MBP wireless problems

Somewhat new mac owner here, and I have noticed recently I have been having alot of trouble with the wireless on my laptop. After I connect to the internet it seems that my machine will just lose internet but still show that it is connected.

I started to search a bit and did see a thread on apples site but no resolution. Does anyone here have a similar issue?

 

I had the exact same problem with my Macbook Pro 13". Ended up refunding it after reading endless threads on the issue. There appears to be no definitive fix, even people who have replaced their wireless cards say they still have problems. I've seen some people say it's an OS issue, but not everybody gets the defect. Anyway, here's a thread on Apple's support forum with close to 60 pages of complaints. I wasn't able to fix mine after trying every solution recommended (deleting preference folders, resetting PRAM, countless router tweaks and so on...), hopefully you'll get yours to work.

Apple - Support - Discussions - MacBook Pro constantly losing wireless ...

 

Well kind of router are you using? What level of security is currently enabled? Have you looked for possible sources of interference? Are there other computers on the same network that are connecting fine? Questions.. Questions.. Questions..

 

Well I did not put out of question a problem on my side. I run a Dlink router, and a d link access point.

When it first started to happen I got no error at all, after I made the thread I tried to check a couple things on my other windows laptops and started to get ip address conflicts. So I went ahead and corrected that, so no issue since then but who knows.

 

seems like most people seeing problems are using dlink routers.

I haven't noticed any problems with any of my Macs ever like this... my current one connects at home, at friends, at school, at work, at public wifi spots... etc... it doesn't have any problems... never have on previous Macs personally either.

The problem is.. there may be some problem with certain things, but you then mix in all the people who just don't have a clue what they are doing and their problems aren't related but they think they are.. and the whole thing blows up into a big mess no one can figure out.

That thread posted was started before the 2010 models were released.

 

The biggest trend is the WEP 128 bit encryption the router is using and how the password is not 13 characters long. When a router is encrypted in this manner the Mac's really tend to struggle.

 

people still use WEP? it takes like what... 30 seconds to crack it?

 

Not everyone can crack WEP passwords. Also, it's not always possible to crack WEP passwords at such a short time. E.g. if a person who rarely uses the internet, it's really hard to capture the packets to crack the password. You'll need more then 50 000 packets to reliably crack it. Plus, the network card on recent Macs does not support WEP password cracking.

WEP offers more compatibility between devices. E.g. previous generation of apple touch and lots of other mobile devices does not support WPA2 encryption.

 

Well the computer is not supposed to get online if the Password is less or more then 13 characters when using WEP.. But this security protocol never kicks into gear right away.. So the connection will work smooth for months at a time then one day it will just stop working ( Normally after an update ).. A lot of people tend to get emotional when this happens.. haha.

 

Yea I feel kind of stupid for making this thread since that day I have had no issues ha. I guess that is always the nature of the beast, when you ask for help it finally starts to work.

My main concern was really that I love using this thing way more then my pc so I wanted it working!

 

It's vary easy for anyone that wants to to crack WEP, it should never be used unless you absolutely have to.