Hi Nelson, If you believe Robert's feedback is applicable to your situation, you can also hard set the channel to be used on the airport hopefully avoiding interference with the phone.
If not, you may also want to verify that you are using the same version of the Airport software on both Macs, hopefully the same version that you used to last update your Airport base station. Ward Oldham on 10/18/2002 10:45 AM, Nelson Helm at helmkyny at clockwinders.net wrote: > I use an AirPort and DSL line. > We have two Macs using the AirPort, > an iMac and an iBook, > so I can monitor the AirPort while one of them malfuncts. > > The iMac sometimes, suddenly and with no apparent reason, > shows the AirPort as "out of range" or "unavailable?, > _no_ AirPort signal, > even tho I can see with AirPort Administrative Utility on the other > computer that the AirPort is working. > > When it changes, it changes instantly from a "strong" signal to "out > of range", or v.v. It does not fade in and out. > I infer the lines are not vertical and horizontal because the graph > prepresents a running average. > > I believe it sometimes connects to the AirPort even tho the AirPort > program (or AirPort Administrative Utility, I forget which) shows > "out of range" or "unavailable?. > > Sometimes the AirPort program and the AirPort Administrative Utility > do not agree, one showing connected, the other showing not. > > When I turn on the AirPort program, it first shows the box with a bar > showing signal strength, but no bar, then instantly switches to "out > of range" or "unavailable?. The numbers in the top right corners are > the time of day; all three within 1 minute. At no time in the minute > did a bar show a signal. > > Administrative Utility on the "working" iBook has shown both the > AirPort and the intermittant iMac to be sending good AirPort signals, > while the intermittant iMac shows the AirPort as "out of range." > > The intermittant iMac sometimes reported the AirPort signal "out of > range" or "strong" depending upon my cursor's location. When I change > programs, it sometimes changes, both ways. > > Altho it changes in an instant, it sometimes does not change for many > hours. It usually fixes (temporarily) itself overnight. > > I'm confident that software on the intermittant iMac somehow masks > the signal, but re-installing OS9 does not help, nor does copying the > settings from the working iBook. > > Rebooting from a CD, then running Disk First Aid does not to help. > Turning the AiirPort card on and off does not help. > Rebuilding the desktoop has not kept it from happening again. > > > My wanderful adventure: > > Start AirPort program, which shows usual strong signal for about 1/2 > second, then ?No signal selected, Status not available.? Shut AirPort > program down. Soon, restart AirPort. It shows open bar while looks > for signal and finds it. Ah! working again, so... > > Start Eudora (e-mail program). > AirPort program changes to show ?unavailable,? > but Eudora gets mail anyway (cannot identify which screen shot during). > After downloading e-mail, I look at the AirPort program (still on) > which showed the usual strong signal. > > I finished typing this, and close this document. > Check AirPort program: Unavailable. > > I reopened this document, made note above, closed document, and > checked Airport: strong signal. > > Throughout, the intermittant iMac has been running > AirPort program, > AppleWorks, > DragThing, > Eudora > & SimpleText. > It?s been working just fine for over half an hour, during which I > scanned, edited, and mailed a picture. > > - finis - > > I have searched the Apple help data base > and posted to the Apple mutual help web site, > but heard nothing. > > It's been doing this for more than a month, > and it's driving me nuts. > > Nelson Helm > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22 > For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
