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Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks

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On 3/12/14, 11:27 AM, John White wrote:
> In article <lfpoo4$7nb$1@news.albasani.net>, Earl Grey <earl@t.net>
> wrote:
>
>> On 3/11/14, 4:54 PM, John White wrote:
>>> In article <lfno0b$gra$1@news.albasani.net>, Earl Grey <earl@t.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3/11/14, 2:31 PM, John White wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Sounds like a marginal wifi connection. Have you tried working on that?
>>>>> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1365?viewlocale=en_US
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It wasn't marginal before I installed Mavericks;-)
>>>>
>>>> It'd been a rock solid connection to my iMac for three years-- and still
>>>> is to other devices elsewhere in the house.
>>>
>>> The question is, do you want to fix the problem, or just complain about
>>> it? If the former is the case, try running Wireless Diagnostics (see
>>> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5606) and see if it tells you anything. I
>>> don't doubt that Mavericks brought the problem on, but you might as well
>>> see if you can fix it rather than waiting hopefully for a software
>>> update.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for the tip. It said all was OK.
>
> One more stab. Try running iStumbler (it's free, donationware). It will
> show you signal to noise ratios, possible competing signals, etc. There
> might be a clue there. Incidentally, it shows me that there are 15
> different wifi signals being received by my computer, many of which are
> quite good enough to use, and that some of them are open. Why am I
> paying for internet access?
>

I ran it-- and s/n is 48% to 14%. Not sure what that means.

I was on channel 6 as were most of the other nearby networks-- so I 
moved to channel 9 which was unused with adjacent channels only lightly 
used. We shall see...

Thanks again!

-- 
Predicting is tough. Especially about the future.
               --Yogi Berra

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No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks Earl Grey <earl@t.net> - 2014-03-09 11:07 -0400
  Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-09 11:18 -0400
    Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks BakersT <nomailpls@domain.invalid> - 2014-03-09 11:52 -0400
      Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-09 13:06 -0400
      Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-09 23:28 +0000
  Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-09 11:55 -0400
  Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks Ted Lee <tmplee@gmail.com> - 2014-03-09 12:23 -0500
    Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2014-03-10 14:38 -0400
      Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks Ted Lee <tmplee@gmail.com> - 2014-03-10 14:32 -0500
        Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2014-03-11 14:49 -0400
  Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks Earl Grey <earl@t.net> - 2014-03-11 08:41 -0400
    Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks Ted Lee <tmplee@gmail.com> - 2014-03-11 09:54 -0500
      Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks Earl Grey <earl@t.net> - 2014-03-11 11:45 -0400
        Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-11 14:15 -0400
        Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks John White <jccw@comcast.net> - 2014-03-11 14:31 -0400
          Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks Earl Grey <earl@t.net> - 2014-03-11 15:26 -0400
            Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-11 19:53 +0000
            Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks John White <jccw@comcast.net> - 2014-03-11 16:54 -0400
              Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks Earl Grey <earl@t.net> - 2014-03-12 09:50 -0400
                Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks John White <jccw@comcast.net> - 2014-03-12 11:27 -0400
                Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks Earl Grey <earl@t.net> - 2014-03-12 16:18 -0400
            Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-12 10:38 -0400
              Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks Ted Lee <tmplee@gmail.com> - 2014-03-12 09:55 -0500
                Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-12 11:28 -0400
  Re: No WiFi on Wake-up in Mavericks Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-12 15:00 -0700

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