Yesterday I took delivery of a brand new shiny 3.06Ghz iMac. I’ve been hankering after a decent desktop for a while. MacBooks and MacBook Pros are great for when you’re on the move, but when you want to sit down and do some serious coding / photo touching / gaming, you need a decent desktop.
So, I ordered a custom build iMac, which is now proudly taking pride of place on my desk.
After initial setup through restoring from a Time Machine backup, the iMac worked a treat, but from there, things deteriorated… I installed the 10.5.5 update.
After the update WiFi started playing up. The signal strength would keep varying, and constantly drop and reconnect altogether. Applications relying on internet connectivity would constantly fail.
After scratching my head and tinkering with all of the WiFi related settings I could think of, I was ready to start installing a new wired connection into the office… a damned pity given that this is the only appliance in the house that has a WiFi issue.
Then, i noticed something odd… I was running a little application called iStumbler to get a better look at the WiFi signal strength and characteristics. Strangely enough, whilst this application was left running, my network WiFi issues disappeared!
So now, I have a work around, but am completely at a loss as to how to properly fix this… if anyone has any suggestions, they would be very much appreciated!
