Wireless drops

[MontyW]

Hi,

My iMac and Airport is driving me crazy... is there any solution that will stop my iMac constantly dropping my wireless connection to my router?

I am a complete novice and I haven't got a clue on how to resolve this. This issue has only occurred since I upgraded to 10.5.6.

I have done the basic stuff like downloading AP Grapher and have identified a number of nearby wireless networks and I have set my channel so they are not the same.

There seems to be no time of day when my wireless connection drops. But I loose my wireless connection when waking up my Mac.

As I type this message my wireless connection has gone and to get it back I have to go into Network preferences and select my network.

Can anyone help as this problem has just about rendered my Mac useless!

Thanks,

Monty

 

[Consultant]

You don't go into network preferences to select network. You use the thing on the menu bar.

What router are you using? How old is it?

 

[MontyW]

Yep I use the Airport icon on the menu bar to select my network.

Router is a NetGear Rangemax DG834N and is about 5 months old.

 

[rdowns]

Try the new Airport update out today through Software Update.

 

[MontyW]

Try the new Airport update out today through Software Update.

Nope still randomly dropping. Could be a hardware problem?

 

[Consultant]

Netgear is well know for constantly dropping connections.
Have you ever updated its firmware? What about power cycle?

Try a router from Apple, Linksys, D-Link. You can get one from a retailer with good return policy in case it doesn't work, but I suspect your problems will go away after getting a new router.