MacBook Pro wireless connection is dropped..

I've noticed that when my laptop is at home (not at work) the wireless
connection is dropped periodically.

This coincides with a log in the system console of:

Nov 25 13:00:09 bigmac netinfod local[33]: Cannot send multicall packet
to 139.48.44.25: Host is down
Nov 25 13:00:11 bigmac DirectoryService[45]:
CNodeRegister:RegisterLocalNetInfoHierarchy::Call to netinfo_domainname
for local domain name lasted 4 seconds.
Nov 25 13:00:11 bigmac DirectoryService[45]:
CNodeRegister:RegisterLocalNetInfoHierarchy::Call to netinfo_domainname
returned domain name: /.
Nov 25 13:02:31 bigmac mDNSResponder: NOTE: Wide-Area Service Discovery
disabled to avoid crashing defective DNS relay 192.168.0.1.
Nov 25 13:02:44 bigmac DirectoryService[45]:
CNodeRegister:RegisterLocalNetInfoHierarchy::Call to netinfo_domainname
for local domain name lasted 10 seconds.
Nov 25 13:02:44 bigmac DirectoryService[45]:
CNodeRegister:RegisterLocalNetInfoHierarchy::Call to netinfo_domainname
returned domain name: /.


The IP address is of some server at my office... So I wonder what my
mac is trying to do... and how to disable the task when I'm at home.

Maybe I need to take this to a mac discussion forum?


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| I've noticed that when my laptop is at home (not at work) the wireless
| connection is dropped periodically.
|
| This coincides with a log in the system console of:
|
| Nov 25 13:00:09 bigmac netinfod local[33]: Cannot send multicall packet
| to 139.48.44.25: Host is down
| Nov 25 13:00:11 bigmac DirectoryService[45]:
| CNodeRegister:RegisterLocalNetInfoHierarchy::Call to netinfo_domainname
| for local domain name lasted 4 seconds.
| Nov 25 13:00:11 bigmac DirectoryService[45]:
| CNodeRegister:RegisterLocalNetInfoHierarchy::Call to netinfo_domainname
| returned domain name: /.
| Nov 25 13:02:31 bigmac mDNSResponder: NOTE: Wide-Area Service Discovery
| disabled to avoid crashing defective DNS relay 192.168.0.1.
| Nov 25 13:02:44 bigmac DirectoryService[45]:
| CNodeRegister:RegisterLocalNetInfoHierarchy::Call to netinfo_domainname
| for local domain name lasted 10 seconds.
| Nov 25 13:02:44 bigmac DirectoryService[45]:
| CNodeRegister:RegisterLocalNetInfoHierarchy::Call to netinfo_domainname
| returned domain name: /.
|
|
| The IP address is of some server at my office... So I wonder what my
| mac is trying to do... and how to disable the task when I'm at home.
|
| Maybe I need to take this to a mac discussion forum?


I think you'll find that the MacBookPro wifi sucks. Our observations
suggest the range is ~ 1/4 (at best) of most other laptops.

Might try moving closer to the AP and see what happens.