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OS X Leopard Airport Scanning Driving You Crazy? A Possible Fix
[UPDATE 2: 10 Nov. 2008: Downloading the AirPort Extreme Update 2008-004 (1.0) did the job for me. Two days in and no drops, much faster load speeds.
From the Apple Downloads site: "This update is recommended for all Intel-based Macintosh computers running Mac OS 10.5.5."
NOTE: I don't have Airport Extreme. I have an old Airport Express and a Linksys. But it still fixed the problem.
Good luck! Let us know if this did or did not work for you! ]
[Update: See comments for more news on this.]
Is anybody else experiencing Airport Wireless “airport scanning” weirdness in OS X Leopard? Since upgrading to Leopard, my wireless disconnects constantly to scan for other networks – when the network I’m on works fine. My Airport signal is also lower since the upgrade. I know it’s a problem because it’s affecting four – that’s right, four – separate Macs I’ve been using since Leopard came out. And I’m not the only person having this problem, as a quick glance at Apple’s support forum shows.
If you’re having this problem too, this free download, AP Grapher, might help. Since installing it a few minutes ago, I haven’t dropped connection at all. Here is some guidance from the Apple Support forum:
Hi guys
I too have been going INSANE because Apple can’t seem to sort this out. Its enough to drive you mad – especially when they still aren’t acknowledging it as a problem.
Download AP Grapher from here: http://www.chimoosoft.com/products/apgrapher/
Run the program while you browse…In preferences, I set the scanner to refresh every 10 seconds, and the Grapher to refresh every second. Although I’m still experiencing dropouts, the constant activity means they aren’t noticeable at all. It really does seem to work well because it reconnects immediately
The Grapher is also helpful – the Tx rate (yellow) will show you what’s going on and how frequently the connection drops.
…and no – i don’t work for chimoosoft!
Happy camping, Owen
If you’re more tech-savvy than I am, and have a solution for me and others, please drop a comment and help us all out – thanks in advance.
