The curious case of the phantom network

In my never ending efforts to resolve my problem where World of Warcraft crases my macbook pro, I took the suggestion of a Blizzard Rep and disabled the wireless feature of my router.
After Disabling "Wireless SSID Broadcast" on my routers local webpage, I confirmed that the transmission was indeed off by searching for the name of my router in system preferences.
I just walked into my house and to my surprise my iPhone is on Wi-fi instead of staying on 3G when no wi-fi is present. I checked to see if it was picking up some unlocked router but lo and behold it was MY router.
I went back into the router and confirmed that wireless transmission was disabled. And as before, my Macbook Pro can't locate it either. Why in the world is my iPhone on a signal which I had disabled and that no other computer (including my roommates) can locate except for the iPhone?

There may be some terminology confusion. There are 2 settings in the wireless router -
Turn off wireless
Turn off SSID broadcast
Turning off the SSID broadcast does not disable wireless. Not all wireless routers have a setting to disable the wireless aspect. If you don't want it, then get a router without wireless.
I am not sure what this has to do with your WoW connection at all, but if the desktop is not using the wireless, why can't the iPhone? You could always set a password and enable WPA, but that won't turn off wireless.
One last thing, if your router does actually have a switch to turn off the wireless transceiver, maybe your iphone is connected to a neighbor with the same SSID? You could always change the SSID, that would also stop the iPhone from associating with the router, but Encryption is the best way to keep everyone off the wireless link.

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Can anyone help my buddy Tom - who is running a G4 iBook with OS X Panther? He is unable to get onto his wireless network and here is the problem in his own words:
"Had a moment to muck about in the iBook drive, following data crumbs from the all-pervasive Network software. Apparently, all that spinning of the drive over regions containing bits and bytes of the application managed to cobble together enough of Network to launch an e-mail, which I immediately determined had to go to you. This is strictly a spit-and-string enterprise, similar to a baling wire and soup can exhaust system fix, and likely the only e-mail I'll get off until I complete an entire system restore. Think of it as a faulty telephone connection - you can hear me, but I can't hear you. So, don't bother to respond, as your e-mail will probably languish in my Inbox for the time it takes me to resurrect OS X.
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Interestingly, I have to coerce the Finder to display the icon example; you can't simply click it into existence. I do it by plugging in a travel drive, opening same, then ejecting it. The Finder then defaults to what you see (the word Network with no icon).
Speaking of attachments, I was so tempted to wade through all 70 (70!!) e-mails in my inbox, but was fearful my MacGyvered patch would fail before getting this off to you.
Time to fade back into the black hole from whence I came. When I close Safari it'll relinquish its tenuous grasp on the Network .exec file it's hacked to."
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Model Name:
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Model Identifier:
MacBookPro7,1
Processor Name:
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Processor Speed:
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Number of Processors:
1
Total Number of Cores:
2
L2 Cache:
3 MB
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8 GB
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MBP71.0039.B0E
SMC Version (system):
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A802DE22-1E57-5509-93C5-27CEF01377B7
Sudden Motion Sensor:
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I tried the solution in that article.
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Altough VRF lite (or Mulit VRF) seems to be a Service Provider Tecnology.
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Yes, VRF-lite SHOULD be used in an Enterprise environment to isolate the different security classes of devices.
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Think about that. Even if someone was able to get ssh enable access to your switch (you aren't running telnet anymore, right?!), they CAN'T connect 2 VRFs together with any command.
And, yes, this is highly recommended by Cisco Engineers and is actually deployed far more than you think. I have VRF-lite running on at least 10 client's networks and those are LARGE networks. VRF-lite was integrated into the environment purely to solve a Layer3 security class isolation issue. I have used Layer3 dot1q trunks on c6500 switches and tunnels to keep isolated connectivity between VRFs between switches.
In Cisco speak, VRF-lite falls under the topic of 'Path Isolation' which is combined with other features that isolate traffic within the same network such as dot1q trunking, tunneling, VPN, policy-routing, and MPLS. Do a search on Cisco's web site for 'path isolation' and you will find a bunch of info.
See the following URLs for a good start:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns658/networking_solutions_design_guidances_list.html
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns658/netbr0900aecd804a17db.html
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns658/networking_solutions_white_paper0900aecd804a17c9.shtml
As always, rate all posts appropriately, particularly those that provide value and don't be shy about following up with additional questions or comments.
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When I am on my home wifi I can send e-mail. When I am not on my home e-mail but on a wifi network or using the 3g network I cannot send e-mail. HELP HOW TO FIX.

When I am on my home wifi I can send e-mail. When I am not on my home e-mail but on a wifi network or using the 3g network I cannot send e-mail. HELP HOW TO FIX.

I know this question is a few years old now, but I recently found myself having the exact same issues;
Using my iphone or ipad at home created no problems at all, but I couldn't send e mails when away from my home network.
I recently switched broadband supplier at home and set up a new e mail address, then my problems began!
I openly admit I'm not great with technology and, to be honest, some of the answers provided on these forums confuse me more than the questions!
But this worked for me:
I went along the lines that the fault wasn't with my idevice but possibly with the broadband provider (in my case Plusnet) so I contacted their customer support.
They referred me to the set up process shown below;
From your home screen press Settings.
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Email Address: Enter the address you're setting up, this could be a Plusnet address ([email protected]) or a hosted domain address ([email protected])
Password: Enter the password for your email address (I don't know what this is)
Description: Enter a useful description of the email address you're setting up (e.g. Mum's email). You can put whatever you want here
Press Next to continue.
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IMAP/POP This will default to IMAP - it's up to you which one you want to use (I don't know what to choose)
Incoming Mail Server settings
Host Name: For IMAP this is imap.plus.net - for POP, this is mail.plus.net
User Name & Password: Enter the username and password for the email address you're setting up (I don't know what these are)
Outgoing Mail Server settings
Host Name: relay.plus.net
User Name & Password: These are optional, but if you want to send mail while on the move (e.g. while connected to mobile or wireless networks), we recommend filling these in.Enter the username and password for the email address you're setting up (I don't know what these are)
When you're finished, press Next.
If the box shown below appears, press Yes (you may need to do this twice).
After a minute or two, your email address will be set up and ready to use.If you chose IMAP when setting up you’ll be able to choose whether you want to use Notes (if you chose POP you’ll be taken back to the settings screen from step 2). Press Save when you’re done.
That's all you need to do. To start checking your email, go back to your home screen and press Mail.
Now I fully understand that it may be different for each broadband provider but the processes must be similar.
The key appears to be in setting up the outgoing message server settings in step 5. Where it says "optional, but if you want to send mail while on the move (e.g. while connected to mobile or wireless networks), we recommend filling these in.
http://www.plus.net/support/email/setup/ios-setup.shtml#pagetop
Where it says "we recommend" I think it should read "you must fill these in"
I went back to Settings - Mail,Contacts, Calenders - click on the offending account and click on the account shown.
Under OUTGOING MAIL SERVER click on the server, in my case relay.plus.net, and click again to show the details. make sure you enter your user name and password and after a few seconds the account will verify and show a load of ticks.
I tried this on my phone this morning while on 3G only. I sent an email to another of my addresses and immediately got the response that the message couldn't be sent as the recipient was rejected and the message had been placed in my Outbox. I followed the above steps and immediately heard the satisfying "whoosh" as my mail was sent. 10 seconds later another satisying beep as my e mail arrived at my alternate account.
Hope this helps anyone else with a similar problem.

Mac cant see the wifi network if i dont get close enough which was not an issue before

Hi. I have a macbook pro OSX 10.8.4
At the office my mac can not see our network router if i dont get close enough.
This was not an issue before i could directly connect it at my desk. now when i turn the
computer on i need to take to mac as closest as i can get to the router ( in next room ) wait for connection
and return to my room. and this way i still can get full signal.
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at my office.
any ideas ?

Hi! It's been a while but here's the latest update on the case.
(And yeah,I've been struggling until today to find a solution...Danny's personal advice: don't move to Italy if you don't wanna get lost in a Customer Service nightmare...)
Anyhow, it turned out to be as simple as this:
1) Create a location dedicated to the home network.
2) Insert PPPoE user name and password given by ISP.
3) Connect.
4) Browse wirelessly.
...I feel a little dumb overlooking this option....but, I still have some doubts reg the procedure.
Why did I have to create a dedicated location?
Why do I have to use PPPoE rather than DHCP?
Thanks mate,
D

How to get Time Machine to "find" the correct network location

I have a Time Capsule set up to work wirelessly with my Macbook Air. I set it up as an additional network. This network is used for backups to Time Capsule only. It does not have any connection to my existing home network that I use for internet access, printing, etc. Is there a way to make my Mac switch to the correct network when Time Machine is trying to start a backup? Right now, I have to manually select the network in Airport locations. When I want to use the internet, or print to a network printer, I have to manually switch back to the main network. That defeats the purpose of Time Machine's automatic backup capability. I was not able to get TM working when TC was set up on my main network; that's why I had to set up a separate network connection.

Leopard just arrived this morning for me, but I haven't yet had a chance to install it. Is this to say that by default, Leopard ignores any drives that aren't directly attached to your Mac? I don't mind having to do your suggested work around, it just kind of annoys me that Apple would so blatantly ignore the needs of mobile users. My MacBook is not tethered to an external hard drive all hours of the day. But it is on my wireless network any time it is awake. Hence, network drives (in my case AirPort Disk) make sense for me.

Mac Pro connects to the G network on my dual-band instead of N

Hi. My Mac Pro keeps connecting to the G network on my dual-band instead of N. I can confirm the network/router are fine because my Mini connects to the N network fine, on the correct channel and at 270 Mbit/s.
I'm using a NETGEAR RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router. It is capable of simultaneous N and G networks as well as 2.4Ghz+5Ghz.
I've tried every channel and combo. Very occasionally the Mac Pro will register the N network 270 Mbit/s but will drop back to 54 Mbit/s.
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Combined with the fact that the Mac Mini works fine suggests to me that my network card is faulty.
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I believe I've solved the first problem. The router gave both networks the same SSID by default. I have now set them to
myname-n
myname-g
I can now choose either network and the link speed is reported as 270 Mbit/s or 54 Mbit/s respectively.
However, I can still only achieve peak transfer speeds of 2.8MB/sec and AP Grapher reports 41/270 Mbit/sec unless I switch to 2.4Ghz only, in which case I can achieve 52/130 and 4.3MB/sec, well below 270 Mbit/s or even 130.
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Can an AE BS have older Macs on the wireless network?

Here' one for you all. Have my new BS running smoothly (can't believe how blazingly fast it is compared to my older Linksys DSL router). Anyway tried to connect one of my old desktops (DP500 G4,, remember those?) which has an airport card installed that it came with (i.e. old protocol?). This desktop could not connect either with the network with WP2 (or whatever) encryption (which was properly selected in the DP500 airport connection), despite the correct password, or to the guest network which is not encrypted at all, again despite proper selection. It tried to connect for a bit, then said it couldn't.
When the new 1000mbs ethernet switch arrives I will have enough ports to connect it via a cat 5 cable. Just curious it the BS Extreme is backward compatible.
Thanks. These forums are amazing.

Yes, it can and does. I just don't have an available ethernet port right now as the BS has 3 LAN ports (and the old Linksys router I replaced had 4). As soon as the network switch arrives, I will reconnect it via the ethernet port. I have plugged it into the BS via ethernet, and the connection works (w/ Internet, etc). It just won't successfully complete a connection to either (encrypted or guest) airport network.

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