[mac4theblind] Re: Strange problem with wireless connectivity on my macbook

  • From: John Panarese <jpanarese@xxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:09:18 -0500

    I'd just start with a basic google search.  You can go to the Apple website 
and do a search in the support search box, but I've always found it easiest to 
do a general Google search.  The results for my question usually gives me 
responses from the Apple user forums.


Take Care

John D. Panarese
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On Mar 10, 2012, at 2:07 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:

> When you say the Apple forums, where would I go to get to those forums?
> 
> Chris.
> On Mar 10, 2012, at 1:52 PM, John Panarese wrote:
> 
>>   It might be something worth doing a search on the Apple forums about.  I 
>> wonder if it is a router issue.  I'd be curious.
>> 
>> 
>> Take Care
>> 
>> John D. Panarese
>> Director
>> Mac for the Blind
>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 10, 2012, at 1:46 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
>> 
>>> It's a Linksys WRT54GS with the most up to date firmware.  I'm using a 
>>> white mid 2010 stocked no customizations 13 inch macbook running OSX 10.7.3 
>>> with the latest update.  This is actually Lion Server, but even before I 
>>> installed server and just had regular Lion without the extra server sided 
>>> extentions, I still had the issue, so that isn't what's crippling it.
>>> 
>>> I'm using WPA 2 A E S 11 for the incription type on my router.
>>> 
>>> Chris.
>>> On Mar 10, 2012, at 1:37 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>>> 
>>>> What kind of router and what kind of system again are you using?  There is 
>>>> no "logical" reason that this should be occurring, but it  ould be any 
>>>> number of reasons just the same.  I used to have a problem like that when 
>>>> I was using a Link Sys router years ago with both my Macs and my old 
>>>> Windows laptops.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Take Care
>>>> 
>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>> Director
>>>> Mac for the Blind
>>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>>>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Mar 10, 2012, at 12:51 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> John, I almost constantly update my system with all the newest updates.  
>>>>> Perhaps in some cases that's not always a smart move, but, anyway…  if 
>>>>> you're referring to the supplemental OSX update that just came out, then 
>>>>> yes.  I definitely did pull it.  I don't really know what all it fixes 
>>>>> though.  I didn't look.  I know that before that update and even still, 
>>>>> I'm having that problem.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Chris.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 10, 2012, at 12:39 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Have you run all of the latest updates to the OS.  There was just a 
>>>>>> maintenance update for 10.7.3 the other day.  I thought I read somewhere 
>>>>>> that it fixed some wireless issues people had reported.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Take Care
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>>>> Director
>>>>>> Mac for the Blind
>>>>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>>>>>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mar 10, 2012, at 12:37 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hey guys.  I'm having a kind of weird problem and really haven't 
>>>>>>> thought much of it, but I'm kind a starting to wonder.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> It seems like if I restart my macbook, or just shut it down entirely 
>>>>>>> then reboot it later, I'm fine.  However, if I close the lid to the 
>>>>>>> system, causing the macbook to go to sleep, I'm finding that when I 
>>>>>>> wake it back up, my wireless has been disconnected.  If I double vo+M 
>>>>>>> then go over to the airport menu item, it tells me no signal.  I know 
>>>>>>> for a fact it remembers my network in my keychain, as if I hit vo+space 
>>>>>>> on it, it connects no problem, and doesn't make me retype in my 
>>>>>>> security key.  It seems like, though I could be wrong, this has only 
>>>>>>> started since I ran the most recent update to the airport utility.  I 
>>>>>>> just was wonderring if any of you all've seen this, and if so, is there 
>>>>>>> a work-around?  It's not really a big deal, it's not like I can't 
>>>>>>> easily enough reconnect.  I just wonder why in the first place it's 
>>>>>>> doing this.  So here's the specs.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 13 inch white stocked mid 2010 macbook with no customizations, and OSX 
>>>>>>> lion 10.7.3 Server.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks for any help.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Chris.************
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