From: RobertB 

In article ,
 "Rich Gauszka"  wrote:

> "RobertB"  wrote in message
> news:missinglink-EDF4E4.10193722022007{at}news.barkto.com...
> > In article ,
> > "Rich Gauszka"  wrote:
> >
>  >
> >>
> >> The .plist delete didn't work for me as when I brought the
Macbook out of
> >> sleep now it couldn't find my wireless network.
> >
> > Is it supposed to do that automatically? I don't use Airport. Which base
> > station are you using? Or are you using a non-Apple  wireless router?
> >
> > I assume you have the latest Airport updates.
> >
> >
> > It's only a minor irritation
> >> for me as turning the laptop's airport wireless off and on cures it's
> >> brain-dead status and finds my wireless network.
> >
> > Interesting. Is that a bug or a feature? 
> >
> >
> > anyway.
>
> reading the Apple Discussion forums ( sample below )  it appears that the
> update also broke wireless on quite a few 3rd party routers configured for
> WEP ( 2Wire, Netgear, Linksys etc ). Of course it's been reported that Apple
> doesn't consider this a significant number - GMAFB
>

Interesting, although it's hard to know how many people are affected (just
because you use a non-Apple router doesn't mean you're going to have
problems by applying the update necessarily). The quote below seems to say
the same. However, it's unfortunate that it happens at all.

Wait, do you have the new Airport Extreme base station? Apparently, the
damn thing spontaneously reboots itself from time to time. Read that today
on Ars Technica.


>
> http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3999798
>
> Posted: Feb 6, 2007 11:30 AM
> Talked to Carl, a "specialist" at Apple. He told me that
Apple does not plan
> to correct the flaw in the Apple Extreme Update 2007-001 as they do not
> believe it affects a significant number of customers. But, yes, they know
> there is a problem with 2Wire, Netgear and a limited number of other brands.
> I asked to be transferred up the line, and I next talked to a gentleman in
> Customer Relations, who said he could not help me, but would find someone
> who could. I was then transferred back to a specialist, who told me there
> was nothing he and I can do about it. I left my name and number with the
> hope that someone from Apple who can make a decision to fix the problem will
> call me.
> ----
>  Posted: Feb 21, 2007 1:53 PM
> Actually I talked to customer care the next day, the guy I talked to said he
> thought 2wire had a firmware update for it. So I called 2wire and they said
> they don't have a firmware update, but that it works with WPA. I switched it
> & it works fine, now.
>
> Apple care didn't have an explanation for why the update got pushed out to
> everyone, though.

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