Error joining a working network

In the past week I am getting errors when trying to connect to a WiFi network that previously worked well. The computer sees the WiFi router - it's a 3com ADSL modem with wireless router, and appears fine under the airport icon in the menu bar - but when I try to connect to it, it tells me there was an error connecting. Other people are connecting to the network without problems, and my laptop used to connect to this and other networks. It works fine when connected through an ethernet cable. I've checked the wifi settings on the router, turned off any encryption (I'm in the middle of nowhere in Turkey so security isn't an issue), but nothing seems to help. Is there a way to test my airport card and see whether it's a hardware issue that has suddenly occurred? Or other methods of troubleshooting the airport connection? I do not have the option of taking the computer in for service as there are no Apple service centers nearby. Any help or suggestions gratefully appreciated.

Tried having your IT department reset the wireless access point?

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On Thursday I updated my software (including, I think, a security update) immediately after restarting, my wireless connection stopped working and I got the error message "error joining the airport network...". After several hours on the phone to apple it worked for about five minutes and several more hours on phone to apple later it is still not working and they have told me to take it to be repaired suggesting its the airport card. I am reluctant to accept this, finding the coincidence of it stopping working immediately after the update too much to believe.
I have deleted the keychain things, deleted a plist folder, taken off the security on the network, started and restarted everything millions of times (including doing a 'safe' restart)
I have the router configured manually to 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.1
Does anyone have any other ideas about what I can do to get back on wireless?
Very grateful for idiot proof type answers!

I AM SUFFERING A SIMILAR PROBLEM ! and this website is driving me mad, i cant even find the "make a new post" link, so i am writing my problem in here !
A few months ago i bought Airport Extreme card for my desktop mac... I use it to pick up a wireless network, only, the last few weeks, it cant seem to find this network, even when my friends laptop is right next to it, and picking up the wireless !
It doesnt seem strong enough to detect it...
It is airport extreme 3.4 , and yes, i have mac OS X 10.3.5
Whats going on ?? I need internet !
Thanks

There was an error joining the Airport network

Re: error joining the Airport Network
My wife and I bought two new Macbooks at Best Buy on December 28, 2006. On the first day, I set them both up to work with our 2WIRE wireless router, and they both worked flawlessly.
However, on January 27, 2007, my wife started her MacBook, tried to select the wireless router in the Airport drop down menu (like she always has done before with no problem), and received the following error message:
"There was an error joining the Airport network "2WIRE229"
After several unsuccessful attempts to fix this problem by restarting and reconnecting, I did some research on the internet and came across the following discussions from other people who have experienced exactly the same problem:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3815739

I am having the same problem. I have an access point in my living room and a homework desk in my bedroom. My desk is maybe thirty feet from the access point through one wall. The desk does sit in front of a window. When I try to use my PowerBook at my homework desk I can, intermittently, pick up three access points: mine and two others. The two others are on the same channel as each other, but that should not be interfering with my access point and certainly shouldn't be causing it to disappear from the list all together.
Hoping that my signal just wasn't reaching well enough (the antenna on the AP was not very prominent) I bought a 6dBi antenna for it. My PowerBook has always worked in the living room and certainly works there now. I do get a much stronger signal in my bedroom but I still can't use the laptop on my homework desk.
What doesn't make any sense in all of this is that the wall in my room with the window is the same wall in the living room where there is a large sliding glass door. So, if the interfering signal is coming from outside it should be affecting the living room as well. I am at my wits end on this one.

There was an error joining the Airport network with WEP or WPA

I use a wireless adsl modem router (Philips). I can only connect via wireless to this router without encryption.
As soon as I use WEP or WPA encryption, I get the error message "There was an error joining the Airport network".
Thank you for any suggestion.

Here are some articles that may help you:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107938
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107921
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304197
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106424
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106250
Do not overlook the possibility that the router itself may be incompatible or may require a firmware update to work properly. You should configure the router to use WPA2, preferably, as this is the most compatible form of encryption with Airports.
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There was an error joining the Airport network "NameOfTheNetwork"

Hi there
I am French in London for an internship. I took a flat to share with an other girl. My father advised me to take a Mac for my specific utilisation (internet, music, movies...) and Macs are so cool exept for internet in my case. It doesn't work at all. The network of my landlord is hidden. So, I go in "other", I type manually the network name and the WEP password... Always the same message : There was an error joining the Airport network "NameOfTheNetwork". I tried several times with always the unlucky result.
My landlord said that there wasn't this kind of problem with her other flatmates before me...
I am pratically sure that the problem doesn't comme from my Mac because I reached to join an unprotected other network which appear sometimes (but the signal is not enought strong).
Is there an incompatibility between my Mac and the setup Network? And what do I have to to do to fix it?
I visited a lot of forums but :
1-I didn't find any topics on my specific problem
2-There explanations (when the topic is closed to my issue) are not clear and seem not to correspond to my issue.
Is there someone who can help me please? I really need internet!!!!!
Emma

This confirms it is a WEP issue.
You will need to find the HEX key.
One of the problems with WEP is that the actual standard relies on a 10 character HEX key for 40bit WEP and a 26 character HEX key for 128bit WEP.
In order to make things easier for people, vendors use certain algorithms to convert simple alphanumeric passwords (or passphrases) into HEX keys, thus enabling people to use simple memorable WEP password rather than lengthy HEX keys.
The problem is that different vendors use different algorithms to generate the HEX key and therefore a ASCII password on an AEBS will be hashed differently on a Netgear client and vice versa.
One thing is a 13 character 128 bit WEP password will be hashed by all vendors in the same way (if you use 40bit WEP then a 5 character password is required).
Though sometimes not even that works and the HEX key must be used regardless.
AirPort: Joining an encrypted wireless network
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106424
Choosing a password for networks that use Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108058

IBook - error joining the Airport Network

Sorry for the repost but I wasn't sure if me accidently hitting the Correct Answer button would have effected getting a reply
Excuse my ignorance but I've never had a Mac. I recently got this from a friend and I'm having trouble getting it to connect to my WiFi. I've tried everything I could find on google, but nothing has worked. I've made sure my router isn't filtering Mac addresses, I've tried the $ fix, I've removed and changed my security preferences mutiple times, and I'm out of things to try. It works fine when it's connected to the modem directly, but wireless just won't connect. Every time I try I get the error joining the Airport network "xxxxx" but the computer I'm using to type this is connected just fine. Any help would be much appreciated!!
I belive it's a
iBook G3/800 (32 VRAM - Tr)
if not that one then it's a
iBook G3/800 (Early 2003 - Op)
I really know nothing about Macs so I don't know how to tell which one of those it is
Clicking the About This Mac option says...
Processor 800 MHz Power PC G3
Memory 384 MB SDRAM
Machine Model PowerBook4,3
CPU Type PowerPC 750 (2.3)

Right now I have my old ibokk g4 runing OS10.4.11 I'm going to go through the setup on airport using it.I am in system preferences- network. Airport is on and shows in the top menu bar of the desktop.Under show in nework preferences click on network status and then airport. Go to options open and check automaticly join open networks. Click ok. Go to proxies and click. Make sure use passive ftp mode is checked. Go back up and click on the airport bar. Under by default join-click prefered network. You should now have a window showing all networks available.Click on the one that represents your router and apply. If you network is password protected you will need to inter the password. If this does not work use the assit me option . You can run diagnostics to see if it picks up your network or you can run the assistant. It will ask you to name the network. then continue and check on airport then you will get abox that should show your router and you'll need the password for it. And thenclick apply. You can also get help in network by clicking the little ?

Error joining airport to network

Hi,
I have a wireless nortel solution set up in our school. We run power over ethernet base unit 2330a access points running back to 5520 POE switch. That runs back to a 2380 security switch. We have the latest firmware.
All our dell xp systems connect with no problem using WPA secured SSID. We also can connect with an open SSID.
All of our macbook's do not. They sometimes do connect, but 90% of the time will not. When i try and select it gives me an error that there was an error joining airport to network "WPCSD"
I have tried everything. This even happens when the system is brand new right out of the box. It happens in 10.4.8 all the way through 10.4.10 with all updates.
Strange, but when i go into xp on our duel boot macs, (same system) there are no problems.
I spoke to apple support, they were not much help, claiming it must be Nortel's problem.
I tried to find an external usb network adapter. I figured if i can connect with that then it must be the airport extreme. I had no luck, all seemed to be made for xp.
Is anyone out there rinning on a nortel wireless solution?
Has anyone had any issues with their macbooks and wireless.
I need out 100 new systems to connect.
THANKS!

Yes hard wired i have no issues. I have tried the wireless with both DHCP and with static ip. Sharing seems to work. I can connect to another mac.
I have searched Nortel and googled. No luck. We are dealing with thier support. The feel if the xp systems can connect, then the system is fine.
Apple claims that if i can connect to other networks (ie home linksys) then the problem is nortel. see where this is going.
However that does not help me out. The nortel is a very expensive wireless solution, as you can expect. So its not like we can just get rid of it and buy a non-managed solution.
even if we bought external card for the macs that would be a solution, but it does not seem like these are even made.
i was just posting to see if anyone else is using a managed wireless solution like nortel's?
thanks

There was an error joining the airport network "2WIRE532"

I just got my mac back from getting fixed for harddrive problems and now I'm trying to connect to the internet. Before I'd have some problems with losing connectivity but I always could connect. Now as I'm trying to connect to my wireless access point under the list of airport networks, it literally, right after I type in the WEP password, gives me the error message There was an error joining the airport network "2WIRE532". It looks like it doesn't even try to connect as fast as it does it. I need to know what's happening, I really want this mac mini networked to my network on my windows xp os computer.

I'm having the same problem. The only thing that was different was that we installed a new update from Apple for Quicktime.... then the next day it kept asking for a password (it didn't before) and then when it was entered, it gave me the same error message just a different network name.

Error joining the AirPort Network - revisited

I just got my iBook back from the shop and am trying to reestablish the link with my Airport Express. I've reset the unit, gone through numerous hoops.
The AirPort Express currently has a green light, and my router shows it's connected. Yet, when I try to connect, or try to reconfigure, I get the message "There was an error joining the AirPort network "Apple Network xxxxxx""
I have no idea what firmware is on the unit, nor do I have the means to update the firmware if needed (as I cannot get a connection to it).
Yes, I have a good internet connection. I'm posting this on an older iBook ... which is not AirPort ready.
Thanks in advance!
Note ... This topic came up in June (2006) ... and is archived, yet unanswered.

Ciao all.
I'll tack onto this thread rather than starting a new one. It sounds like similar-ish territory.
We've had Airport Express for about three weeks after our Airport Extreme gave up the ghost after 14 months. We have a DSL modem connected to Airport Express, and three computers - eMac, iBook G4 and Powerbook G4 - connected wirelessly. Or we did, until tonight.
On the eMac, I lost my wireless connection. The Airport symbol was still black, and full strength, but my time connected stats disappeared. At the same time, my wife had the same thing happen on her Powerbook. Then the Airport symbol grayed out. As did the Powerbook. I fired up the iBook and the same thing was happening.
Briefly, for a couple of seconds, the Airport symbol would return to black, with, on a couple of occasions, the time connected stats reappearing. We would be connected again. Then the symbol would gray out again.
And the network name would have disappeared from the Airport menu.
If I turned off Airport and turned it on again, the symbol would be greyed out, but the network name would be there. Only, when I tried to connect, I would get the dreaded An Error Occurred Joining The Selected Wireless Network.
And I couldn't access the Airport Express via either Set Up or Admin.
I rest the Airport Express back to factory settings. The Airport symbol remained greyed out, but the Apple default wireless network was visible in the Airport menu. But I would still get the dreaded An Error Occurred, etc message.
Through Airport Set up, I was able to detect the Airport Express' default name and even the network name, but still wasn't able to connect to it.
Trying again, I was told that no new Airport networks could be found.
I've had basically the same results trying all three computers.
In terms of lights, the Express will sit there with a solid green light through all these shenanigans.
The internet connection is solid. Plugging the modem straight into the computer puts me online.
Do we have - as I fear - a lemon of an Airport Express after three weeks?
Hopefully someone can ... help us ...
TIA
Mac OS X (10.3.9)
Mac OS X (10.3.9)

I have an iMac G4 with AirPort with OS 10.4.11 installed. I keep getting an error message "There was an error joining the AirPort network "ATT5216." I called ATT U-verse - they were stumped. Any suggestions?

I have an iMac G4 with AirPort with OS 10.4.11 installed. I keep getting an error message "There was an error joining the AirPort network "ATT5216." I called ATT U-verse - they were stumped. Any suggestions?

I checked for the IP address, and I'm not pulling one
up.
That's the problem. Even with no base stations available you should eventually within a few minutes get a self-assigned IP of 169.x.x.x!
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106659
Maybe you could manually configure an IP but that doesn't answer what's wrong. How about a simple test - create a new Location in Network System Preferences and see if that helps. If it doesn't then maybe a re-install of Airport or System software would help. If the Airport shows up as an available network port then the card is probably OK.

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Homer Leon wrote:
Why can't I connect to WiFi when asked for a password
Judging from what you wrote, because there is something wrong with the settings or the password or passphrase. Make sure all devices use the same type of encryption, and make sure you enter the correct password. WRT to this, read
AirPort: Joining an encrypted WEP or WPA Wi-Fi network
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1126>
AirPort: How to enter a hexadecimal 64-character pre-shared key for WPA
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3160>
I have removed the password requirement from some of my WiFi options
Bad idea.

Express - there was an error joining the apple network!

I have an Imac g5 that did not come with an airport expreme card, so I just bought one and installed it.
I'm also trying to set up a new airport express as my main base station for internet and stereo use. I have a green light on my base station, but every time I try to use the Airport Setup Assistant, I get the error message, "there was an error joining the apple network". My computer recognizes that there is a new network and asks me if I want to join it, but when I try to, I get that error message. I pulled out the extreme card and reinstalled it. I moved the AX right next to my computer . . . still nothing. I spent a half hour on the phone with Apple support, and he concluded that the AX was defective. I exchanged it, and am still having the same problem. HELP PlEASE!
My OS is 10.3.9
Imac G5 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

I checked for the IP address, and I'm not pulling one
up.
That's the problem. Even with no base stations available you should eventually within a few minutes get a self-assigned IP of 169.x.x.x!
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106659
Maybe you could manually configure an IP but that doesn't answer what's wrong. How about a simple test - create a new Location in Network System Preferences and see if that helps. If it doesn't then maybe a re-install of Airport or System software would help. If the Airport shows up as an available network port then the card is probably OK.

Error joining selected wireless network

the airport extreme was working fine for a couple of years until few days ago. i have not been using it since then because i can't, for some reasons.
i tried hard resetting it (the little button at the back of the airport extreme) and re-install the software (from the CD)
keep getting this message that "an error occurred joining the selected network"
please help as i'm getting frustrated..
and oh, i have updated all the required updates.
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now, it won't even show a picture of my airport extreme..
please please help.. thanks

Thank you very much for your help.
Thanks to your advice I was able to get contact with and seemingly successful initiate the AirPort Extreme again. It seems the connection of the ethernet cable made the difference. But the Airport does not yet function properly. When I unplug the ethernet cable I cannot connect to the internet. When I select my network in the menu bar, the Airport sign "radiates" for some seconds, but no connection is made.
Any suggestion how to solve this is much welcome.

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im running a linksys wireless router with mac filtering, no password. network works well, filters other people fine, allows me to connect...usually. both mac id's for the PB are in there, ethernet and airport. I can connect wirelessly sometimes and hold the connection for varying lengths of time. hardwired is always perfect. I've searched extensively for answers before bothering all you wonderful people and apparently its an issue related to the computer going to sleep. upon waking up it sees all the networks in range (townhomes, so there are about 6 networks at max) including mine. i try to connect and it gives me the "error joining network" message. I've tried turning airport on and off, restarting computer, and router. nothing seems to do the trick every time, it just randomly will work again. router reset works the best overall but ireally dont want to keep having to do that all the time. Is there any way to fix this issue? thanks in advance for all the help
linksys router with mac filtering, dhcp
all other things connect and stay connected just fine

Silly question first ... do you have a 2.4 Ghz phone or does your neighbor have a teenager with one? Maybe try changing the channel on the linksys.
I used to live with my sister whose phone would knock out my signal on a regular basis and that's the message I would get.

Error joining wireless airport network?

I have had no problems connecting to my wireless router until today. When I try to connect, I get the message "There was an error joing the wireless network ....try again?"
I have been coonected all day at work and usually when I get home, I just pop open my laptop and I'm on. Today I got the message. There are 2 other laptops currently able to connect, but not the macbook.
Is this an apple issue or should I call the provider? I use a password to get on the internet so I don't think that is the problem.
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Yeah if I were you I would try and call your internet provider. See if there are any problems out there wherever you may live. U could also tryig to restart ur router.Sometimes they just need a little reset lol

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