[mmurray]

When I install the latest RealPlayer 11 beta with the download agent my connection from my macbook to my airport extreme basestation stops. When I remove the download agent as a login item and restart my network is fine again.

The airport extreme base station is connected as a bridge to a billion router. The router also has wireless and the macbook connection to the wireless on the router is unaffected as is direct ethernet connection to the router.

Anyone else having this problem ?

Thanks - Michael

[64stang06]

Could be the wireless from the router. Try turning that off and setting up the Airport to create a wireless network. Or alternatively, just disable RealPlayer Download Agent

[mmurray]

I only turned on the router wireless when I found I couldn't get connected to the Airport (before I realised RealPlayer was the problem). Before that I just had the router connected to the Airport Extreme WAN port and the AE was in bridge mode. At the moment I have just killed the Downloader Agent. It comes back though when ever I launch RealPlayer.

Thanks - Michael

[64stang06]

When the download program opens, go to Preferences. In that window, there's a checkbox "Add RealPlayer Downloader Agent to Login Items". Uncheck that and you should be fine.

[mmurray]

Ah good idea. OK I deleted all the Real related pref's and launched again. This time I told it not to set up the Downloader as a login item. Now I can run it without it installing the Downloader.

Thanks a lot - Michael

[Oaf Tobar]

By any chance, do you folks have OpenDNS or an equivalent DNS set up in your AirPort routers?

https://www.opendns.com/start?device=apple-airport

I think this was my problem.