Some of the Macs at work take up to 30 seconds to regain their network connections after sleep.
Must be 10.7. iMac's are having difficulty right now. All my other 10.7 and 10.6 Mac's have no issues. Immediate connectivity both wired or wireless.
Some of the Macs at work take up to 30 seconds to regain their network connections after sleep.
So to update:
Updating my Netgear firmware actually made the connection drop even more often. Whereas before, it had periodically had trouble connecting (via ethernet) from waking the iMac, the firmware update made it so that connection would drop intermittently whilst browsing. Unacceptable. I've since downgraded the router back to its original firmware, and it's browsing fine now, but I predict the "trouble connecting" after wake will return.
Alas... I'm not sure what to do. I may consider purchasing a new router, altogether. It is 8 years old, this Netgear. I also hear Linksys plays much better with macs?
EDIT: Honestly, this is pretty ridiculous considering I've never had this problem with my router being connected to my old PC.
And what about just having both going? As in, ethernet cable plugged in along with WiFi on and connected.
Re-apply the 10.7.2 Combo Updater not the little 200MB "delta" one. Zap the PRAM. Try again.
just curious - do you have an iDevice that you wi-fi sync to a machine? If you synced to the iMac you would have to have the Wi-Fi on, and set the ethernet to have priority, right?
Any updates? New router fix the problem? I just bought this router. Replaced a 6 year old Linksys. Seems to be working fine.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002HWRJY4/ref=oh_o03_s00_i00_details
You don't need wifi on to wifi sync an iPhone/iPad.just curious - do you have an iDevice that you wi-fi sync to a machine? If you synced to the iMac you would have to have the Wi-Fi on, and set the ethernet to have priority, right?
How do I reapply an old update? My iMac is most up to date. Thank you.
Wired all the way, never see the point in wireless on a desktop not exactly portable is it...
How do I reapply an old update? My iMac is most up to date. Thank you.
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Leaving both the ethernet cable in and WiFi on does not resolve the problem. I have ethernet designated as priority, but when it doesn't reestablish connection, it's as if it'll try fixing it first, before it changes to WiFi. This takes anywhere from 30-60 seconds for it to reestablish connection. It's very frustrating.
Have you experienced this yourself prior to the new router? Please update us if the new router has fully abolished this annoyance. Judging by the Apple Support thread, people have tried virtually everything, including buying a new router, and the problem eventually creeps back. Are you using the new router via ethernet, or WiFi, or both? Thanks.
You don't need wifi on to wifi sync an iPhone/iPad.
The computer must be connected to the wifi router (part of the same LAN as the wifi network) with an ethernet cable, but it doesn't actually need it's wifi on.
You download and run again. It will just re-apply it over your current 10.7.2. No harm and some have found this to help their WiFi issues.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1459
Then run SW update to re-patch to most current.
Update: It happened again this morning. Woke computer from sleep, had no internet connection in either Chrome or Safari. Waited a while, it finally reestablished connection.
Frustrating.
Why is this such a problem? I've never experienced this before with my PC. "It just works"...?
I have the option on my iMac to either use WiFi or the ethernet cable to connect. Is one or the other better?
So I have an iMac that is normally connected via an Ethernet cable for all the reasons people posted above. However, I would also like to use Airdrop, which requires Wifi to be on.
In the Network settings, both Ethernet and Wifi are on. However, I would like the "default" to be the Ethernet cable, and not the Wifi because speed is faster, more stable, etc. etc.. Can I make this happen by making sure the Ethernet service is on the top in the service order list?
FYI, Airdrop seems to be working when the Ethernet service is at position 1 on my iMac, and Wifi is at position two (both being on, of course).
Click the gear at the bottom of the window in the network pref pane and select "Set service order..." then drag ethernet to the top. This way both ethernet and wifi will be connected, but Internet access will by default use ethernet.
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You don't need wifi on to wifi sync an iPhone/iPad.
The computer must be connected to the wifi router (part of the same LAN as the wifi network) with an ethernet cable, but it doesn't actually need it's wifi on.
So I have an iMac that is normally connected via an Ethernet cable for all the reasons people posted above. However, I would also like to use Airdrop, which requires Wifi to be on.
In the Network settings, both Ethernet and Wifi are on. However, I would like the "default" to be the Ethernet cable, and not the Wifi because speed is faster, more stable, etc. etc.. Can I make this happen by making sure the Ethernet service is on the top in the service order list?
FYI, Airdrop seems to be working when the Ethernet service is at position 1 on my iMac, and Wifi is at position two (both being on, of course).
Or you can activate Airdrop to work over Ethernet and shut off WiFi completely.
This also works on older Macs to enable Airdrop on machines not supported natively.