[olug] [ot] Sudden wireless problems with a MacBook Pro

[Kevin]

Quick test would be to turn off your WRT and see what kind of signal
the MBP gets.

Also, did you install any system updates recently? There might be some
update or other that interferes with certain uncommon chipsets. I
haven't taken a look anywhere, but that's one common problem that I
know of. Don't trust the lack of any mention of this on the official
Apple forums; they have a nasty reputation for deleting reports of
things like this and denying that problems exist. A better site in
this case would be <a href="http://www.macfixit.com">MacFixIt</a>.

On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Brian Roberson <roberson at olug.org> wrote:
> Mike Hostetler wrote:
>>
>> My theory of the moment is that some neighbor just got a wireless router
>> that is running all over the board on channels and the MBP is more sensitive
>> to it than the Dell box.  But I'm willing to listen to any ideas and (even
>> better) any possible solutions!
>>
>>
>
>
> If you suspect RF interference, specifically other AP's, I would suggest
> you grab a wifi stumbler app and review the spectrum.
>
> A few pointers:
>
> Linux: grab kismet [1]
> Win: grab netstumbler [2]
> Mac: macstumbler[3] or KisMAC[4]
>
> [1] http://www.kismetwireless.net/
> [2] http://www.netstumbler.com
> [3] http://www.macstumbler.com/
> [4] http://www.binaervarianz.de/projekte/programmieren/kismac/
>
>
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