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MacBook Pro wifi problems

  • 19-09-2011 4:05pm
    #1
    Trotter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,362 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    My MacBook Pro has been kicking up over the last few days. Ive a UPC wireless router at home and an o2 wifi hotshot as backup.

    My wife's Dell laptop has connected fine to the UPC and is working away nicely. The mac was doing the same up to a week ago. I havent changed anything since on the router.

    Now, every so often, pages refuse to load and the connection to the UPC router seems to be inactive. The little exclamation mark covers the connection meter at the top. If I force the mac to refresh the available networks, and then get it to connect to the UPC, I get a connection request timed out message. As if by magic, a few mins/hours later.. its working again.

    Meanwhile, the Dell laptop is working away fine, as is my iPhone.

    Im working on the o2 wifi Hotshot now as a backup but the speeds arent great.

    Has anyone any clue whats happening here? Im on OS X 10.7.1.

    Thanks!


Comments

  • #2
    NeitherJohn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 624 ✭✭✭NeitherJohn


    Not too familiar with how to get to the relevant menus on a Mac but here goes.

    Is the Mac being assigned an IP address? If not, is the Mac set to obtain an address automatically?

    My girlfriends laptop randomly loses these settings. It's fairly odd.


  • #3
    Jagle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 870 ✭✭✭Jagle


    newish macbook pro?

    known issue, apple have acknowledged and are, i hope working on a fix


  • #4
    Trotter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,362 ✭✭✭Trotter


    NeitherJohn wrote: »
    Not too familiar with how to get to the relevant menus on a Mac but here goes.

    Is the Mac being assigned an IP address? If not, is the Mac set to obtain an address automatically?

    My girlfriends laptop randomly loses these settings. It's fairly odd.

    Yeah DHCP is the standard on my setup (Mac and router).


  • #5
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,330 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Jagle wrote: »
    newish macbook pro?

    known issue, apple have acknowledged and are, i hope working on a fix

    They have in their arse, i've just been on the phone to them, shocking bad support. See here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056393528


  • #6
    Jagle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 870 ✭✭✭Jagle


    drunkmonkey wrote: »
    They have in their arse, i've just been on the phone to them, shocking bad support. See here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056393528


    ya again.
    the person you ring wont say anything, go to the apple, or mac forums on other mac sites, its an problem with the laptop

    nothing you can do to fix it


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  • #7
    Trotter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,362 ✭✭✭Trotter


    Jagle wrote: »
    ya again.
    the person you ring wont say anything, go to the apple, or mac forums on other mac sites, its an problem with the laptop

    nothing you can do to fix it



    Its about 5 months old.. Didnt realise it was a known issue.


  • #8
    Jagle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 870 ✭✭✭Jagle


    Trotter wrote: »
    Its about 5 months old.. Didnt realise it was a known issue.

    ya cos the new ones came out in feb 2011.

    it is a known issue, look at the apple support forums


  • #9
    nicknackgtb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 493 ✭✭nicknackgtb


    I had the same problem with my pro, except mine is from 2007 roughly.

    It kept happening and I was getting pissed off with it, just stuck with it and eventually it fixed itself, not sure how or why but it did!!

    UPC router being used also.

    Funny thing was that when I went to another house with wifi, and already had the network set up as one of my favourites, it didnt do it, and they had UPC also|!

    tis funny


  • #10
    Leinstersqspur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,290 ✭✭✭Leinstersqspur


    Bumping this thread... Any fixes yet?

    The girlfriend has an MBP and the wifi connection is intermittent.. UPC too..
    A friend mentioned buying the apple airport router but could this be a case of needing to upgrade my existing router? We have the old white netgear router?

    SOS!


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