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Chris Brown - 20 Nov 2007 12:08 GMT

Hi,

have an airport extreme, which after 3 years reliability, lost its
connection last week. Reset factory defaults etc. and all was fine. Now
signal strength has gone, even when cited alongside the laptop.

Sounds like a hardware issue, which I assume makes it uneconomical to
repair, and hence a throw away. Any thoughts ?

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Eric Lindsay - 21 Nov 2007 01:57 GMT

> have an airport extreme, which after 3 years reliability, lost its
> connection last week. Reset factory defaults etc. and all was fine. Now
> signal strength has gone, even when cited alongside the laptop.
>
> Sounds like a hardware issue, which I assume makes it uneconomical to
> repair, and hence a throw away. Any thoughts ?

Software. Have you updated to Leopard or even OS X 10.4.11? My WiFi got
unreliable about a week after updating to Leopard (totally reliable
under Tiger). The Apple forums mentioned variations on Wifi as a common
complaint. Too early to say I have a cure, but I stuck the IP address of
my ISPs DNS into my router, and haven't had any trouble since.

Hardware. See if one of the Elec Eng students can fix it, or wants it
for experimenting.

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Chris Brown - 21 Nov 2007 20:26 GMT

>> have an airport extreme, which after 3 years reliability, lost its
>> connection last week. Reset factory defaults etc. and all was fine. Now
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> Hardware. See if one of the Elec Eng students can fix it, or wants it
> for experimenting.

no, still 10.4.10

thanks Eric

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Shawn H. - 30 Nov 2007 11:40 GMT

> >> have an airport extreme, which after 3 years reliability, lost its
> >> connection last week. Reset factory defaults etc. and all was fine. Now
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>
> no, still 10.4.10

Try relocating the base station. There might be a source of interference
in its current location now that wasn't there previously. Also, look for
channel conflicts.

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