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falconfan

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Oct 16, 2011
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Hi - I'm hoping to get some help here as I'm at my wits' end. I just received my new iPhone 4s Friday - my first iPhone period. It's fantastic, but I'm running into a bit of a hitch when connecting to my network at home. Basically, the phone won't connect to the network unless, initially, my MacBook Pro is connected to the network. After that, it's fine and will stay on wi-fi. However, should I close my MacBook and then open the MacBook again, the MacBook will not connect to the network. It will give the "exclamation" icon and tell me unable to connect. So, I have to pull the power cord out of my router and then restart the router. At that time, the MacBook will get on the network, and subsequently the iPhone, but then the process will just repeat itself.

Further, rather than restart the router, once the MacBook hits a snag and won't connect to the network, if I turn the phone off, then the turn wireless off and back on on the MacBook, then the MacBook will join the network.

Any suggestions? Anyone else experience this?
 
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