• My MBP sometimes drops its internet connection

    From Robert Peirce@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 16 09:52:23 2017
    The WiFi connection is good. It just loses the internet connection.
    The first time I thought it was the internet connection itself, but I
    just checked and it was still up on my mini and my wife's MBP. Might
    this be a developing hardware failure? How would I know and what can I
    do about it? This has happened about once in each of the last few days.

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  • From Fred McKenzie@21:1/5 to Robert Peirce on Mon Jan 16 13:00:49 2017
    In article <o5imn7$1vd6$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> wrote:

    The WiFi connection is good. It just loses the internet connection.
    The first time I thought it was the internet connection itself, but I
    just checked and it was still up on my mini and my wife's MBP. Might
    this be a developing hardware failure? How would I know and what can I
    do about it? This has happened about once in each of the last few days.

    Robert-

    How does your WiFi get access to the internet? I have a similar problem
    with a Verizon USB Cellular modem connected to a Cradlepoint WiFi router.

    In most cases, my loss of internet connection is temporary. If I
    checked on a different computer, it might also have the problem but the connection could have returned by the time I checked.

    In my case, the USB modem does not appear to have lost connection to
    the Cell tower. The problem is worse when the Cellular system would be busiest, and rarely happens during off-hours. In another city it
    happens less frequently.

    I talked to Verizon once about it when it caused my bill to skyrocket.
    They denied it was happening, but would "check into it". There has been
    no subsequent improvement.

    Fred

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  • From Robert Peirce@21:1/5 to Fred McKenzie on Mon Jan 16 18:43:44 2017
    On 1/16/17 1:00 PM, Fred McKenzie wrote:
    In article <o5imn7$1vd6$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    How does your WiFi get access to the internet?

    Verizon FIOS. I have a Verizon device which combines a modem with a
    wired and wireless router. It appears the modem is always connected to
    the internet but about once a day my computer keeps the WiFi connection
    but loses the internet connection. After a brief period it gets it
    back. As near as I can tell, my mini and my wife's MBP never lose the connection, which makes me suspect my MBP.

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