Re: Airport connection drops - help?

On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 12:54:36 -0600, Kenneth Simon wrote
(in article <191120051054377012%simon12@xxxxxxxxxxx>):

> Hi all:
>
> When I bring my Powerbook G4 (with original Airport card) to my college
> campus, I run into major connectivity problems. The library has
> multiple wireless access points, all with the same name. The idea is
> that you'll connect to whichever signal is strongest at any given
> location. But what I can see using iStumbler is that the signals keep
> rising and dropping relative to each other -- sometimes one is
> stronger, sometimes another. (Moving around the building doesn't help.)
> So, my Powerbook keeps hopping between access points. Unfortunately,
> every time this happens, I lose my IP address and my wireless
> authentication. Then for several minutes all connections are refused
> and I can't get to the authentication webpage and get back online. When
> I finally get back on, soon I will hop access points again and it
> starts all over.
>
> The university insists their setup is fine. But one thing I notice is
> that the access points don't have the same authentication screen, and
> they show different servers when I browse the network. This leads me to
> believe that even though they're named the same, they are actually
> authenticating to two different network connections. Could that be the
> problem? My school's IT Department insists that nothing is wrong, and
> that "everyone else" has no difficulty. I'm skeptical.
>
> Any thoughts? Please reply to the newsgroup or to:


You are using OS 10.3.9 or higher assuming you're using V95? If so, try
checking with another Mac user to see if they're having the same problem.
I'm sure there's lots around who you can ask. Or just try reinstalling
iStumbler and set it up again.

There's some discussion on this site as well which may be some help...

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17572&mode=feedback


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Cheers!

Dennis

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