Mac & AT&T 2WIRE DSL connection issues

[macguy2011]

I have ATT Wi-Fi Internet (not U-Verse). And I've been running into connectivity issues with the 2WIRE modem that have been plaguing me consistently for the last year. More inside, but just an FYI, I have a Mac.

The problem, when I call ATT to figure out the issues, is that these connectivity problems are seemingly random. I've called them a couple of times to get it fixed but there's no way to know if it's actually fixed until it happens again.

So, breakdown:

I'm using a MacBook circa 2007, Airport, and ATT's standard Wi-Fi 2WIRE modem with a 1MB connection. Mac OS X 10.5.8

I'll be using the Internet, trying to load a site when all of a sudden I get this screen.

If I refresh the page or go back and then forward in the browser I usually then get this screen.

Of course I usually have to wait a couple of minutes or close out of the browser entirely, which will usually resort in either the Internet loading back up or getting the first error screen again.

I have no idea what is happening. My roommates get these errors too but not with nearly the same frequency as I do. And it only happens on my computer with our home Wi-Fi.

Once when I called ATT they said it might be something with the way our Wi-Fi security was set up... It's in WPA Personal now and it needs to be in WEP or something? I've tried to switch it over to WEP a couple of times but it always changes itself back over to WPA. I'm pretty sure this MIGHT be the issue and I would love it if someone could run me through how to reconfigure my settings for the correct WEP whatever.

Either way, it's an extremely annoying and pervasive error that makes using my Internet way more cumbersome than it should be. Also, while the issues are mostly random, they do seem to happen more frequently when we have a couple of people trying to connect on the Internet at once.

[Satcomer]

Well you have to consider your are getting the error from the wireless router. I would look there.

[g/re/p]

I had the exact same problem, and the 2-wire modem was the culprit.

I replaced it with an Actiontec GT724WGR.

http://www.amazon.com/Actiontec-GT72.../dp/B0018CJ9LA