Comments on: Fix New MacBook Pro AirPort problem

By: Dorus

Dorus — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:13:11 +0000

Just put my router settings to WPA (not the auto setting WPA2) as well. Works so far, lets hope this solves it. Have been problems for a long time, with several routers it works perfectly fine, and with some it doesn’t. So don’t think it’s the MacBook only, but in combination with the router.
Thanks iFun.

By: Marco

Marco — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:47:18 +0000

Great!!!! I was desperate and almost resigned for this problem… I read tons of posts which didn’t solve it at all but just convinced me it wasn’t a hardware problem. Now, after first reboot, I’m getting my Airport card back and hope it’s going to stay there forever, but for the time being

thank you so much for your post!!!

Marco

By: iFun

iFun — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 01:14:08 +0000

I’ve tryed all kinds of solutions that did not work for me (and the one included here). My MacBook Pro would connect to my D-Link router over AirPort but disconnect soon thereafter. It seemed like what most people have experienced off and on. After hours of trials and errors, here’s the simple solution that has solved all my connection problems:
I went to the wireless setup of my router and changed the WPA mode from “Auto (WPA or WPA2)” to “WPA only” and now my internet is blazing fast and works all the time!

Hope that helps some folks!

By: Slaps Gofrey

*Slaps Gofrey* — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 03:07:15 +0000

@Gofrey The post you are replying to is years old, and the last comment was like 7 months before yours. Why bother? Everyone knows it’s hardware. Maybe if you wanted a computer that you can actually use and not just look at, you should have bought a PC and saved the extra $1000 (or more).

By: Gofrey

Gofrey — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:56:16 +0000

You tech heads always think in terms of code and fkn around with things that Apple are way ahead of as far as engineering is concerned.

You don’t buy a machine worth a couple of grand that has a code issue pertaining to hardware…

It’s actually a hardware issue – period.

I have drop outs all the time but it’s related to where I move the laptop and it ceases if you open and NEARLY close the tablet window to restart coverage once more…

It’s a hardware issue. Every other laptop in the house works fine wireless except for the macbook pro, you have to be close and positioned correctly to the wireless router to get the coverage you need.

It is a hardware issue.

By: bonni

bonni — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:35:11 +0000

macbook pro will download some web pages great others not at all or in some strange format. this happened after i booted up and some weird update took over. any thoughts out there. HELP

By: robin

robin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:45:26 +0000

@Nick Bought a 13" MacBookPro as a present in December 09. Really dreadful Airport connection in a room where other mixed gear works excellently. I have to get right up to the router in another room before it will lock onto the network, which rather negates the concept of a portable laptop. I have been a Mac user since 1985 and this the worst example of style over substance I have ever met. Beautifully designed and made but ineffective in an area that is not cutting edge. I would gladly accept a little larger case more conventionally made in order to have a working and reliable computer, which is the whole point really. I too have wasted five days of my life trying every fix suggestion, even to buying an airport extreme and that was a complete waste of money, time and effort. This airport problem seems to have been happening for years, I belatedly discover, nice to see how much Apple really cares for its customers. It goes back tomorrow.

By: Seb

Seb — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:20:00 +0000

I have a Feb 2008 Macbook Pro on Leopard. I have been having this issue once every two months or so. It’s driving me mad!

By: Phillip

Phillip — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:17:38 +0000

@Miguel Correia Ribeiro Letria Let me know what happened I just got mine yesterday and it is happening to me too.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:27:04 +0000

I’m having the same problems as Steve, Lawrence, Andrea, etc. My old MacBook and iPhone fine but my new MacBook Pro either doesn’t find the network or is really slow and weak signal when it does. Any help or suggestion greatly appreciated…