internet sharing on the mac - your device unexpectedly disconnected.

asuh · #1 (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 08:50 AM

Does anyone else have trouble doing Bluetooth PAN Internet sharing? My internet ALWAYS disconnects REALLY quickly after I connect and I have to reconnect multiple times before I get sick of reconnecting.

I'm getting this error on my Mac in both 10.4 and 10.5: "Your device unexpectedly disconnected. Make sure it is turned on and in range."

I'm trying to see a pattern but sadly, I do not. Google Maps seems to freak out my connection most of the time. As soon as I have it load some maps in Google, it will 9 out of 10 times disconnect me pretty quickly. When my internet connection sits idle, I do not get disconnected.

What is going on and how can I fix this?

**darren.wlsn1** · #2 (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by asuh

Does anyone else have trouble doing Bluetooth PAN Internet sharing? My internet ALWAYS disconnects REALLY quickly after I connect and I have to reconnect multiple times before I get sick of reconnecting.

I'm getting this error on my Mac in both 10.4 and 10.5: "Your device unexpectedly disconnected. Make sure it is turned on and in range."

What is going on and how can I fix this?

could you post the error?

asuh · #3 (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 09:20 AM

Here's a screenshot.

**darren.wlsn1** · #4 (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by asuh

Here's a screenshot.

can you just tell me what it says, i cant read that.

asuh · #5 (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 09:33 AM

As I stated in the first post, the exact error is:

"Your device unexpectedly disconnected. Make sure it is turned on and in range."

asuh · #6 (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 09:42 AM

now i'm getting another error!

"Failed to open a connection to the network service. Your device may have reached its maximum number of supported network connections."

This error is false because I do briefly get a network connection before the connection is disconnected followed by this error message. For the last couple hours, I've been getting the other error I stated.

**darren.wlsn1** · #7 (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 09:48 AM

im trying bro, read around here,http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=41606

**Baffles** · #8 (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 02:54 PM

Works fine for me using wmwifi, on BT and Wifi, so I dunno. I'll try BT through ICS later.

asuh · #9 (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 04:36 PM

This problem seems to be exclusive to OS X and any WM6.0 or WM6.1 ICS. I've had the same problem with my older PPC-6700 too, but I'm now experiencing this with my new TP.