Before you spend money, try this. Open Airport utility, click on manual setup. When the window opens click on Wireless at the top. When that opens, click on the blue tab at the right end of Channel. Presumably the channel setting is on Automatic, which means it's broadcasting on channel 1 (default). Select channel 11, then click on update. when the Airport has re-started hopefully you will get a better signal, because all the other routers in your neighbourhood are transmitting on channel 1.
If this doesn't work, you can always reset the Airport yet again and revert to plan a, b, c, or whatever. Good Luck, Frank. 2009/8/5 Malcolm Harris <[email protected]> > I am experiencing a reoccurrence of Macbook/Airport frustration. > > I have an early Intel Mac Book (1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo, 512 mb RAM) with > fails to see my airport base station (802.11b and 802.11g) most of the time. > The base station is wired to a Netgear router. The Macbook seems to be > able to see my neighbours’ wireless routers without difficulty. My > i-phone sees and accesses the base station every time. It appears that a > firmware upgrade some time ago created the Macbook problem but Apple have no > interest in rectifying it (e.g. > http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=472972, > http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9735834 ). Indeed > there seems to be a more general issue about Macbooks and Airport. > > I now want to use the Macbook at home wirelessly more often. I have had > enough of repeatedly resetting the base station as recommended in support > discussions on the off chance that I might get lucky and connect with the > internet via Airport. > > I’m now thinking about a workround either: > > · Buying a Wi-Fi dongle to connect with the Airport base station > (e.g. > http://www.bluescale.co.uk/products/Mac-USB-Wireless-Dongle-OS-X-10.3-and-later.html#<http://www.bluescale.co.uk/products/Mac-USB-Wireless-Dongle-OS-X-10.3-and-later.html>) > > · Buying a an alternative wireless base station (e.g. > http://www.macupgrades.co.uk/store/product_info.php?products_id=227 ) > > · Buying a wireless router of the sort my neighbours probably have > (e.g. > http://www.amazon.co.uk/Netgear-DG834G-54Mbps-Wireless-Firewall/dp/B0000TZ8Z8) > > · Pandering to my wife’s Apple scepticism, buying a cheap netbook and > never consider a Macbook again (which would be difficult!) > > As is probably obvious, I don’t have a deep understanding of wireless > networks so anything to put me on the right rack would be appreciated. > > > > Malcolm > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
