Comments for Stuart Hardy http://www.stuarthardy.com London-based Web and IT consultant Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:40:13 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Mac OS X Leopard, AirPort and wireless channels by Andrew http://www.stuarthardy.com/2009/02/06/mac-os-x-leopard-airport-and-wireless-channels/comment-page-1/#comment-817 Andrew Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:40:13 +0000 http://www.stuarthardy.com/?p=55#comment-817 My router allows me to set the channel from 1 to 14. I picked the highest one out of preference, but I just couldn't get my laptop to see it. My iPod Touch worked with it just fine. Then it hit me that it usually only goes to 11, and when I bumped it down it worked great. Whay had me was that my iPod, but not my MacBook could see it. And my iPod is much smaller/ simpler. My router allows me to set the channel from 1 to 14. I picked the highest one out of preference, but I just couldn’t get my laptop to see it. My iPod Touch worked with it just fine. Then it hit me that it usually only goes to 11, and when I bumped it down it worked great.

Whay had me was that my iPod, but not my MacBook could see it. And my iPod is much smaller/ simpler.

]]> Comment on Mac OS X Leopard, AirPort and wireless channels by Stuart http://www.stuarthardy.com/2009/02/06/mac-os-x-leopard-airport-and-wireless-channels/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Stuart Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:05:23 +0000 http://www.stuarthardy.com/?p=55#comment-378 Hi Damean. When I was researching my own problem, I came across a lot of reports of wireless connectivity problems with OS X Leopard (10.5). The majority of these seemd to affect people who had upgraded from the previous version of OS X (Tiger). However, doing some more reading around, there also appears to be evidence of people who were already on Leopard experiencing problems when installing the 10.5.2 update (see <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2008/02/12/early-10-5-2-reports-some-users-having-wireless-issues/" rel="nofollow">this</a>, for example). Dropping back to 802.11g is one suggested fix. There are plenty of other suggestions in the <a href="http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1389855&tstart=0" rel="nofollow">Apple Discussions thread</a> referenced in that article above. I guess the way forward is the usual trial & error method that I used to sort out my own issue. Do you just have this problem when connecting to your own router, or does it happen elsewhere too? I had this problem on my home network when I first bought the laptop, but since then I've been roaming around London with my MacBook and I've not come across a network that I couldn't see or connect to. Hi Damean. When I was researching my own problem, I came across a lot of reports of wireless connectivity problems with OS X Leopard (10.5). The majority of these seemd to affect people who had upgraded from the previous version of OS X (Tiger).

However, doing some more reading around, there also appears to be evidence of people who were already on Leopard experiencing problems when installing the 10.5.2 update (see this, for example). Dropping back to 802.11g is one suggested fix. There are plenty of other suggestions in the Apple Discussions thread referenced in that article above.

I guess the way forward is the usual trial & error method that I used to sort out my own issue. Do you just have this problem when connecting to your own router, or does it happen elsewhere too? I had this problem on my home network when I first bought the laptop, but since then I’ve been roaming around London with my MacBook and I’ve not come across a network that I couldn’t see or connect to.

]]> Comment on Mac OS X Leopard, AirPort and wireless channels by Damean http://www.stuarthardy.com/2009/02/06/mac-os-x-leopard-airport-and-wireless-channels/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Damean Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:22:28 +0000 http://www.stuarthardy.com/?p=55#comment-372 Hi there. I've recently purchased a new Macbook (white). Using Airport Express. Have had all sorts of problems connecting from the Macbook - all the while my PC running XP connects fine. It seems that I can connect on certain channels (the higher ones 11, 13 etc.), but not on other channels (Ch 1 for instance). Because my PC (also 802.11n) connects fine no matter what channel, it can't be an environmental issue. So far I've replaced the AE and today was given a replacement Macbook (the first one was declared DOA - they believed the reason I couldn't connect to certain channels was because the Airport card was faulty). But now that I'm using my replacement Macbook and getting the same problem, I'm perplexed. Is the problem endemic? Something to do with the OS? D Hi there. I’ve recently purchased a new Macbook (white). Using Airport Express. Have had all sorts of problems connecting from the Macbook – all the while my PC running XP connects fine. It seems that I can connect on certain channels (the higher ones 11, 13 etc.), but not on other channels (Ch 1 for instance). Because my PC (also 802.11n) connects fine no matter what channel, it can’t be an environmental issue. So far I’ve replaced the AE and today was given a replacement Macbook (the first one was declared DOA – they believed the reason I couldn’t connect to certain channels was because the Airport card was faulty). But now that I’m using my replacement Macbook and getting the same problem, I’m perplexed. Is the problem endemic? Something to do with the OS?

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