I get the same thing with my Mac Mini. I’ve tried various things, but nothing yet… While running iStumbler, at times it seems the noise level goes up, but it doesn’t always cut my connection. Regardless, the connection always shows very high strength but I can’t load any pages in Firefox, Safari, check Mail etc.”

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I have the exact same problem, and it really is getting on my nerves, I just don’t know what to do with this please help !!

I get the same thing with my Mac Mini. I’ve tried various things, but nothing yet… While running iStumbler, at times it seems the noise level goes up, but it doesn’t always cut my connection. Regardless, the connection always shows very high strength but I can’t load any pages in Firefox, Safari, check Mail etc.

Hope this helps.

Exact symptom for me as well. (Linksys Router on channel 3 here). Doesn’t happen on my PC - only on Macbook with AirPort. Happens randomly (usually at least once per day or two), and shutting AirPort off and back on ALWAYS fixes it.

Upgraded to 10.5.8 (from what was maybe 10.5.6?) and it all broke loose. Dropping connections all the time. Never lasting an hour, sometimes only lasting a minute. Tried all the pref deleting stuff. Tried every combination of radio settings on the base station that I could. Nothing worked.

I had a strong suspicion that it’s all about the “n” networks, but you can’t turn off “n” on this base station. You can’t force your client to only use b or g, either.

I took an older AP Express from my travel bag and plugged it in and made a “parallel” network (b/g only). I now connect just fine and have had no drops.

So, it does seem to be a problem with “n” networks. I think Apple needs to put an option on the clients that allows you to force “g” connections. They obviously have issues with “n” networks that are not going to be fixed quickly. (These sorts of bugs can be very hard to squash.)

I’m really ticked off by this. Flawless wireless has been an Apple trademark for many years. They got ahead of themselves with 802.11n, and don’t seem to be taking any actions to protect that reputation.

Flakey network connections, in this day and age, are completely unacceptable. Apple needs to take the hit to their egos, admit that the “n” standard isn’t appropriate for everyone yet, and give us the option to operate on older, more stable standards. Immediately.

All devices plus airports are all Apple stuff. How can this happen?

Airport connection LOOKS OK all the time. Five bars. You notice it when Safari tells you that you cannot load a page. Then it starts up fine again after closing and opening airport again.

I have realized that there is no magic to solve this, just wanted to add to the different symptoms listed here, so someone might see a pattern one day and solve it.

i know this is totally dumb luck or prob has nothing to do with the prob, but i removed “hotspot shield” and have not had a dropped connection since.

take this at face value, i was willing to try anything.

luck all