My MacBook Pro doesn't automatically connect to my home wifi. Is there a way to set that up?
I'm new to macs as of last night. Which would explain why perhaps this is an easy task, but I have difficulty with it. Here's my situation; my wireless network is password protected. When I initially connected to it it prompted me to put in a password, I did, and then I was connected. Every time I turn my computer back on or wake it up, I have to go up, click on wifi, click on "Tardis1" and click connect. It doesn't ask me to put in the password again, however it doesn't connect automatically like it should. It also gives me this message every time I manually link it, "Mac connected as wep but not wepa/wepa2 personal" or something along those lines. Any help would be great, thanks!
Hello, andyBall_uk. I figured out the problem, and I'm going to reply to it on here in case anybody else has the same issue they can see this solution. I already had an iOS device before, which saved a "keychain" of the old login info for the router. This was back when the router did have WEP security. Since then, it has been reconfigured for WPA2 however my old keychain was trying to join it as WEP.
To solve this, I went to System Preferences>Network>Advanced
From here, I noticed the
[ + ] [ - ] Drag Networks into the order you prefer
Highlighting my router and hitting the [ - ] sign removed the keychain that would previously only connect as WEP. This now allowed my computer to automatically connect to the router every time I opened it or turned it on.
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Which is taken from this article:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1398
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iOS and OS X: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4199
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1398
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Step 1
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Step 2
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Step 3
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Step 5
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Also, run the Airport Utility app which is located inside the Utilities folder.
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