Mac OS X 10.5.2 BREAKS WiFi with DLINK DIR-635
Installed the latest leopard update - 10.5.2 today. NOT a good idea.
Neither of my computers can now connect to my DLINK DIR-635 over wifi. Or at least, they connect, get an IP address, etc, but I can’t actually send any data. In fact, it’s really weird. At one point, I could ping external IP addresses just fine, but I couldn’t ping my router. Which is the default route. WTF?
I tried pinging my router - that didn’t work well:
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=14 ttl=64 time=544.516 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=15 ttl=64 time=0.485 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=16 ttl=64 time=0.483 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=22 ttl=64 time=543.981 ms ^C --- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics --- 28 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 85% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.483/272.366/544.516/271.882 ms
I changed my SSID, turned on WPA2 (really bad idea, now I get no route to host) turned it off, rebooted everything. No go.
In the middle of writing this, I even just lost ALL connectivity via Ethernet. I had to reboot my iMac just go get connected again. Something very very odd is going on here.
Allweb said,
February 25, 2008 @ 3:02 am
have this router (D-link dir-635) and I had the same problem when upgraded to Leopard 10.5.2 from 10.5.1
The problem is in the communication with the 802.11n Mode
How to solve it?
- Go to the dir-635 web interface (192.168.0.1)
- go to SETUP
- go to WIRELESS SETTINGS
- after “802.11 Mode :” select Mixed 802.11g and 802.11b
- select “save settings”
The router now can communicate with the wi-fi connection of your Mac.
I hope this can help you!
Oren said,
February 25, 2008 @ 8:50 pm
Yup, that’s what I needed to do too. Thanks for posting the suggestion.
I do hope there’s an update soon, I like my N speed!
Oren