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The WLAN drivers for some chipsets used in the Mac are broken and will
interrupt the connection from time to time:
http://www.tuaw.com/2006/12/13/airport-update-2006-002-now-out/
The update that is mentioned there did not solve the issue on my MBP.
I haven't tested Leopard for a fix of the driver, yet. So my latest -
but with regards to Leopard possible outdated - info on that is that
Apple has not provided any (working) fix for this.
I had this issue once when setting up a MacBook Pro as base station.
The connection was totally flawed and browsing the web (= any website)
was very, very slow with many sites that would never render completely.
Using my first-gen Intel iMac as base station for the WLAN solved all
these issues.
Knowing of the MBP's WLAN driver problem, I've been using this setup
for developing the AJAX Remote all along:
MacBook Pro (running Remote Buddy) <- LAN -> iMac Core Duo <- WLAN ->
iPod Touch / iPhone
Other setups that worked nicely for me:
MacBook Pro (running Remote Buddy) <- WLAN -> AirPort Express <- WLAN -
MacBook Pro (running Remote Buddy) <- LAN -> AirPort Express <- WLAN -
I'd like to underline that this is not an issue that Remote Buddy is
responsible for. Remote Buddy, after all, does just normal TCP/IP. How
and how reliably that TCP/IP traffic is routed is entirely up to the
drivers provided by Apple.
Hope that helps.
Best regards,
Felix
