've only been dropped when downloading large files, otherwise I don't have any dropping.
 
Last night I had the first "drop-out" from the WiFi which could only be reset by disabling and re-enabling it. So, it looks that, from my point of view, 10.5.2 has made the problem worse.

I've never had problems with it under 10.5.0 and 10.5.1

(I was using a 2.6GHz MBP by the way.)
 
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