I resently bought a Macbook 2.0 Ghz for school but everytime I get in to the wireless internet at my house it will work for like 5 to 15 minutes then it goes out. I have a Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router and I have to reset it everytime the web goes out. I used my friends Dell and hp and they work fine. So why does the macbook make the internet go out?
2007-08-21 07:12:33 · 6 answers · asked by The Man 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Sounds like a hardware issue between the wireless chipset in your Macbook and the Linksys router. Check the Apple and Linksys websites for any firmware updates.
Also the earlier poster who mentioned that sometimes these issues are linked to encryption was correct. In some cases wireless network cards work fine with no encryption, but have issues when security is enabled. Obviously this is a bug which hopefully the manufacturers will eventually iron out, but the workound in the meantime is to make the network unsecured (if that's practical)
2007-08-21 07:37:10 · answer #1 · answered by Proto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Linksys routers (especially older ones) are notorious for having to be reset or power-cycled. Also, do you have any encryption? I've seen Macs in the past that don't want to work with TCP/IP wireless encryption. If you have it, try disabling it.
And if that doesn't work, you need to slap yourself in the face for buying a Mac.
2007-08-21 14:18:16 · answer #2 · answered by Blake R 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Check the Linksys website and see if there are any firmware updates. That may solve your issue.
2007-08-21 14:22:51 · answer #3 · answered by acklan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's lonely and looking for a mate, make sure it doesn't drink to much.
2007-08-21 14:16:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
My guess is that its a MAC. Thats just me though.
2007-08-21 14:17:55 · answer #5 · answered by Lisa M 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it happens sometimes
2007-08-21 14:16:43 · answer #6 · answered by Oli-NYC 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋