Need a mac compatible router.

Albo · 04-30-11, 09:58 AM

I have 2 different routers at my house, and both will lose a connection with a mac. It will work with the Macbook Pro for a day, maybe 2. Then it will lose the connection, and won't connect. I need a relatively cheap router for Mac/PC use, and it needs wireless, obviously.

Got any ideas? Thanks in advance!

**bacon12** · 04-30-11, 10:03 AM

Sell your mac.

Runningman · 04-30-11, 11:10 AM

LOL, turn off universal plug and play on the router...

Albo · 04-30-11, 12:59 PM

I ended up with this.

http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-N600-Wi...f=pd_rhf_p_t_2

Runningman · 04-30-11, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Albo

I ended up with this.

http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-N600-Wi...f=pd_rhf_p_t_2

Why would you do that when you never found out the root cause of the problem with the other two routers? I bet your going to have the same issues with this new router...

ViN86 · 05-02-11, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Albo

I ended up with this.

http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-N600-Wi...f=pd_rhf_p_t_2

I bet Runningman's solution would have fixed it by disabling UPnP. You also should have tried static IP/DNS first.

Oh well...

**nekrosoft13** · 05-02-11, 12:48 PM

Albo the ideal consumer, haha.

every router works with mac, routers are not OS specific.

**mullet** · 05-02-11, 06:09 PM

TCP/IP for the win!

six_storm · 05-03-11, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by nekrosoft13

Albo the ideal consumer, haha.

every router works with mac, routers are not OS specific.

Are you sure about that?

Runningman · 05-03-11, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by six_storm

Are you sure about that?

Long live Appletalk!!!....Down with open standards!!!

six_storm · 05-03-11, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Runningman

Long live Appletalk!!!....Down with open standards!!!

It's funny how people think you gotta have an Apple wireless router for a Mac.

Albo · 05-03-11, 08:03 PM

I realize that routers are for both formats, but there is a reason why 30 people have submitted complaints while using the two routers I was using. Also, both routers were 6 years, so it was time to upgrade. And the new router has greater range, and I've been losing signal on the other side. So I've been looking for a router for a while, and since I was losing the connection on the Macbook, so I thought to look for a router that would be more compatible. Of course, I would get ridiculed on nvnews, as always.

Also, the router hasn't come yet, so I tried the setting he had set, and it did nothing. The problem still exists. The router I chose had a review saying that it worked perfectly with his Macbook, and there were no reported problems with it on google. So I decided to spend my money on something I wanted, sue me.

04-30-11, 09:58 AM	#1
Albo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: MA, USA Posts: 3,633	Need a mac compatible router. I have 2 different routers at my house, and both will lose a connection with a mac. It will work with the Macbook Pro for a day, maybe 2. Then it will lose the connection, and won't connect. I need a relatively cheap router for Mac/PC use, and it needs wireless, obviously. Got any ideas? Thanks in advance!

04-30-11, 10:03 AM	#2
bacon12 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,536	Re: Need a mac compatible router. Sell your mac.

04-30-11, 11:10 AM	#3
Runningman Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 925	Re: Need a mac compatible router. LOL, turn off universal plug and play on the router...

04-30-11, 12:59 PM	#4
Albo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: MA, USA Posts: 3,633	Re: Need a mac compatible router. I ended up with this. http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-N600-Wi...f=pd_rhf_p_t_2

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nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Re: Need a mac compatible router. Albo the ideal consumer, haha. every router works with mac, routers are not OS specific.

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05-03-11, 08:03 PM	#12
Albo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: MA, USA Posts: 3,633	Re: Need a mac compatible router. I realize that routers are for both formats, but there is a reason why 30 people have submitted complaints while using the two routers I was using. Also, both routers were 6 years, so it was time to upgrade. And the new router has greater range, and I've been losing signal on the other side. So I've been looking for a router for a while, and since I was losing the connection on the Macbook, so I thought to look for a router that would be more compatible. Of course, I would get ridiculed on nvnews, as always. Also, the router hasn't come yet, so I tried the setting he had set, and it did nothing. The problem still exists. The router I chose had a review saying that it worked perfectly with his Macbook, and there were no reported problems with it on google. So I decided to spend my money on something I wanted, sue me.