No connection on wireless ISP because of digital certificates

I have Mac OSX 10.4.7 on my 12" PowerBook and use Airimba Wireless, a Wi-Fi ISP that serves several college communities around the country, and had no problem with their connection or service until a couple days ago when I used my university's wireless connection then went back to my apartment and tried to use the Airimba service. I found that I could connect and get an IP address, but wasnt able to view any other websites or log into their service. Furthermore, I am able to connect fine using WinXP on VirtualPC when it is set up to use virtual switch networking. Ive been back and forth with tech support and they are convinced that it is a certificate problem. They are telling me to clear their certificates out of my browser/system. However, I am having trouble finding a certificate from their service to remove so that we could try to reinstall it (I looked in my kechain access and couldnt find any certificates). To make the problem even stranger, It seem that AIM can connect fine, but Safari and Firefox arent able to connect to the internet. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. Thanks in advance for your help.
Andy
12" PowerBook G4 1.5 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Limited or No connectivity message might be caused by the following:
The connection wasn't authenticated by the network. The wireless security settings on the router may have changed.
Solution: Reconfigure your wireless security settings both on the router and PC. Try changing the SSID and disabling wireless security (e.g. WEP, WPA).
Router may have locked-up
Solution: Reboot the router. If a reboot doesn't help, you may need to reset the router (30 seconds) and reconfigure it.
The computer may be connecting to a different SSID.
Solution: Verify your router's SSID. If it's still set to the default (linksys), be sure to change it.
Problem with the computer or with your wireless adapter.
Solution: Use other wireless computers. You can also update / reinstall the drivers for your wireless adapter.
Message Edited by JM on 08-04-2006 11:00 PM

Similar Messages

My macbook air can't connect to wireless isp fails? other computers macbook pro are logging on

Hi My Macbook air isp is failing when i try to connect to wireless however other computers can acccess the wifi
. Can someone suggest what to do?

Hello, gushingstream.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
Here is an article I would recommend going through when experiencing issues connecting to Wi-Fi. I would also make sure all firmware updates have been processed on the router.
Wi-Fi: How to troubleshoot Wi-Fi connectivity
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4628
Cheers,
Jason H.

HT4972 Hi I have an iPad with iOS 612 and am trying to connect a wireless printer, I don't think it's doing it because I don't have iOS 10 or more. Is this right?.

Hi I have an iPad with iOS 612 and am trying to connect a wireless printer, I don't think it's doing it because I don't have iOS 10 or more. Is this right?.

If you want to use AirPrint - the buit in feature in iOS that allows you to print directly from the iPad without another app - you need to be using an AirPrint Printer. There is a list of those printers here.
AirPrint basics
If your printer is not on the list, you may still be able to use your current printer, but will need to purchase a printing app for the iPad from the App Store.
I don't understand you reference to iOS 10 unless you mean OS X10 for Mac.

Connected to wireless, how to configure isp

I am visiting a friend and their are multiple people living in the house. The owner as a wireless router (belkin) but requires each occupant to have their own isp account. Therefore, the DSL modem does not have a single user id and password for access. The DSL is simply serving as transport.
I have set up a Windows XP PC to connect to the wireless router and then to connect to a broadband isp account.
I cannot figure out how to do this on the macbook. I can connect to the wireless just fine. And if I connect the macbook to an ethernet port on the hub connected to the dsl router I can connect to the internet via PPPoE. But how can I connect the Macbook to the wireless router and then connect to the ISP with my user id and password?

Actually, here is the scenario. The incumbent carrier is providing the DSL circuit without ISP services. There are four people with different accounts with an ISP. All four of us can connect to the ISP at the same time (much like a dial up account). The people using Microsoft connect to the wireless router then have created a broadband connection that is accessed much like a dial up account. The Mac people have to be connected to an ethernet cable connected to a switch connected to the router. I haven't come across a way for the Macbook to connect to the wireless router and then connect to the broadband account.
The issue is not if it will work with a separate DSL and ISP. That is working fine. The issue is connecting the Macbook to the wireless router and then accessing the broadband connection rather than having to be wired to the switch.
Hope this is making sense.

Can't use apps because it says I'm not connected to wireless network

How do I use apps if it keeps saying I'm not connected to wireless network when I'm connected to wifi and have data connectivity??

rixxy12345 wrote:
How do I use apps if it keeps saying I'm not connected to wireless network when I'm connected to wifi and have data connectivity??
Which apps?
Click if you want to Thank someone. If Problem is resolved, so that others can make use of it.

Macbook "connected" to wireless, but no internet/email.

I have a macbook pro that is running Mac OS X Lion. I've had it for about three years without problems. Recently, however, it stopped being able to connect to the internet through my home wireless network. Nothing changed about my macbook or my network/modem/router. Other devices in the house (PC, iphones) are able to connect to the internet via my wireless network, but not my macbook (and, incidentally, neither can my ipad now). If I take my macbook to any other wireless network (coffee shops etc.) it connects to the wireless and I can access the internet without problem. I have tried the online apple chat support feature, we tried a few things (can't remember what exactly) and have also had my internet service provider reset my modem. Nothing has worked. I've tried various interventions suggested on some message boards here (restarting, resetting modem, deleting and reselecting airport etc.) and nothing has seemed to help. Running network diagnostics comes up with nothing, and it states that there is nothing wrong with the wireless connection or the internet. This is very frustrating, because I can't take it into an apple store (it will most definitely work on their wireless) and it doesn't appear to be related to my ISP (because of the other devices that are able to access the internet) so bringing the cable guy out won't be of much help either. There is something wrong with the communication between MY wireless network and the internet on my macbook.
Wondering if anyone has had this problem recently? Anything that has worked for them? I'm about as computer savvy as a squirrel, so any instructions would be most helpful if they were simple and easy to follow. Thanks so much!

Hold down the option key and select the Wi-Fi menu in the menu bar. What values are shown for the following?
          PHY Mode
          Channel
          Security
          Signal/Noise or RSSI
          Transmit Rate
Please do not post the BSSID, as that information is private.
Now hold down the option key again and select
           ▹ System Information... ▹ Network ▹ Wi-Fi
Compare the two-letter Country Code with the ISO code for your country. Does it match? The code X0 means that the country couldn't be determined. The code X3 means South America, not otherwise specified.

TS1363 I want to use an old 3 GS iPhone that is no longer in service as a phone now as just an iPod to play music. When I connect the phone to the computer with iTunes running, iTunes says it can't connect to the device because it didn't get a valid respo

I want to use an old 3 GS iPhone that is no longer in service as a phone now as just an iPod to play music. When I connect the phone to the computer with iTunes running, iTunes says it can't connect to the device because it didn't get a valid response from the device. How can I get the system to recognize the phone, and let me rename it as my iPod, instead of my phone?
As an aside, the current installed operating system on this old iPhone is 4.2.1, but that wasn't one of the selectable options in the operating system list dropdown below. Don't know if that makes any difference.

Hi maddogdne,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
The article below may be able to help you with this.
Click on the link to see more details and screenshots.
Using an iPhone without a wireless service plan
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3406
Cheers,
- Judy

Problem with macbook connecting to wireless: help please

thanks for reading this thread.
i have a linksys WRT54G2 router connected straight from the ethernet port of a cable internet connection. it's been working fine for the past month or two for both me (using macbook 10.5.6), my flatmate (running vista pc) and my girlfriend also running a macbook.
but, the last few days i've been having problems getting connected. which are:
not connecting to wireless network automatically, and asking for password which is already remembered in keychain
getting connection timeout when trying to connect
getting invalid password, even though password is correct
websites taking around 2 mins to load when connection is eventually made
the internet is working fine on both my flatmates and girlfriends computers, but jut doesn't seem to like mine. heres what i've done already:
restored router to factory settings and updated with latest firmware
cleared all known wireless networks within network preferences
tried both firefox and safari
accessed router using IP address and loaded pages instantly
works fine connected to router with an ethernet cable
the only thing i havn't tried is a different wireless network, which i'm going to try tomorrow when i go into university.
has anyone any idea what the problem may be? like i said, its been working fine for the past 2 months but has just decided it doesn't like my macbook.
any help or suggestions would be great, thanks alot

I had the same problem as you. It all started when all of a sudden my macbook wouldnt automatically join my home wifi that is usually does. I ignored this issue because it still worked, and this persisted for a few months. After a while, the situation got worse and after waking up from sleep, my wifi signal would go strong at first, then weaken until it kicks me off, and i no longer could reconnect as I would get a connection timeout error. I just went to the apple store and they replaced the airport card for free for me.
So basically your airport card is slowly dieing, replacement is inevitable.

Can't connect to wireless via Airport - Other's on my network can though :/

I woke up this morning to no internet on my mac. I usually use Airport, and it usually automatically connects, but today it made me type in my WEP key again, so I did, and still no internet. I have FiO's so I went on Verizon's chat service and they said it wasn't the Router because my xbox, other pc's, etc - were connected via wireless network, so it had to be my mac. Everytime I try to connect, it picks up the wirless network, I type in my WEP key and the Airport icon get's 5 bars, but then when I open up my browser, an exclamation comes up over the sign and it says "No internet connection". Just a little side note, it said that the airport doesn't have an IP address, and sometimes it say's it does, but because it was automatically assigned, it can't connect. Also, the DNS tab, under System Preferences > Network > Advanced, shows no ip's it's just all blank. I have a 2007 Macbook. I called up Apple and before I could even tell them my name, they told me I was un-eligible for help and hung up on me, great people they are. If I could, I would take this mac back and get my $1150 I paid for it, back. So now this is my last resort. Please post if you have any idea how to fix this. By the way: I am on an ethernet cable, so the internet and wireless obviously works. It has to be my mac, right?

I was having the same problem with the wifi not connecting to our home network on only one of our Macbooks. It kept giving itself a self assigned ip address. Everything else would connect fine to the home network and the computer with the problem connected fine to every other network aside from our home wifi. After reading this thread and trying everything on it, this is what finally fixed it: I didn't have anything under the 802.1x tab either. So I:
Turned the Airport off and completely deleted the Airport in network preferences.
Then I went to keychain access and deleted EVERY wifi network password saved under both Login and System.
I turned the computer off and removed the battery and did the SMC reset by holding down the power button for 5 seconds.
When I restarted the computer, I reset the PRAM by holding down OPTION, COMMAND, P, and R at the same time RIGHT AFTER I pushed the power button to turn it on and before the grey screen appeared.
It reset and when the computer was back on, I added the airport again and joined my home WEP wfi network. It worked perfectly! Now I don't know if all of these steps are required to fix the problem but this is what worked for me. The Macbook with the problem was a black Macbook running 10.6.8. Good luck!

WRT1900AC and Macbook Pro Retina - refuses to connect with Wireless N

I have the first generation Macbook Pro Retina, and just recently upgraded my D-Link D-655 for the Linksys WRT1900AC. I also put the router on the first floor (the D-Link was in the basement) because there were some huge holes in wireless coverage I hoped to fix.
To my dismay, the thing will not negotiate a connection with ANY wireless N device as wireless N. When I set it to wireless-N only on 5 GHz, nothing will connect to it, and same with 2.4 GHz. My macbook's system report shows the network as being Wireless G on the 2.4 band and wireless A on the 5 GHz.
I have 50 MBPs internet here, and when I plug directly into the router, I get that. However, I am maxing out at 20 MBPs over wireless with both my macbook and my Samsung Galaxy S4.
I'm about at wits end, my next step is to return this thing. I have been on hold with support for 20 minutes, which is freakin eerie because they have no hold music or talking so it's just dead silent.
This morning I spent an hour on a live chat with support, and nothing she had me do made it better, and in fact any changes made it drop from 20-21 MBPs down to 16-17 maximum.
On her advice, I re-installed the firmware, downloading from online, and this had absolutely no effect. Any other ideas to try? I get these crappy connection speeds sitting 3 feet away from it. I live in a house, so no massive interference from neighbors (only 2 other wifi networks are visible)
Solved!
Go to Solution.

let me be clear here: I had the same slow speed with both my mac and my galaxy s4, it is not a mac problem. I had disabled media prioritization and the WMM thing in the settings for media prioritization. Yes I am sure I am connecting to the right SSID. The old router is DIR-655. Part of the reason I wanted to upgrade is it disconnected my galaxy s4 every 2 minutes (and many people have had that problem, a quick google search verified that the router just doesn't like galaxy s4). OS X 10.7.5 but as I said my Galaxy has the same issue - it does not connect as wireless N, and when I make the router Wireless N only, not one of the computers in the house can connect to it. That includes a Mac Mini, Galaxy S4, Macbook Air, Macbook Pro Retina, and a Chromecast (which only works on the 2.4 band, but same issue there).

Having trouble connecting to wireless at home

My router is a wireless one on our PC and I type in all the information but I feel like I'm going about it all wrong. My question is that do you need an Airport base to connect to a wireless router?? If you don't can you please like walk me through it.
Someone please help.
Thank you.

Heyit'skatelyn wrote:
Yes that is what I mean connecting to our wireless router, our toshiba laptop can pick up the Broadband PPPoE connection but my when I turn airport on, it doesn't show up at all. How can I make it so this Broadband PPPoE connection shows up in my airport?
The more common case is where the router connects to the ISP by PPPoE and the clients of the router aren't aware that the connection is being made by PPPoE.
I have seen posts describing the case where a computer connects by PPPoE through a router. In that case it seemed that the ISP required the computer to make the PPPoE connection and only allowed one computer to connect at a time. Your ISP should be able to explain the requirements for your service.
Some more questions: Is your Toshiba laptop connected to the router by Wi-Fi or Ethernet? Does the Toshiba network connection show the PPPoE connection details? What is the brand and model of your wireless router?

Macbook pro just stopped connecting to wireless internet.

I have tried restarting it and deleting the old usernames and paswords, but nothing works. I thought it might be an internet problem but i am having the same problem at home and school.
Can anyone help me?

My macbook stopped connecting to wireless internet. Ive tried everything. HELP!
Open System Preferences then select the Network tab.
Cick Assist me... then click Diagnostics
If any of the buttons on the left are red click Continue.
That should help narrow down whether it's Wi-Fi or your settings or your ISP.
Might be something in this article you haven't tried yet > Troubleshooting Wi-Fi issues

Mac Mini unable to connect to wireless

Hello there,
I have a 1.66ghz Mac Mini with OSX 10.4.11
I am trying to connect to my wireless router but am having some difficulty. The Airport can see my router in the menu, and when I enter the password, it processes for about 30 seconds then says "There was an error joining the AirPort network".
I know the connection works, because I am using it right now on my macbook with Leopard 10.5.6.
I am using a Netgear wireless router model no. WGT624
Apparently the connection works when I connect via ethernet.
Any help would be much appreciated.

There is no need to upgrade to MacOS 10.5 to resolve this - MacOS 10.4.x was perfectly capable of connecting to wireless routers, and there are untold numbers of Macs running various versions of Tiger which are used daily on wifi.
Most issues with connection failures of this sort are caused by issues with security. As such, a good place to start is to temporarily disable your router's wifi security so that it is an open network, and then try and connect with the mini. If it fails then, you know it's an issue with the mini and signal quality because your MacBook connects OK (thus the router is working correctly). In that case you could obtain a copy of AP Grapher (http://www.chimoosoft.com/products/apgrapher/) on the mini (after connecting it via ethernet which you say works) and looking at the wifi signal the mini is seeing - it seems likely at that point you'll find the signal is low, or rather variable, or the trace for noise is high, meaning there is significant interference. This can create a situation where the system can 'see' the router via wifi, but fails to connect due to time out errors.
If it the mini connects with the security off, then the issue is the type of security or perhaps that the password is not being entered correctly.

IMac suddenly can't connect to wireless!

My iMac suddenly refuses to connect to wireless! It worked fine before.
Tried everything including resetting the wireless router.
It always said that my password is invalid... My password is correct!
Can anybody help me? Thanks!

I'm having the same problem. I have a time machine that I use for my wireless router. I connect wirelessly using my Macbook Air. It has worked fine for months. Today, about 4 hours ago, my wireless connection stopped working. When I connect via ethernet directly, it works. I know it's not my router, because I also tried a spare Airport Express and that doesn't work either. I'm going to try restoring the time machine to its factory settings and configure it from scratch to see if that works. I'll post back with the results.

Difficult to connect to wireless internet

Hello,
I hope someone can help. I've been looking through these boards for days and nothing seems to work.
I am usually not able to connect to wireless internet if my macbook is more than about 10 feet away from my time capsule. However, SOMETIMES I am able to get a strong signal from another room - adding to my frustration.
Here are its current settings:
Firmware 7.4.2 (I've tried all versions from 7.3.2 on - no noticeable difference)
Connected to modem via ethernet.
Radio mode 802.11n (802.11b/g compatible)
Cannot install Airport Extreme Update 2007 002 because my hard drive does not meet volume requirements (???).
Therefore cannot install Airport Extreme 802.11n Enabler.
TC is set to a unique channel according to iStumbler. Minimal interference.
Many thanks for your suggestions.
Paul

Wireless devices in the U.S. must by law, operate on either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz. The vast majority of wireless networks are running at the 2.4 GHz frequency, which is one of the same frequencies that cordless phones have been assigned.
I can't speak for Apple, but it's fair to say that they and all other manufacturers are limited to what they can do and have no control over that. The airways are already overcrowded and it will get much worse.
Your Time Capsule is capable of creating a wireless network at 5 GHz, so it's worth a try to see if that might solve your interference issues at 2.4 GHZ. There are far fewer networks in this range and cordless phones in general will not conflict with this frequency.
Open AirPort Utility
Click Manual Setup
Click the Wireless tab just below the row of icons
Look for the Radio Mode setting and choose something like 802.11n only at 5 GHz.
Update settings
The downside here is that older devices that operate on "g" speed will not be able to connect. I couldn't tell from your post whether you might have other devices there besides your Time Capsule and MacBook. I'm not sure if the MacBook will connect if it's more than a few years old, but worth a try.
Post back when you have had a chance to experiment.

No connection on wireless ISP because of digital certificates

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for