NYC schools freezing Mac orders due to WiFi problem

maybe this will fix regular customers issues with wifi and leopard as well....

Weird that on our many Macs running Leopard at work, we've not had any Wi-Fi problems at all...

the NYC Bd of Ed, and users of NYC BD of Ed system can't even log in ( or are not supposed to be able to) third party email, like Yahoo or Hotmail. That's the policy. But some can because of 'all the attention' paid to the system. Our website is hosted by a third party and we wanted to give email addresses to those we worked with in the schools. They couldn't use them...in most places. It's more like a 'too many chefs' situation more than anything else. It could be that one of those chefs has an apple beef and knows how to kybosh the whole network. That's a guess....

This is great! Let us all hope this forces Apple to fix the problems with wireless networks on Leopard machines. Something they should have fixed in short-order but haven't seemed to care about.

...like more of an Apple Beef situation to me.

Most likely the 'Apple Issue' has more to do with problems with a proprietary router configuration that the schools insist on using, then a genuine problem with Macs. That's my speculation, and that's all it is.

a bug in leopard with certificate based 802.1x connections over wi-fi. If you try it enough times, it will eventually work, but it is completely arbitrary as to how many times it will take you to connect. Once connected though, from that point forward it works without a hitch.

We've sold well over 1,000 iMacs with Leopard on them in the store I work at and have never seen one come back with Wireless issues. Doesn't mean it isn't possible that there is a batch of them out there with issues, but knowing how school system's IT department works there is likely a configuration problem there. And seeing first hand how many IT departments work, there is a Windows fanboy trying to place blame on the Macs.

I have several clients with WIFI problems using Leopard 10.5.2 on both MB Pro & Air... signal drops, time-outs to mail servers, etc.

It's not a configuration issue.

I'm having a wake-up issue with WiFi on my own system with an Airport Extreme (g-version) router. When my MacBook wakes up, it connects to the router, but actual Internet connectivity is gone. I have to turn WiFi off and on for it to get out to the internet. Hopefully 10.5.3 will fix it.

There was a wireless update recently and my Wireless signal just dies_

I look up at the ICON in the Menu Bar and the bars are grayed out_ I go to click on it to pull up the instant menu and my Wireless Network is not listed_

I go look at my Router and Moem and both are active and lit up with no problems_

The only quick fix I've found is to unplug and restart the Router and then in the OS turn off the Wireless signal via the Menu Icon and turn it back on after the Router restarts_

This was doing this when I first bought my Airport Extreme in December '07_ There was an Airport update in Jan or Feb '08_ It fixed it and everything worked great_ Then wihtin the past couple of weeks another update happened and it now craps out again_