Maybe it is the router? About a month ago I had to replace mine because it completely lost the ability to do wireless (the 4-port ethernet section still worked).
Just out of curiosity, did you get the 7200 RPM HD upgrade? That makes things run faster, especially doing compiles/etc. /dev/mrg -----Original Message----- From: Andrus Adamchik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 9:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OT] MacBook Pro Ok, even more strange. I am visiting my friend now - and it works ok on his network (he has a different router model). I guess I'll try different settings for the Network Interference robustness when I get back home. Andrus On May 11, 2006, at 3:11 PM, Gentry, Michael ((Contractor)) wrote: > My co-worker says he has no problems with his 15" MacBook Pro wireless > connection. Not sure that helps, but it is another data point ... > > /dev/mrg > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrus Adamchik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [OT] MacBook Pro > > > Just got my new laptop (you guessed it - a MacBook). Things are > running much faster now including Eclipse (I had to upgrade to 3.2). > Cayenne embedded unit test times improved 2x. Still lots of > glitches... > > One particularly annoying thing is that AirPort drops ~30% of packets > making it unusable (I installed all updates, still doesn't work). For > now I am back to a regular ethernet cable (plugged to the same > wireless router; never looses a single packet), but I wonder if there > is a solution to that? Everything I found on the internet is mostly > random and doesn't really work. > > Andrus >
