Comments on: Airport in OSX Dropping Wifi Connection

By: ADSL Viettel

ADSL Viettel — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:08:02 +0000

Thanks man, just what I was looking for. Worked like a charm Thanks so much…

By: ADSL Viettel

ADSL Viettel — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:08:02 +0000

Thanks man, just what I was looking for. Worked like a charm Thanks so much…

By: conor

conor — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:21:37 +0000

I recently got a time capsule and changing the wireless settings on it to 5Ghz, n-only and changing the channel to 36 has improved everything.
no signal drop, no fluctuation.
finally i’m at peace, well for the moment anyway.

By: snipe

snipe — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:48:20 +0000

Hi whew – unfortunately, OpenDNS won’t help with this specific issue. I run it myself. The problem is with Airport itself continuously polling for a network when its already connected. Its misleading to say it will keep you safe from phishing – it does help protect you, but I don’t want anyone thinking its foolproof.

By: whew

whew — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:08:04 +0000

BTW, I did ALL of the above...we'll see. Thanks for tips! .-= whew´s last blog ..Too many Social Networks??? =-.

By: whew

whew — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:07:21 +0000

In case anyone was also having slow internet speeds (that’s what brought me here.) I hope this helps. seems like this should be easier.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=358919

Directions and Screenshots for Leopard:

1. Click System Preferences in the Dock

2. Click the Network preference pane

3. Make sure your your network interface is active (Airport for Me), click the “Advanced” button.

4. Click the “DNS” tab, click the “+” button and enter both addresses then click “OK”. ignore the greyed out DNS address its probably your router.

5. Then make sure you click “Apply”

OP’s DNS addresses

4.2.2.1
4.2.2.2

Open DNS addresses

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

Open DNS will apart from speeding things up and keeing you safe from phishing will try to re-direct you to the right URL if you make a typo. if it cannot re-direct it will give you an Open DNS Google-like search of what you URL typed.

By: ssaha

ssaha — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:53:39 +0000

i also got a similar problem and recently i found a solution using which the wifi connection is UP all the time. Open the terminal console and keep on pinging “$ ping 192.168.X.X” constantly to your router IP. This works for me…. I hope it works for you also….. Thank You.

By: snipe

snipe — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:48:06 +0000

Hi Dave,

Have you tried the suggestions outlined in this article and in the comments?

By: Dave Windsor

Dave Windsor — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:11:39 +0000

Well I thought I was the only person that was having this problem. I have an iMac 20″ that I purchased in June ‘08 so it’s fairly new. I have the MAC in a room in my friend’s house (roommate). Anyway, when I initially set it up I was fortunate enough to have a neighbor who had a strong unprotected WIFI signal adjacent to my bedroom. I never had any problems logging on. Then my neighbor got Verizon Fios and has put a password on his router. My friend has a router but the signal output is medium/low when it reaches my area of the house. Hard wiring is a possibility but I have to get someone tiny to go into the crawl space to snake the wire. However, ever since I’ve been on my friend’s weak signal router, I get knocked off constantly!! BUT.. get this… when I boot camp over to Vista I absolutely have NO PROBLEMS at all. NADA… ZIP. I got a MAC because I want a MAC! I didn’t get it to run Vista though it does come in handy to run certain programs not available on the MAC. So.. what am I doing now? I am actually tethering my iPhone when my MAC Wifi craps out ’cause I’m too lazy to reboot the machine. Besides, I’m watching EyeTV when I work on the MAC side. Anyone come up with a better solution??

By: Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:41:41 +0000

Since no one else pointed this out (well, not that I saw during my ADHD-driven overview of comments) let me say I’m totally amazed at the quality image you chose for this post. I mean, finding a “emo” self-mutilation favoring Macs is worthy of mention. Good job. ((I really hope the image was fabricated; hate that people would hurt themselves in reality))