Thank again John. I also have Apple Care -- will give them a call.
Milt
On May 14, 2009, at 7:21 AM, Profile wrote:
Milt,
Sounds right doesn't it, especially if it used to work well at your
parents. The new Airport Extremes have huge range so unless they
live in a very large home there should be no problem with range. My
Extreme is in the most far away corner of the structure. Downstairs
in one corner inside a small room that is enclosed with it's own
door. The house is three stories yet there isn't anywhere in the
home that doesn't have full bars. It sure wasn't that way with the
older Airports.
Using the Express to boost the signal will work but it cuts the
speed in half with each one that is used, according to an Apple tech
person I talked with. I used two Expresses to cover the home before
and that is when I learned of the reduction in speed. As soon as I
went to the new Extremes I eliminated the need for the Express range
extenders.
John
On May 14, 2009, at 6:39 AM, Milton Tyree wrote:
Thanks, John! But I think my situation might be different; I left
out one critical piece of info that causes me to believe it's a
problem with the Airport Extreme. The macbook pro works just fine
(constant bars) everywhere else -- with my Linksys router at home,
in hotels, airports... I might just be at the edge of its range and
there's some other variable at work causing the signal to come and
go. But I was thinking it was better prior to the upgrades.
I also have an Airport Express on the shelf. Perhaps I should try
using it to boost the signal a bit and see what happens.
Milt
From: Profile <[email protected]>
To: Macintosh topics <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:14:24 PM
Subject: Re: [MacGroup] wavering Airport Extreme signal
Milt,
I have two Airport Extremes and six Airport Expresses tied to the
Extremes. I also updated to the latest firmware and noticed no
change in signal strength anywhere in fact it stopped a problem I
was having with the DSL Extreme each night, the upgrade stopped the
problem.
I also experienced what you are with my last MacBook. I took it to
the Apple store and had a new airport card installed and it did no
good so on the next trip they realized there was something wrong
with the machine and since it had previous trips for repair and as
I had Apple Care they offered to trade up to a new one.
I am sure this is only because of the machine being sent off on
three different occasions and now the 4th problem but what put it
over the top was exactly what you are describing. It was close to
Christmas and I have completely organized our Christmas decorations
with photo's taken all over the home where the decorations are to
be placed. My wife was using the laptop in each room and it would
go from full bars to nothing several times in a short period of
time. I was constantly having to get out of iPhoto and back in,
turning Airport off and back on, often rebooting to find full
strength and then shortly being disconnected.
The new machine has full bars everywhere so it was some type
problem with the MacBook.
John
On May 13, 2009, at 5:48 PM, Milton Tyree wrote:
Last year, I set-up an Airport Extreme network in my parent's home
-- where I use occasionally my MBP. I work on the other end of the
house from the router, but nonetheless I used to get a great
signal -- typically all of the bars on the cone. However, lately
the signal has been erratic. Sometimes I have all bars, but then
rapidly changing to the one little dot at the bottom of the cone
(which can make for VERY slow going depending on what I'm doing).
I'm thinking this change coincides the latest Airport software
update AND the firmware update for the Airport Extreme. I reverted
to the former firmware, and this seemed to help a bit.
Ideas?
Many thanks,
Milt
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