Network preferences password protected

how do i keep from having to enter my preferences every time i want to make a change to my network settings in system preferences?

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Angela Vazquez, "network settings password protection", 01:45pm Oct 3, 2005 CDT

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Network problem - 2 networks set up, how do i delete one, password protect?

I originally set up a new network, but didn't use the software that came with the router. It never allowed me to put in a password. I then put the software in, but it created a second network which is now password protected. Now I cannot delete the first network, or password protect it. It still allows connections, and is unprotected. How do I delete this network, or password protect it so nobody can join? I tried going to Network Preferences>Advanced>Security and setting a password, but every time it does not stick. Please tell me how to solve this problem. Thanks

It's one router, one computer, one connection- but my airport finds 2 networks with different names that are from my one internet connection, along with other people's wireless networks in my area.
The first time I connected, my network was named Linksys1. After having problems with this network, I inserted the router software for assistance, and instead of editing the first network, it created a new one, Linksys2.
Now there are two networks, Linksys1 is unprotected, and Linksys2 is protected. I cannot modify or delete Linksys1, but I (and other people) can still connect to it. When I go to the router link in the browser, all the settings are for Linksys2 only.

Airport express does not see password protected airport network

When I try and password protect my Airport network, my Airport Express, set to join an existing network to play music on my stereo, can no longer see the network. I have my Airport Express plugged in via ethernet to configure it, and the Admin Utility shows a pop up menu for available networks to join, but this menu only shows my Airport network when password protection for the network is turned off. I never set my network to be hidden, so that's not the problem, and my laptop(s) can always see the Airprort network, regardless of password protection being enabled or not.
Supposedly you can select a password protected network for the Express to join and then it will prompt you to enter the password, but if it is not in the list then I can't select it. I can type in the network name, but again, it only joins if I turn off password protection for the network.
Is there a work around for this?
-Lewis

Your express will need to see the SSID in order to connect. I would suggest that you temporarily turn off the security (WPA2) on your D-Link router, make sure it is broadcasting the SSID, and then see if the express detects it. If the express doesn't see it, make sure some other device can.
You also might try changing the SSID, or turning it off and back on and see if that helps.
Once you can see it in the clear, add the security, and be sure to enter it in exactly, be careful of capitals,etc.

How do i personalize it and password protect it?

My internet works, I was trying to set up my new airport extreme and my computer froze in the process and now it works but the light blinks amber and its an open network connection that anyone can connect to. I tried a factory reset, but it won't go back to the easy setup process like the first time. It just opens and my computer connects. Any thoughts for how to rename the network and password protect it?

To rename the Network Name: AirPort Utility > Select the AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBS) > Manual Setup > AirPort > Wireless tab > Wireless Network Name
To enable wireless security: AirPort Utility > Select the AEBS > Manual Setup > AirPort > Wireless tab > Wireless Security. I would recommend using "WPA2 Personal" for the security type.

Cannot connect to receiver using AirPort Extreme due to password protection

I have a new AirPort Extreme and Harman Kardon receiver. I am trying to connect the HK receiver to my home network, after entering in all the necessary info (IP, subnet mask etc) I still cannot connect to internet radio, Pandora etc. I called HK and they say it is because my home network is password protected. They recommend I disable to the password and keep it without a password. Is this the only option I have?

There is no reason to do this if your HK receiver cannot connect using wireless, as appears to be the case here. You must have misunderstood the HK support person, or they misunderstood you when you spoke with them.
The information in the manual only talks about a wired Ethernet connection. There is no information that I can find that would indicate that the HK Receiver will be able to connect to the wireless network using wireless.
Unless you can provide another link that would indicate otherwise, you will need to plan to connect the HK receiver using a wired Ethernet cable, or use a pair of EOP adapters to send the signal over the AC wiring in your home.
It would also be possible to use an AirPort Express to connect to the AirPort Extreme over wireless by locating the AirPort Express near the HK receiver and then in turn connecting a short Ethernet cable from the AirPort Express to the HK receiver.

Is there any way to set up an Airport Extreme that had been previously used in a password protected network and the password was not provided by the seller ?

Background -
My original Airport Extreme Base Station failed (would not connect to the modem). I purchased a similar, if not identical base station on eBay. Unfortunately, the purchased base station apparently was used in a password protected network. For what it is worth, my son gave me a Netgear wireless router, but it leaves a lot to be desired. For one thing, I use to keep the cable modem in the basement along with the Airport base station, with a printer connected to the USB port. The Netgear device does not have a USB port and also requires that the computer (in this case, the eMac) used to set up the network be connected to one of the ethernet ports. This meant I had to move the cable modem and router into my bedroom, a very undesirable situation. It then occurred to me that the original Airport base station Wi-Fi function might still work, and tested this hypothesis and sure enough, the Wi-Fi function does indeed work I currently have both base stations powered on, with my printer connected to the original. Both base stations appear under my Network icon, but neither Airport Utility 5.4.2 or Airport Administrator Utility 4.2 see either base station. I can select the original base station as my network, connect to the printer or even my other computers, but as soon as I try to select the new one, it asks for the password. I would like to somehow reset this base station and then redefine the network name and encryption.

I would suggest that you perform a "soft" reset on the AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBS) that you just got from eBay. This type of reset will temporarily (5 minutes) disable both the base station and wireless security passwords so that you can access it with the AIrPort Utility to make the necessary changes.

I receive a not connected to the internet message several times daily on my iMac connected via airport to a time capsule which accesses the internet via cable modem.. When I input my password to enter network preferences, the connection re-establishes.

I receive a "not connected to the internet message" several times daily on my iMac connected via airport to a time capsule which accesses the internet via a cable modem. Software/firmware is up to date on the iMac (OSX 10.6.8) and Tme Capsule(7.5.2). Browser is Safari 5.1.
When I input my password at the prompt to enter network preferences, all the lights go green (ie... ethernet, ISP etc.) and the connection re-establishes immediately and states "the connection appears to be working normally".
It more of a nuisance than anything and seems to have started ocurring over the past couple of months. I also have a windows XP box also connected to the same cable modem that I never have internet connectivity issues with. I've verified all the physical aspects of the connections and can't see any evidence of any actual drops in the modem logs. I suspect it is just an intermittent communication loss between the Imac and the Time Capsule, but I am not very familiar with Mac equipment yet.
Just wondering if anyone has experienced a similar problem and what you did (if anything) to resolve it?
Thanks.

The AirPort Express will connect to your existing wireless network if the network is using WPA2 Personal or WPA/WPA2 Personal wireless security settings.
So, it can join the network as a client and then provide an Ethernet signal to your Time Capsule.
Be sure to configure the Time Capsule to operate in Bridge Mode so that it will be operating on the same network.

Progmatically save to password protected network folder

I am looking to save a file to a password protected network folder. I tried using the standard Write Text.vi to see if a dialog would pop up, but it did not. There is not an ftp server running on the networked computer, so I dont think that will work.
The IT department directions to the folder say: Go to Start> Run and enter url \\computername\folder\subfolder\... and a dialog will appear to enter username and password.
Any ideas??
Thanks
Kenny

muks wrote:
Well this is what we do. Run--->(doubleslash(\\) computername slash(/) d$)
Eg: \\pc48\d$ .When you get a popup(U should) type the username and password of the that computer having admin rights.
That simply reiterates what the IT department originally told the poster to do, except that you're using the administrative share.
Kenny K wrote:
I should have noted that there
should be no user interaction, ie they should not be entering the
username and password, the program should login and save the file
automatically. sorry.
To do this you will need to delve into the Windows API. You can also use .NET to perform impersonation. Most of the examples that are on the internet are based on .NET 1.1 and it's probably easier to simply create yourself a custom class that you can call using a single method rather than trying to put all the .NET code into LabVIEW. An example of using impersonation (though there are lots of them) can be found here.

Password protecting a network

I just moved into a new house – a six-week sublet – and we’re using one of the apple wireless routers, but it’s painfully slow. It’s not password protected, so I imagine some of our neighbors are picking up on it. I’m sure the girls I moved in with don’t have any of the settings, passwords, etc. Is it still possible for me to figure out how to password protect our network?
Thanks!
Alec

Hi Alec
Yes - you can administer the Airport base station using the Airport Admin Utility in your Utilities folder. Launch it, and it should detect the base station on your network. The base station itself (not the network) may be protected by a password. You can reset the password by soft-resetting the base station:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107451
Once you can access the station through Admin Utility, add protection to the wireless network as described here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Airport/5.0/en/ap2084.html
Matt

Password protecting a networked printer

Hello, here's the situation. My family has a networked printer (Brother 402cn) that's shared via a linksys 802.11g router with three computers (iMac G5, PB and Toshiba). The iMac is the main computer and I would like to password protect the printer so that one needs to input a password to be able to print from the iMac. How would I go about doing this?
Thanks for your time,
Eric
PowerBook 12-inch 867 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Unless password protection is a feature built into the printer driver, which I assume is not the case and for which you should be talking to Brother anyway, the only reliable way to do this is to:
1 get a network operating system, such as AppleShareIP, OS X Server, Novell, or one of the Windows servers
2 install the NOS on one computer; note that ASIP is going to require a Mac capable of booting OS 9, OS X Server is going to require a Mac capable of booting OS X, and the Novell and Windows servers will require machines capable of booting Windows.
3 plug the printer directly into the computer running the NOS.
4 set up and configure the print server software in the NOS. In particular, enable the password provisions.
5 put the NOS onto the network.
This is a non-trivial task. It is also a non-cheap task. Normally network printers on small home networks are set up so that anyone can print to them at any time. I have a Brother laser on my home net; when I don't want anyone to print to it, I either remove the paper (it can't print if there's no paper to print to... ) or simply unplug the power.
May I ask why you need to password-protect the printer? Even though I have a server installed, I'd not go to all the trouble of setting up passwords for the printer. Things could get very sticky if She Who Must Be Obeyed ever found out that she was locked out of the printer...

Password protecting a wireless network

I have just set up a wireless network in my house, it's a shared house and the aim was simply to have everyone else in the house connected to the same broadband connection and no-one else from outside using it.
I am using an i-book with Airport Extreme and used this to set up the wireless router. The router is a Belkin 54g Wireless Cable/DSL router connected to a cable modem provided by ntl.
Airport had no problem seeing the router and I set up a password on the router and WEP encryption with a shared key. My internet connection runs fine and my housemate who has a pc with a USB wireless adaptor also has no problems. The big problem is that I can not see how to password protect the network.
I'm sure I am being stupid and missing something obvious but when I connect to the network it just doesn't give me the drop down box to input a password and I can't find any instructions on how to get it or set up a pasword. We live in a terraced house and can see at least one other wireless network so I can assume that they can see ours and a the moment there is nothing to stop them joining it.
Please can someone help, I can't find anything on the Mac website, the Belkin information is entirely designed for PCs despite the fact that that the router itself is Mac compatible and advertised as such. I don't really understand all the security and encryption stuff but I just want to make sure that only people I give a password to can use our internet connection and that that connection is secure. I don't even know whether this password is something I set up through the router or through my computer. I'm lost.
Thanks

Airport had no problem seeing the router and I set up
a password on the router and WEP encryption with a
shared key. My internet connection runs fine and my
housemate who has a pc with a USB wireless adaptor
also has no problems. The big problem is that I can
not see how to password protect the network.
If you have setup WEP encryption on the Router then you have already password protected the network. However I would suggest that you don't use WEP encryption as this can easily be cracked and offers a false sense of security. The only security worth using is WPA.
To enabled WPA log back into the router's web interface at http://192.168.2.1
Goto the wireless security and setup WPA-PSK
then the apply the changes. The next time you associate with your wireless network your mac should prompt you to enter a WPA password.
I'm sure I am being stupid and missing something
obvious but when I connect to the network it just
doesn't give me the drop down box to input a password
and I can't find any instructions on how to get it or
set up a pasword. We live in a terraced house and can
see at least one other wireless network so I can
assume that they can see ours and a the moment there
is nothing to stop them joining it.
Please can someone help, I can't find anything on the
Mac website, the Belkin information is entirely
designed for PCs despite the fact that that the
router itself is Mac compatible and advertised as
such. I don't really understand all the security and
encryption stuff but I just want to make sure that
only people I give a password to can use our internet
connection and that that connection is secure. I
don't even know whether this password is something I
set up through the router or through my computer. I'm
lost.
Thanks

My Network Preferences obstinately refuses to change the remembered password to a network, even though it's wrong!

I am having trouble connecting to my school's wireless network. Initially I couldn't connect at all, but someone helped me by going into the Network Preferences and changing the password stored there (it was trying to use an earlier one that was used for the schools old network). That worked fine until I changed my password from the random numbers the school gave me to something I could remember.
Now, no matter what I do, I cannot get it to use the new password! What I mean is that when I go to the Network in question, click the tiny pencil shaped button, type in the correct password, click Add, then Apply, I come back to check what the new saved password is and it's still the incorrect password. Instead of saying it was connected, it would show full bars but say Self-Assigned IP.
Despite this, the computer did have the correct password filled in elsewhere. In the 802.1X section of the Advanced Network Preferences there is a User Profile named after the Network that has the correct password in it. This has been true during periods where it was working, as well as during times when it wouldn't connect.
I've tried deleting the wireless network from my list of remembered networks and then re-adding it with the correct password. When I do this, it comes back with the incorrect password already filled in! Maddening.
I've tried unchecking the box that says "Remember all networks this computer has joined", this worked with limited success, allowing me to connect again, but then, half an hour later, it stopped working and won't even suffice as a temporary fix anymore. To the pit with this!
To get online and type this I went to Keychain Access, thinking that is how my computer was remembering the incorrect password and thus, repeatedly filling it in. However, deleting all mention of this Network there had no effect. It was only after deleting some authenticated certificates that I was allowed to reconnect. I haven't the faintest idea why this made it work, the Network Preferences is still refilling in the incorrect password no matter what I do, but for some reason it is working... as of now.
While I was typing this, I lost connection again... I returned to Keychain Access and did all the things mentioned above, now I am posting this before I am forced to do so again.
Thank you.

I am having trouble connecting to my school's wireless network. Initially I couldn't connect at all, but someone helped me by going into the Network Preferences and changing the password stored there (it was trying to use an earlier one that was used for the schools old network). That worked fine until I changed my password from the random numbers the school gave me to something I could remember.
Now, no matter what I do, I cannot get it to use the new password! What I mean is that when I go to the Network in question, click the tiny pencil shaped button, type in the correct password, click Add, then Apply, I come back to check what the new saved password is and it's still the incorrect password. Instead of saying it was connected, it would show full bars but say Self-Assigned IP.
Despite this, the computer did have the correct password filled in elsewhere. In the 802.1X section of the Advanced Network Preferences there is a User Profile named after the Network that has the correct password in it. This has been true during periods where it was working, as well as during times when it wouldn't connect.
I've tried deleting the wireless network from my list of remembered networks and then re-adding it with the correct password. When I do this, it comes back with the incorrect password already filled in! Maddening.
I've tried unchecking the box that says "Remember all networks this computer has joined", this worked with limited success, allowing me to connect again, but then, half an hour later, it stopped working and won't even suffice as a temporary fix anymore. To the pit with this!
To get online and type this I went to Keychain Access, thinking that is how my computer was remembering the incorrect password and thus, repeatedly filling it in. However, deleting all mention of this Network there had no effect. It was only after deleting some authenticated certificates that I was allowed to reconnect. I haven't the faintest idea why this made it work, the Network Preferences is still refilling in the incorrect password no matter what I do, but for some reason it is working... as of now.
While I was typing this, I lost connection again... I returned to Keychain Access and did all the things mentioned above, now I am posting this before I am forced to do so again.
Thank you.

Trouble Connecting To Password Protected Networks

Hello. I'm having trouble with the wireless side of life.
I'm in Japan and I'm trying to connect to YahooBB wireless with my macbook. Everytime I enter the password, there is a message saying the connection has failed. I have also tried to connect wirelessly at work. I enter their password and I get the connection failed message. The only place I can connect is at the Apple Store which doesn't require a password.
Could there be a reason as to why I can't connect with a password protected network? I correctly enter the passwords over and over again.
Excuse me for such a silly question (I'm new to Mac) but...do I need to purchase Airport Express to connect at work or with YahooBB? I've always assumed there was no need.
Thanks for your help.

What's the difference between hex and ASCII?
It is only how the information is presented. Humans can remember the ASCII string easier. The underying bits are the same. You can use tables like this one to convert back and forth between the ASCII characters and their hexadecimal representation.
If you can, the best wireless encryption to use is WPA2. If you can't use WPA2, use WPA.
128 bit WEP is very strong and adequate in most circumstances.
64 bit WEP (sometimes called 40 bit WEP) is very weak and should be avoided.
The type of encryption needs to be set on the wireless router (base station). Your Mac will then present you the correct dialog box to enter the password.

Password protecting my wireless network.

i have a wireless network at home and i need to password protect it. can someone help out with this.
i have a belkin 802.11 g
thanx

Maybe Belkin's wireless connection wizard can help you figure it out:
http://www4.belkin.com/wizard/netwiz/Default.aspx
Apple's Knowledge Base article regarding password-protecting your wireless network can be found here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=166633

Password protecting an airport network

My wireless network in my house is via an "old" airport base station (not "express", not "extreme"). I think it's the second generation model "Dual Ethernet" or "Snow." It looks like a small white alien spacecraft. It works great -- I access it via my old lime iBook and my new MacBook, and my husband accesses it via his old IBM/Clone and his new Futjitsu laptop.
We have never had password protection on the network, because, given where our house is, we didn't think anyone else could access it. But now, I'm pretty sure someone else is using it. So I'd like to password protect it. I can't do anything with the network from my MacBook -- it has to be done via the iBook. But I'm not entirely sure how to do it... someone else set up this network for me, and I'm so afraid I'm going to break the network and not be able to restore it. I've looked over the Apple advice regarding Express and Extreme, but I'm not sure the same info applies to my situation. I need really explicit directions. Any suggestions?

You can't use WPA encryption unless you are willing to update your iBook in a major way. But you could enter all the M.A.C addresses of the equipment permitted to join your network, or you could rely on WEP:
HT2594- AirPort Card: When You Can Join a WPA Network
I think you want to read the .pdf manual available through this article:
75138- Designing AirPort Networks for Mac OS 9 Document (42 pages)

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