10.7.2 update messed up wifi connection
Did the recent update of osx lion messed up your wireless connection? I have a friend who has an old imac computer. According to him it did not allow him to connect to his secured wifi connection. He is only able to connect an unsecured wireless connection. The only way for him to connect to his wifi is to remove the password associated with his wifi connection. Is there a fix for this one?
Depending on how old the machine is, it is hard to say. Machine ID in Apple menu -> About This Mac -> More info under the hardware tells you its age:
iMac 5,1 and later supported 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11b
iMac 1,1 and PowerMac 6,1 and later supported 802.11g, 802.11b
PowerMac 5,x and earlier 802.11b. Only those which are on 802.11b don't support WPA2, and an ethernet 802.11g or higher bridge is recommended for connecting to secure WiFi.
If his iMac is of the right age, is the wireless router setup to accept the Mac's Media Access Control address on its setup? Some routers are specific to which hardware can connect and you can control that.
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Thanks for sending a private message Ben. For us to get this resolved for you we would advise to perform a reset from the Android system recovery menu, to do the reset please follow these steps:
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Let us go through the typical drill so as to take nothing for granted.
1. Does the problem exist with or without the antivirus and firewall(s) disabled? Are you working with an individual home computer or in a
school or company network?
2. Are you running the program as Administrator and is there any "domain" account involved?
3. Is your video card/graphics card up to date according to the web site of the manufacturer of the card?
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Let us start by ruling in or out any of the above, and then we can decide what next.
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to do this on a motorola router: type 192.168.0.1 in your address bar.
username: admin and password:motorola if you have not changed the factory defaults.
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There is a fair bit of buzz about this issue out there, some other things I've seen:
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Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
See this article for some helpful tips for troubleshooting your Wi-Fi connections:
iOS: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1398
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