Thanks Frank.....I'll give your non-Cuban suggestions a go. Malcolm
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Frank Kennedy <[email protected]>wrote: > On second thoughts, if my first suggestion doesn't work, can you > re-position the Airport? Presumably it's connected to the Netgear by an > Ethernet cable? If it is, is it tucked away in the corner of your living > room/ Can you move it nearer the middle of your house? Mine gave a rather > feeble signal until I got a longer (3 Metres) cable and moved it from the > outside corner of the room to near the door, which opens onto the central > staircase (sounds rather grand, but we've only got one, which goes from side > to side up the centre of the house). This meant that the signal was stronger > throughout the house. Might work for you too. > Frank. > > > P.S. If neither suggestion works, then it's back to the workarounds I'm > afraid. Where's Sam when you need him? > > Oh yeah, Cuba. > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
