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Late 2011 no wifi after sleep

Mar 3, 2012 6:52AM PST

It takes 1-2 minutes for my wifi internet to connect after I wake it from a sleep. The same thing happens if I'm hooked up via ethernet. This just started about a week ago. It used to connect almost instantly. It may have started a couple of software upgrades ago. My daughter had her macbook pro here today and she didn't have the same problem.
after I get the internet all is fine.
thanks in advance for any help.

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Just recently
Mar 3, 2012 6:59AM PST

Just recently Apple pushed out an update to the airport software to address just such an issue. At least with the wireless, I can't explain the ethernet connection, but a good first step might be running software update and installing that airport software update.

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Software updates
Mar 3, 2012 10:29PM PST

I updated the latest software yesterday.I always update right away when new updates come out.
Same issue.

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Mac no wifi after sleep
Mar 10, 2012 12:02AM PST

My Mac OSX has had the same problem for about the last 6 months . Last month Apples Genius Bar Tech Rep could not fix it and said to wait for the Apple software update . The software update was just released , I downloaded it , installed it and have had no problems since . Since the update was installed it takes just a little longer for the wifi to connect , but it always now connects . Curious though , when I now shut-down the computer , then restart it , the Network Preferences are always unlocked ; locking them again - they remain locked in sleep , but unlock again on shut down . Apple , do you want me to keep my computer in sleep mode and not shut it down , or , did you overlook something when you wrote the update fix ?????