Computer insists correct password is invalid.
My iMac had it's internal harddrive die a few days ago and i had a new one put in and OSX 10.5.6 installed. The computer was running on the network in the mac store just fine. when i brought it home i tried to connect to the network via airport and it told me the WEP password was invalid.
The password is definitely correct. there is currently an iphone, mac mini, and macbook all running on this network and it's working fine. I've always used it in the past and the harddrive is brand sparkling new. I can't imagine what the issue could be.
Any help? i'm an idiot with this stuff.
The hard drive (new or old) would not be related to a wireless network issue.
Are you sure you are connecting to your network, instead of one of the other networks that is in range? If this is a fresh system on the iMac, it may have selected your neighbor's network.
Obviously, make sure you are remembering the password correctly. You may want to disconnect one of your other Macs from the network and re-enter the password to verify it works.
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