On 25/02/15 20:08, kee nethery wrote:
On Feb 25, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> wrote:

On 25/02/15 18:31, kee nethery wrote:
Compare all the variants of 802.11 that your router supports and that your 
MacBook Air supports. Could be there is no common 802.11 between them if your 
router is really old tech.

Kee

So, what you are saying is that my son's MacBook air is a fussy thing, while all thise 
generic devices are just "sl*ts" :)

And, what is the lesson? Pay more for a MacBook so you then have to pay more 
for other things!

Richmond.
No. What I am saying is that WiFi standards continually march forward. Some 
security protocols have been discontinued and abandoned because they are 
totally insecure. MacBook Air might not support old insecure security 
protocols. The 802.11 spec has evolved over the years, faster better, etc. Some 
of the 802.11 specs are so old that newer devices might not support them. Most  
WiFi routers work fine with a MacBook Air but if yours is really old or totally 
insecure, it might be time to upgrade.

The number of WiFi connections is also a possibility.

Kee


Well, I bought my router 2 years ago: not cutting edge, but not ancient either.

As my son who has the MacBook is now back in the States at University I cannot really try out anything (short of popping round the corner and buying a MacBook, ho, ho) until he
is back here in July.

However, he was running Mac OS 10.10.0 which had buckets of wifi probs. So let's hope that was the problem.

Richmond.

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