Strange Problems With Airport

[csd32]

Lately I've encountered some weird problems with my Powerbook:

After a fresh restart of the Powerbook, things are fine. Airport works as it should.

However, after I close the lid, or leave the computer unattended for enough time for it to automatically sleep, or even after manually putting the powerbook to sleep, this is when the problem occurs.

After the powerbook wakes from sleep, Airport appears to function properly. However--no bars appear in the Airport menu bar icon AND Airport will not detect any networks.

This is NOT an issue with my wireless network or the router. I've tried using multiple networks while in line of sight with the router---I get the same results after sleep every time.

I've tried moving the system configuration folder to the Desktop--Still no results.

The only (temporary) fix I've figured out is a complete restart of the machine. Logging out does not work.

The only thing I can think of to address the problem is performing an archive and reinstall of Tiger--However I'm not sure if this will effect the problem.

 

[frankblundt]

In his absence,
Mad Jew Standard Responses to General Unexplained Weirdness™ include:

Is there at least 8GB of free space on the hard drive?

Maybe give zapping the PRAM a try.

have you created a new user account (in the System Preferences > Accounts) to see if the problems carry through?

You can't repair the disk you start up from so you can either use Disk Utility on the OSX system disks by putting them in the optical drive and pressing C as you boot up, selecting Disk Utility from one of the menus and repairing the disk.
Or even better, you can run fsck.

 

[mad jew]

I've tried moving the system configuration folder to the Desktop--Still no results.

Which folder are you talking about exactly? Did it contain a file named com.apple.airport.preferences.plist? If not, then look for this file and drag it to the Desktop before restarting.

Also, try a quick PRAM reset and check other accounts for the same problem (as I apparently mentioned above ).

One other thing, and I'm not sure how relevant it is, but make sure file sharing apps are closed or at least disconnected before sleeping.