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wifi

  1. A

    Mac Pro 2,1 - Yosemite, comptabile WiFi+Bluetoot

    Hello! I have Mac pro 2,1 and yosemite, i cant get work BCM4311 and BCM4312 on this machine, what cards i can buy to get work wifi and maybe Bluetooth "from the box" without any kext modification (of course i can flash it once :) ) Also it will be very nice if the card can be supported by...
  2. M

    Wifi connecting issue

    I have an airport extreme as my wifi router. I have 2 iPads (wifi only), 3 iPhones, Samsung Galaxy, 2 Apple TVs, Directv receiver, a MacBook pro, and my wife's work laptop connected to the wifi. Everything has been working fine till yesterday. Everything is connected to wifi/internet, but my MBP...
  3. K

    Wired wlan !

    Hello everyone, Thanks for having a glance ! I'm getting a lot of trouble with my wlan (wifi) connection since Yosemite but also on El Capitan now. Signal strength is very good and very stable, but, every 5 minutes or so there is just no more internet ! If I want it back I need to disable the...
  4. PlunderBunny

    Personal Hotspot and iPhone 5 vs 4S

    I have a MacBook Pro (El Capitan 10.11.2) and an iPhone 5 (iOS 9.2), and I've setup the personal hotspot feature. When I turn my MacBook on and there's no internet connection, I always have to go to the WiFi menu and wait for my personal hotspot (the iPhone) to appear in the menu. Sometimes it...
  5. kirky29

    Network Help (Bridging or Repeater?)

    So basically I would like one wireless network. At the moment we have Router A then that connects to Router B. Both are wireless and work perfectly fine but in the yard when the signal gets weak we have to go into settings and change the wifi network to eg Router B if that makes sense. Is it...
  6. P

    What does it mean: “Wi-Fi has the self-assigned IP address & will not be able to connect to Internet

    I have internet access but I noticed that in System Preferences/Network, although the W-Fi status is "On" this statement is below: "Wi-Fi has the self-assigned IP address XXX.XXX.X.XX and will not be able to connect to the Internet." There is a yellow dot preceding the "Wi-Fi / Self-Assigned IP"...
  7. D

    Wifi setup missing security drop down

    On our network you have to connect to wifi via a security certificate. For our Mac users we manually install the certificate, then when you want to connect to wifi, you select the identity based on the certificate. But for one Mac that was recently upgraded to 10.11, the security drop down is...
  8. dweb619_2

    Wifi issues

    i have mid 2011 iMac. it will connect to the internet but only for like 15 seconds then after that it disconnects. i have a iPad, iPhone and Chromebook at arms reach and they are all connected to the same wifi and no issues there. so i know its the iMac. i have restarted the computer, i have...
  9. zachlegomaniac

    Hail Mary Fix to Wi-Fi Connectivity Issues

    My iPhone 6 running iOS 9.2 won't connect to my home Wi-Fi (Airport Extreme and Express). My family's other iDevices (iPads, iPhone 5s, 6 Plus, and 6s), along with my Macs and Apple TVs, do not have this issue. I have literally done EVERYTHING I could find to address this issue online. That...
  10. Jeison Frost

    NetSpot - free Wi-Fi network surveying software for Mac OS X

    Hi! My name is Jeison Frost. As a representative of Etwok Team I want to introduce NetSpot - the only professional app for wireless site survey, Wi-Fi analysis and troubleshooting on Mac OS X. It's FREE and very simple, no need to be a network expert to start using NetSpot today! All you need...