Hi David,
Check in Airport Utility - to see what "Radio Mode" your Wireless
Network is set up as.
Open Airport Utility, then double click on your Main Base Station,
then Airport > Wireless > Radio Mode: 802.11n (802.11b/g compatible)
or 802.11n.
If you have older hardware connecting it is probably 802.11n (802.11b/
g compatible) 2.4GHz which is backward compatible & has a longer range
than 5GHz.
This is best for a Network with a mix of B & G, and N Wi-Fi adapters.
If you wanted to change your Network to 802.11n 5GHz ... BUT take note
that if you have any B or G devices on your network—like Macs with the
original AirPort Extreme built in—they can’t connect. You would need
to create a new Network and set it up as 802.11n 5GHz.
You would need to start another thread if you require help on setting
up Wireless Networks.
A good place to start is http://www.apple.com/support/airport/
http://support.apple.com/manuals/#airport
Cheers,
Ronni
On 08/09/2009, at 2:20 PM, David Wood wrote:
Hi Ronni,
Been following this now for sometime.
My network appears to be running on 2.4GHz (followed your prompt
below to establish) says "Channel: 6 (2.4GHz)... can you please
advise how I switch to 5GHz?
I have an iMac 3.06GHz w. 4GB memory linked wirelessly to Time
Capsule.
Many thanks,
David
On 08/09/2009, at 1:44 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Michael,
On 08/09/2009, at 1:11 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
Thanks Rhonda but as I see it I should not have had to do this, yet
again.
My name is spelt "Ronda" or "Ronni" I hate a "h" or an "e" being
included in my name ;-)
I wouldn't call you "Mick".
It also begs the question why when I click on the "Airport" icon in
the menu
bar and turn airport on, it doesn't connect.
If you don't have Airport ON, it needs to search for available
Networks when you do turn it ON.
Snow Leopard plays a small animation in which the curved lines in
the signal strength indicator
in the system menu bar strobe slowly back and forth, highlighting
each wave in turn until the connection is fully set up.
This lets you know that Mac OS X is attempting to make a connection.
When you have a connection ... Hold down the "Option" key then click
on the Airport Menu.
This will then show which standards, speeds, and frequencies you're
using to connect, as well as what's in use by other networks.
This is especially helpful because with the simultaneous dual-band
AirPort Extreme Base Station and Time Capsule introduced earlier
this year, it's difficult to tell without using advanced settings in
AirPort Utility how a Mac is connecting - whether via the slow 2.4
GHz band or the faster (but shorter range) 5 GHz band.
When I sit down at my computer and want to work, I want to be able
to work
without having to fiddle around resetting settings that had worked
well
before SL was installed (grumble, grumble).
You should be able to sit down and work immediately ... if you have
everything setup correctly.
After I installed Snow Leopard and rebooted my Wireless Networks
were immediately available and connected to.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 8/9/09 12:11 PM, "Ronda Brown" <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
Hello Michael,
Open System Preferences > Network
Click on the little gear in the bottom of the Network adapters
Open "Set Service Order"
Move your Airport to the top of the list.
Click Apply
Cheers,
Ronni
17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
On 08/09/2009, at 11:50 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
My 15 month old 17" MacBook Pro has also started to fail to connect
to wifi
networks since SL was installed. Unplugging the modem and
restarting
the
computer after the modem has powered up again seems to be the
solution.
Michael.
On 8/9/09 11:42 AM, "Martin Hill" <marth...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
I've found a brand new 13" MacBook Pro which I upgraded to SL has
started failing to connect to wifi networks here at work and at
home.
However, it is possibly a problem with this particular computer
as
the hard drive makes nasty noises whenever the laptop is moved
slightly and it was freezing for 10-20 seconds at a time even
under
10.5 ever since it came out of the box.
After I check a clean re-install doesn't fix the issues, it'll be
back
for warranty repair methinks.
-Mart
On 08/09/2009, at 11:21 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
Another bit of annoying behaviour is the disdain with which SL
treats
preferences. Or does that qualify as arrogance?
Cheers,
Michael.
On 8/9/09 10:19 AM, "Pat" <clamsh...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
I know these are trivial, but Snow Leopard (on Intel Mac Pro)
has
been
treating my custom icons with contempt. Every day one or more
of
them, randomly, it seems, is replaced with the generic icon.
Also, there are 2 displays attached to my Mac and I have
always set
the desktop pictures to change once a day, randomly. However,
they
now seem to be stuck on the same 2 pictures. Sometimes a
different
one comes up, and then a second later, flicks back to the same
old
one.
It's not life threatening, but annoying, still.
Cheers,
Pat
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