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

Kelly Williams kwilliams at nethtc.net
Fri Jul 18 20:33:24 UTC 2008


I once had a problem like this. i tried different wireless cards and 
still it did work right. I went downtown and got a new router.


Brian Roberson 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!
>>
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> 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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