Comments on: Fix your Mac’s spotty wireless connection after waking from sleep

By: Ben Annett

Ben Annett — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:26:57 +0000

This didn’t work for me.

My HD was almost full. I deleted some files – and now my wireless is faultless!

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:30:46 +0000

Worked for me too! When I rethink some steps it might have been a recent update on my mac. But what, remains the question …

By: Ben Annett

Ben Annett — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:15:30 +0000

Worked for me. Thank-you! This has been irritating me for months.

By: Amund

Amund — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:15:51 +0000

Thank you =). This worked perfectly on my GFs Macbook Pro 13″ 2011 with the newest OSX Lion (10.7.1).

By: David

David — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:20:17 +0000

Amazing to see this is still a problem almost a year after your post. I have this problem on my iMac 27 and have searched for a solution without any luck so far.

By: Tin

Tin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 03:49:54 +0000

I just got my new iMac 27″ and with OS X 10.6.4 and now 10.6.5 and I have the same issues described here.

Still under support so will see what I do with Apple Support.

By: richard

richard — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 04:08:04 +0000

I have this issue. Normally I right click on the airport icon (top right) and turn it off. Then i quit Safari. Then turn airport back on, then restart Safari. This normally works. Sometimes a window comes up asking for my wireless router’s password. I always cancel this.
I’m not sure if what I’m doing is a fix or it’s just the time that it takes to do this is allowing the connection.

By: amy

amy — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:44:57 +0000

I have a PowerMac G5 and have recently hooked up a new router – Linksys WRT320N. When I wake up my computer and try to get online, it takes several attempts to reconnect – I am hard-wired to the router. I have already called Linksys and Comcast and they have no idea what’s happening. This did NOT happen with my old router. Any ideas? Thank you ~

By: Will

Will — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:34:39 +0000

Didn’t work for me :( I did these steps. There were no entries that I could see in the keychain utility, but I removed the wireless network at least and rebooted. perhaps adding restarting the modem/router to the list?

By: er

er — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:29:37 +0000

I’m one of many who is experiencing a slow (to the point of no traffic at all) connections on the airport after sleep. Tried this, but didn’t do anything… Slow Leopard’s been around a while now, it’s about time Apple fixes this (btw, under windows on the same mac I have no issues with the airport).

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:35:16 +0000

Best discussion on this issue I have seen. I have a similar problem on my brand new iMac ever since it came out of the box. Here is the problem restated – “iMac may fail to connect back to wireless network after wakeup from sleep. The AiportMenulet wheel spins round and round, rests, and then repeats forever”. Extended testing over 2 week period have pretty much ruled out improper network settings and my WiFi network. There is no cure in my case, including suggestions above. Once afflicted, the only remedy is system restart. Because of intermittent nature it is impossible to get resolution over the phone with Apple. My experience with computers tells me the problem is likely due to Airport hardware/firmware, system (OS X Version 10.6.1) drivers, or poor configuration management in Cupertino. My previous computer was an iBook G4 with latest version of Leopard and it never had the problem on same network. Therefore somehow related to Intel chipset and/or Snow Leopard. My guess is that you will see a lot of email traffic soon and Apple will find a fix, eventually.

By: jay

jay — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:17:22 +0000

thanks, this worked great!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:36:19 +0000

I usually use the Airport icon on the menu bar to Turn Airport Off. After restarting (turning the Airport On), the connection will be back again.