Setting up preferred network

I have a home network via ATT uverse and I can't seem to set up my laptop to use it as the preferred network.  I have to manually find my network every time I log on or come back after it has been sitting idle.

System Preferences/Network- Unlock padlock. 
Highlight Airport. 
Network Name-select your name. 
Click on the Advanced button. 
Airport/Preferred Networks-delete all that is not your network.
Place a check mark next to "Remember networks this computer has joined." 
Click the OK button and lock the padlock. 
Restart your computer.

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  • 802.11: "Preferred networks" vs. "A specific network"

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    Thanks for the suggestion, but the behavior described in the article is the actually the issue. Here's the problem: in my work environment, there are three VLANs with three APs, all three are always visible from my desk. According to what I'm doing, I need to shift between them a couple time per day.
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  • Deleted preferred networks reappear

    Upon installing Mavericks, and turning on iCloud keychain, I noticed that all wifi networks I had ever connected to appeared in the preferred network list on my Macbook.
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    Back up all data. Open the iCloud preference pane and uncheck the Keychain box. You'll be prompted to delete the local iCloud keychain. Confirm. Also disable it on the other devices. Delete the unwanted preferred networks from all devices. Then follow one of the procedures described in this support article to set up iCloud Keychain.

  • Location-specific preferred networks lists

    I would like to have a different list of preferred networks, depending on my location.  I think it worked this way in 10.6.
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    In all honesty Apple messed up on iCloud from the very start and now can't fix it.
    There might be a setting but if iCloud is like everything else Apple has done they don't give the User many setting options. Apple's way or no way.
    I personally don't use it as I found it severly lacking in function. You have just pointed out another.
    TechAddict wrote:
    All devices are synced and using iCloud Keychain.  I think that's where the networks have copied across from because when I go to remove them it says they will be deleted from the keychain for all devices. The MBP is listing every network now that my mobile devices have ever connected too.  95% of those are in different countries so it's not an 'in the area of' issue.
    Going to have a rummage to see if there are any iCloud Keychain settings anywhere.  You'd think theere would be an option that shows the networks that THIS computer has connected to (as the settings screen actually states) and an option to show (or copy across) all the networks that EVERY device you own have ever connected to.  They are disticntly different.  My MBP have NEVER connected to most of them.

  • Preferred Network doesn't *stick*

    Hi there. I have an ABS network set up, and have selected in all of my computers the network's name as the *preferred network*, however, whenever I restart a particular machine, it says that none of my trusted networks can be found. I then have to manually tell it which network to use. I've also set up each machine manually with its own IP addy.
    Granted, this is mostly a nuisance, not a show-stopper. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

    I've since moved and no longer experiencing this issue, so I'm closing this post.

  • Airport Time Capsule: None of your preferred networks are available

    Just got the brand new MBA and an AirPort Time Capsule and set-up went fine, except that whenever my MBA goes to sleep and I open it back up, I've lost my wireless connection and get the message "None of your preferred networks are available."  My network is among those available in the list, and it remembers my password, but I must select it every single time.  Why won't it remember my preferences and automatically find my network.  I shelled out $300 for this Time Capsule because it was supposed to be "lightening fast".  My $45 Vizio router had me connected all the time - much faster, wouldn't you agree?

    Make sure the box next to Remember networks this computer has joined is checked.
    No other boxes should be checked.
    Click OK, then click Apply.
    It is easy to miss "Apply", and if you do, the settings will not "stick" on the Mac.
    Restart the Mac.
    Hopefully, your new Time Capsule network name does not use the same name of a previous network. That will really confuse things. If that is the case, use a new wireless network name and a new password for the Time Capsule.

  • None of your preferred networks available

    We have two MBP that were upgraded to Lion and worked well with our previous router.  Since changing over to the Time Capsule both MBPs get the "none of your preferred networks are available" popup when waking from sleep mode.  After searching for an answer I cannot find a good explanaton.  Not sure if this is just a problem with the router change or Lion since people have posted having the problem with using the same router they had before upgrading to Lion.  Any help would be appreciated.

    I just got off the phone with Apple support and the fix he walked me thru has worked.
    Go to Airport Utility and click on manual setup at the bottom of the window.  Go to wireless tab and select radio channel selection...change 5GHz to 161 and 2.4GHz to 9.  Click update.
    Open network preferences and click advanced.  Highlight and delete all items that appear in preferred networks (use the minus button).  Click ok (think apply comes up as well).
    Spotlight search for "keychain".  Click on "keychain access".  Delete the instances of your network name by highlighting and using the delete key.  Close and apply if asked.
    Turn Airport off then back on.  Click to join your network and enter password.  Turn Airport off and back on (at this point it auto connected).  Restart computer and make sure it auto connects.  Put to sleep and wake back up to make sure it connects.
    These steps worked for me...not sure if it was a time capsule specific issue, but figured these steps seemed pretty universal since I changed no time capsule setting.

  • "None of your preferred networks are available" But they are!

    This is the one problem that most bugs me with my MBP, i was hoping that 10.5.2 would fix it, but it does not.
    I use my MBP on two wireless networks. They are both airport expresses with different SSIDs.
    The first (work) is one airport express and my MBP will connect to it when ever it is in range happily. The second (home) is an airport express with another airport express extending the first. The only one in range on my laptop is the extension. Every time I wake the laptop it will tell me that "None of your preferred networks are available" and show the name of my network in the list - it has the password stored and has been told to remember the network... and yet it still refuses to connect.
    Clicking the network shows that it knows the password as it displays it. I have rest both airport expresses and made the network from scratch, I have also deleted all references to the network in keychain and airport preferences, and yet it still does it.
    There are a couple of other threads on this topic, but none of them have been resolved (That i have found) and they seem to have a slightly different problem to me, so I have posted my own question.
    Does anyone know what is wrong?
    Thanks.

    I don't have the answer, I have the problem...
    I'm also in one of the other threads about 10.5.2 messing up connection to my Apple Airport Extreme (melted marshmallow), but I also have the "None of your preferred networks are available" problem.
    My network configuration looks like this: http://tijil.org/LAN_06.jpg
    I have: Hard reset Airport, re-loaded firmware, re-done all settings, powered up and down numerous times, changed channels, etc. to no avail.
    For me the Airport Base continues to work just fine with the other two computers connected to it wirelessly, but my 3 week old MacBook with 10.5.2 will no do so automatically, and once it does, even though the signal is strong and the S/N ratio is good, the connection is usually much slower than either of the other machines, has difficulty sustaining a large upload, and frequently drops out - for the MacBook only.
    This did not happen with 10.5.0 or 10.5.1 and does not happen with the machines running 10.4.x.
    The Airport Extreme Base is set to use 802.11b/g as one of the older machines can only handle 'b'...
    I have MAC screening set up and also WAP. Network is NOT 'hidden.'
    Airport Utility on the MacBook also has difficulty finding the base even when the MacBook is actually connected to it and using it to download mail. sigh
    The problem is something that changed in 10.5.2.
    Hope Apple gets this sorted soon!
    Tom

  • AirPort - Preferred Network Order

    I have a MacBook Pro running Leopard (10.5.2). Here's the situation:
    I'm a university student, and I connect to one of several wireless networks, depending on where I am. Usually, Leopard connects to the proper network because there's only one available. However, when I am on campus there are two separate wireless networks. When I am in class, I connect to one (we'll call this network "class"), and when I am at work, I connect to the other (we'll call this one "work"). The "class" network SSID is broadcast, but the "work" network SSID is not. Neither network requires a password to join.
    I have set my network preferences as follows: "Ask to join new networks" is checked in the Network Preferences pane when I click on "AirPort". When I click the "Advanced" button, I have the "work" network at the top of the list of preferred networks. "Remember any network this computer has joined" is checked, but "Disconnect from wireless networks when logging out" and "Require Administrator password to control AirPort" are not.
    The "work" network is faster, so I want to connect to it whenever possible. However, it has a limited range compared to the "class" network, so most of the time I connect to the "class" network.
    I have placed the "work" network at the top of the "Preferred Networks" list, but the problem is that after a couple of days it drops all the way to the bottom of the list. It appears to me like Leopard is re-ordering the preferred networks based on usage, which is totally not what I want. Is there a way to force Leopard to leave my preferred networks list alone?
    Message was edited by: sworisbreathing
    Message was edited by: sworisbreathing

    I have a MacBook Pro running Leopard (10.5.2). Here's the situation:
    I'm a university student, and I connect to one of several wireless networks, depending on where I am. Usually, Leopard connects to the proper network because there's only one available. However, when I am on campus there are two separate wireless networks. When I am in class, I connect to one (we'll call this network "class"), and when I am at work, I connect to the other (we'll call this one "work"). The "class" network SSID is broadcast, but the "work" network SSID is not. Neither network requires a password to join.
    I have set my network preferences as follows: "Ask to join new networks" is checked in the Network Preferences pane when I click on "AirPort". When I click the "Advanced" button, I have the "work" network at the top of the list of preferred networks. "Remember any network this computer has joined" is checked, but "Disconnect from wireless networks when logging out" and "Require Administrator password to control AirPort" are not.
    The "work" network is faster, so I want to connect to it whenever possible. However, it has a limited range compared to the "class" network, so most of the time I connect to the "class" network.
    I have placed the "work" network at the top of the "Preferred Networks" list, but the problem is that after a couple of days it drops all the way to the bottom of the list. It appears to me like Leopard is re-ordering the preferred networks based on usage, which is totally not what I want. Is there a way to force Leopard to leave my preferred networks list alone?
    Message was edited by: sworisbreathing
    Message was edited by: sworisbreathing

  • No signing in preferred network automatically...

    Hi, my airport is set to join in the preferred/remembered network automatically, and also set to ask if preferred netweok is not available. However, neither occured when I turn on the laptop (PB G4 12"). I waited for a few minutes, and it neither did connect to my home network automatically, nor did ask to join available/open network. I've checked all my settings. Is there something wrong with my airport or software. I hate to make this connection, but everything was fine until I got my notebook back for replacing a new lower case from Apple. Is it possible that they somehow messed up the airport while changing the case?? Your feedback is much appreciated. (I know this might not be a big deal, but it is getting really annoying that I have to connect to my home network manually every time.)

    How do you get to the preferred networks window? I'm looking at my Network pref pane and I don't see anything about preferred networks. I do see a menu to select a specific network to connect to, and it contains the same network names as the Airport menu in the menubar.

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