Remembering a wireless network
I'm at a friend's house using his wireless network. It's WAP protected but he gave me his password. Is there a way to save his password on my PB so that every time I come over here I don't have to type it in?
First, create a new Location with your friend's WiFi as the "Preferred Network."
Create a new network Location w/Preferred Network
- System Preferences > Network > Show > AirPort
- Location: New Location...
- Name your new location: <enter a location name>
- Click "OK"
- Click on the "AirPort" tab to select it.
- By default, join: Preferred networks
- Select a "preferred" network from the list, or click "+" to add a new one.
- Click "Options..."
- If no preferred networks are found: Ask before joining an open network.
- Click "OK"
- Click "Apply Now"
Second, setup AirPort to default to the "Preferred Network."
System Preferences > Network > Show > Network Port Configurations
- Verify that AirPort is "On" (checked)
- Verify that AirPort is at the top of the list. If it isn't, you can drag it to the top.
Systems Preferences > Network > Show > AirPort
AirPort tab
- By default, join: Preferred networks
TCP/IP tab
- Configure IPv4: Using DHCP
- Configure IPv6: Automatically or Off
Proxies tab
- Configure Proxies: Manually
- Select a proxy server to configure: <All proxies should be unchecked unless you specifically require a proxy for Internet access.>
- Exclude simple hostnames (unchecked)
- Bypass proxy settings for these Hosts & Domains: <leave blank>
- Use Passive FTP Mode (PASV) (checked)
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i have restored my mac from backup. and my airport don't remember my wireless network...
what should i do? any suggestions? Thanksi did archive and install and it's working good now.
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A couple of months ago I bought a new wireless router and ever since then when I turn on my Mac, it's only about 1 time in every 4 that it automatically reconnects to my wireless network; most of the time I have to click on the top menu bar, select 'other' from the wireless menu, type in the network name and key in the password. It is probably worth noting that there usually is an entry with the right network name, but the encryption method is wrong if I select it, so I have to use 'other'.
Prior to getting this new router, the Mac used to automatically connect every time. Any ideas how to make it do so again? Thanks.Hi,
Your best bet is to try System Preferences > Network > Airport and check the options in there...
Also there's a thread on another forum about this...
http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-64161.html
Please remember to mark this post as "helpful" or "solved" to assist other users in the future!
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Which left the problem of not having WiFi for our iPhones (which we'd use a lot). i realized I had an old b/g only AE.
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I set this newer AE up to join existing wireless network Red. Which it did fine...but it wanted to be in bridge mode too...which is NOT how it worked before (without the b/g AE wired to the TC). What should the settings be on the newer AE? I want it to be in the Red network (n) so we can share my office printer, etc.
Any advice appreciated.I noticed the massive improvement when I went to the 5GHz band, so I think I'd prefer to keep it there - I honestly don't care about the speed in n - it just seems that something - possibly even our fireplace, was causing so much interference at 2.4 GHz.
The 802.11n AX seems to be showing up fine now that my old TC has been packed in a box and sent back to Apple, so I think I've managed it. Could the old TC have really interfered to that extent? I also think the fact that I forgot to turn on the printer attached to the 802.11n AX might have been impeding my print performance on the network. LOL. Sorry to waste your time!
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I have just acquired an iMac desktop (about 4 years old). I want to connect to my Apple airport wireless network, but cannot remember the password. How can I access the password or, if necessary, reset it. I already use a MacBook Pro and an iPad on the network and don't want to jeopardize what already works well. I am not all that computer literate.
How can I access the password or, if necessary, reset it.
Read the user manual that came w/your Airport router or you can cross-post in one of the AirPort Forums for instructions. -
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My MBP (OS 10.5.8) doesn't remember my Time Capsule wireless network when waking from sleep. Thus, every time my MBP wakes from sleep, I need to select the Airport icon in the upper menu bar, select "Join other network", enter SSID and password. This is very cumbersome. And, I never had this problem when I was using the ISP's provided wireless router/gateway/DSL modem. Adding the Time Capsule and using it to generate the wireless network has introduced this problem.
It appears that this problem has to do with the hidden SSID. I don't need the lecture on how hidden SSID provides no serious security benefit. That's why I have the WPA2 encryption. I'm interested in a solution that will allow the Time Capsule to generate the wireless network, maintain a hidden SSID, continue to use WPA2 encryption, but have my MBP recognzie and autoconnect to this network.
Solutions I've alread tried:
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5. Apply settings.
6. Restart computer
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As I say, prior to adding the TC on my network (and using it to generate the wireless network), my MBP had no problem keeping 50+ preferred network names/passwords in the Preferred Network list, but always automatically finding/connecting to my home network without the need to "Join other network." Thus, I assume the problem lies with the Time Capsule.
Any ideas?LaPastenague, thanks for weighing in. Didn't know that the hidden SSID capability was not IEEE standardized, and thus different devices will handle hidden SSID differently. With my admittedly limited knowledge of how SSID/hidden SSID works, I'm still a little confused as to why my MBP would remember the generic router/gateway's hidden network, but struggle with the TC's hidden network.
To my knowledge, when an SSID is broadcast by a base station (Airport, wireless gateway, etc.), a connecting device (like a laptop, iPad, etc.) detects this broadcast--this would be a passive reception of this SSID signal.
When an SSID is hidden, the base station does not broadcast its identification. Rather, a connecting device must transmit the name, and when the base station recognizes the broadcast, the connection is made. That's what you do when you select "Join another network" and manually enter the SSID.
The idea with OS X's Network Preferences is that these steps, whether for hidden networks or broadcast SSIDs, become automated.
Where is the potential for a different chipset between the TC and the previously used wireless router/gateway to alter this functionality? Shouldn't the selection of an SSID by the MBP to broadcast to seek for a base station be a function solely on the MBP? And once broadcast by the MBP, the TC should detect and reply?
Basically, the MBP can connect to the hidden TC manually just fine. The MBP can connect to the old setup automatically just fine. The MBP cannot connect to the TC automatically. Aren't these automatic connection functions solely on the MBP?
I'll try un-hiding the network and re-verifying that the problem is exclusively with the hidden network.
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I am stuck with the following situation. I have a wireless network overhere, which is a 802.1X-type network which consists of a huge number of different base stations connected together, which requires me to login and has TTLS (PAP) type identity control.
When I configure this into the Internet Connect application, with my password, it connects. However, on reboot, the Finder immediately asks for my password. When I look in Internet Connect, it's still there, but when I look in System Prefs, the password is not there (only a blank field). When I enter it, click OK, and check the dialog again, the password is already gone into the wind.
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However, since I don't have an Airport Extreme, I don't use Airport Utility. Definitely try rebooting the AE. Might try applying or reapplying the 10.6.8 Combo update. -
I cant remember my password that links my apple TV to my home wireless network....what do I do?
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I cant remember my password that links my apple TV to my home wireless network....what do I do?
Your home network must have a wireless router somewhere in the house. All of your wireless devices use the same router password to connect to the network. That's where the password is stored and used. Log into your wireless network router and look under the wireless menu section. You should find your password there. If you have other wireless devices connected to your network maybe one of those will display the password. If your router is also password protected and you can't remember that either then your only solution is to reset the router to factory defaults and start over to rebuild your network. With security becoming more and more important these days most passwords are encrypted and not displayed in the open on any devices, including routers. It's extremely important that you remember or have the password written down somewhere and locked away for just such an occasion. Good luck. -
When I joined my wireless network I set authentication required to on and di not eneter a username or password. I then went into safari and as requested entered my username and password. Now,however the iPod is remembering my credentials. How do I clear my credentials?
Go to Settings>Safari and Clear History, Cookies and Data
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When trying to connect to my home wireless network, my computer doesn't recognize my network, or any network as being accessed before. It doesn't remember any networks. I even went into the advanced settings and made sure to check the box that makes it remember networks, and it still doesn't remember them. I am able to connect to my home network manually, but it will not automatically connect when I open the lid after it being closed, or when I turn off the wifi and turn it back on. What should I do?
Thank you for your suggestion, and I have, (I actually tought that may have been the problem initially) unfortunately it was not successful. But I did go onto the Keychain Access and fixed the passwords in those and then deleted and reissued my prefered networks and it happened to work out just fine.
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Macbook Pro will not remember wireless network
We have two Macbook Pros and are having issues with one of them not finding and then not remembering a particular wireless network. The other one works normally on this network, as do our iPad and iPhones.
The problem Macbook Pro will find a number of other wireless networks in the vicinity, but not the one we wish to connect with. However, when the required information about the network is entered into the Network Preferences, it does see the network and will connect with it, until the computer is shut down. When it is powered-up again, the Macbook will not find it, even though, in theory, it had been told to remember it and that network had been moved up to #1 in the order of priority.
The settings on both Macbooks are the same, so why can one find and remember the network and the other not? What can I do about the problem?
Help please!Settings for wireless network connections are actually stored in two separate places on your Mac, so in addition to the correct advice offered by Jolly Giant, you will also need to delete old network listings in KeyChain Access.
Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > KeyChain Access
Locate the name of the wireless network that you want to delete and click it to highlight it
Click Delete on your keyboard
It would be a good idea to go ahead and also delete the current connection as well in case it has become corrupted. This will clear out the old settings and when you next connect to the network and enter the password, the new settings will be preserved. -
My friend had her laptop at my house and wanted to connect to my wireless network... I couldn't remember my password and didn't know how to retrieve the info from my ipad.. How can I find ut what the PW is to my wireless network? Thanks
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Alternatively, you can reset your router back to factory default which will remove your security settings so you can reconfigure them. This is usually a small button you press on the back of the router. Maybe recessed in a small hole so you need to use a toothpick to depress it. -
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I've had this problem way prior to 10.5.2. Leopard intermittently remembers/forgets wireless networks I have joined.
It seems the latest update has not corrected this.
Have tried dumping keychain network accesses repeatedly but still no go.
Anyone else having this problem?I also have the same problem even with an Apple Airport Extreme. This happened after I installed Leopard the first time on top of Tiger. This should not be happening! Please someone at Apple help us out because this is a major concern and bug. We should at least know how to be able to reset the wireless networks.
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I am not able to get onto a friends wi-fi because we entered the wep incorrectly and it saved it that way. I need to forget the network entirely and redo it
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