Unexpected 2nd (unsecured) wireless network
I don't remember all the nitty gritty but I think somehow I'd unintentionally created two wireless networks with my new router (model WRT54G v8), assuming that it is possible.
I used LELA and successfully created a secured wireless network with a SSID of "zfutbol". I successfully added a couple of laptops to the network.
Everything was fine until I started playing with the wireless network security method. I inadverdently set "zfutbol" to unsecure. I tried to restore the previously established secured network using LELA and successfully changed the network back to a secured network. However all of a sudden I started 8to see an additional unsecured wireless network named "linksys" with the same strength as the secured "zfutbol" network. The unsecured "linksys" network also appears in my preferred network list. Two things suggest that I was the one who created this unsecured network: 1) I never saw "linksys" until I tried to restore "zfutbol" security, and 2) "linksys" has the same signal strength (100%) as "zfutbol".
LELA only shows that "zfutbol" is my secured network. My question is that how do I verify that "linksys" was indeed created by me? If I did create "linksys", how do I delete it permanently? Any help is greatly appreciated.
I just stumbled upon this link on forum from google search and your explanation is excellent.. and good job.
Now, I have the following scenario and trying to get your suggestions/inputs.
I have WRTP54G (Rotuer with 2 phone ports ver : 3.1.17 ) My voip provider is viatalk and comcast is my cable internet provider who gave me a modem and everything works fine.
Now I switched my internet to "AT&T" and got wireless router with modem 2wire brand model : 2701HG-B.
I have to connect the 2wire router to get internet access and I have linksys router with phone ports, can I follow your instructions and connect the "ethernet out of 2wire router" to "internet port of linkysrouter" and disable router on my linksys and will still my voip phones work?.
Note: I have full access to my linksys router including phone configurations etc.,
thank you for your feedback.., If this has been posted already please accept my aplogies and provide the link.
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Two days ago my ipad 2 with (wifi only) will not connect to my secured network even though it show's up as available with a strong signal. It keeps rejecting my password. I brought the Ipad to work and the same issue. However I am able to connect to an unsecured wireless network with no issue. Is this a network/router issue or an ipad issue? If it's a network issue what is the fix? calling my internet provider to change router settings?
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WRT54G - deleting unsecured wireless network
I was able to add a Wireless Network, and thought I had it secured,however; it was only an unsecured wireless network. How can I delete if from my Wireless Network List... I have attempted to change it to a secured Network, but this did not work and I cannot figure out how to delete it. This network is not on my Home Computer. In Network Connections I only have a Local Area Connection and whenI check Network Places, I only show Internet Connections IE: My Websites on MSN & My shared Documents.
However; my laptop has a list of wireless networks to choose from.
All are secured Networks, except one --
linksys - Unsecured wireless network.
Then I have a second linksys_SES_612 = which is security enabled, however; has "limited or no connectivity"
Yes, I entered two linksys wireless networks... I wanted a Secure Network... Now I have it, but I can't connect to it!!Does this mean that since my home computer is wired and the main access tothe internet, it doesn't have Wireless Networks to chose from?on the laptop , click on start >> control panel >> network connections >> right click on wireless network connection >> properties >> wireless networks tab >> clear the preferred network list ..
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I just reset my AEBS and it kept saying base station password is set to "public" so I changed it to another word with same amount of letters to be safe.
I'm hard wired to my WinXP desktop and wireless on WinXP laptop and Mac G4 Powerbook.
Powerbook controls base station.
My WinXP laptop keeps warning me that my network is unsecured and data can be viewed.....BEFORE when I tried adding a password (which was herpcs21) and setting it to WEP .....I was able to access with password on Mac all night and then updated port forward section and then suddenly it kept telling me password was wrong. No wireless could connect.Hard wired pc worked though.
So I want my network to be secure but I don't want to go through this whole password trouble again.
How to I secure it and still be able to connect easily on wireless pc and mac?I just reset my AEBS and it kept saying base station password is set to "public" so I changed it to another word with same amount of letters to be safe.
The password you just reset is for the administration of the AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBS), not for WEP or WPA encryption.
My WinXP laptop keeps warning me that my network is unsecured and data can be viewed.....BEFORE when I tried adding a password (which was herpcs21) and setting it to WEP .....I was able to access with password on Mac all night and then updated port forward section and then suddenly it kept telling me password was wrong. No wireless could connect.Hard wired pc worked though.
WEP or WPA encryption is only for wireless connectivity. It has nothing to do with connecting via a wire.
So I want my network to be secure but I don't want to go through this whole password trouble again.
How to I secure it and still be able to connect easily on wireless pc and mac?
To secure you wireless network, you can use either WEP or WPA. WPA is preferred. You setup security using the AirPort Admin Utility which you will find in the /Applications/Utilities folder on your Mac. Then when connecting with the Mac, you enter the WPA password (only once if you elect to save the password in your KeyChain.) Similiarly, you can save the password after entering it the first time on the PCs. -
Legality of using an unsecured wireless network
If you pop open your laptop and see it has found a wireless connection and you know it isn't a public access point, is there anything wrong with using it?
j.v. wrote:
I pay for my own DSL service, and I lock down my wireless access, so I really don't have a dog in this fight, but if it's not considered to be theft of services at Starbucks, then it would seem to me (granted, I'm no lawyer) that it would be incumbent upon the owner of the service to inform the freeloader that it was NOT an open public access point, if the owner doesn't want the freeloader to use it.
No, as Starbucks is explicitly providing wireless Internet for customer use (and it's not free, either.)
After such notification is given in writing, then I could see continued use being considered theft of service. I've read the analogies here of "if the front door of the neighbor's house is unlocked, is it okay to take his TV?" But how about this analogy? "If the neighbor sits his 60" HDTV inside the unlocked front door of your house, is it okay to keep/use the TV?"
This is the same argument posited by the first satellite "pirates" who used the argument that the signals were being broadcast into their backyards so they were free to obtain the equipment capable of receiving and viewing it without paying.
Though signal providers then scrambled, the "it's being broadcast, I can receive it" paradigm has been shot down in court again and again. Look at analog cell phones in the U.S. - it was illegal to listen to the unencrypted phone calls, and the U.S. Government enforced this by making sale of receivers that could receive the band in question unavailable to the general public.
A TechRepublic blog (http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=356) stated, in part:
Many states have criminal laws that prohibit accessing any computer or network without the owner’s permission. For example, in Texas, the statute is Penal Code section 33.02, Breach of Computer Security. It says, “A person commits an offense if the person knowingly accesses a computer, computer network or computer system without the effective consent of the owner.” The penalty grade ranges from misdemeanor to first degree felony (which is the same grade as murder), depending on whether the person obtains benefit, harms or defrauds someone, or alters, damages, or deletes files.
The wording of most such laws encompasses connecting to a wireless network without explicit permission, even if the wi-fi network is unsecured. The inclusion of the culpable mental state of “knowing” as an element of the offense means that if your computer automatically connects to your neighbor’s wireless network instead of your own and you aren’t aware of it, you haven’t committed a crime — but if you decide to hop onto the nearest unencrypted wi-fi network to surf the Internet, knowing full well that it doesn’t belong to you and no one has given you permission, you could be prosecuted under these laws.
A Michigan man was arrested for using a café’s wi-fi network (which was reserved for customers) from his car in 2007. Similar arrests have been made in Florida, Illinois, Washington, and Alaska.
Bottom line - pay for your own Internet and encrypt your network if you have a wireless access point or router to stay legal. -
Defaulting to connect to unsecured wireless networks
I noticed that the iPhone's wifi defaults to unsecured networks, even if there are stronger secured networks that are saved in your phone. As an example, by my house I can view optimum wifi in the list, but it is too far away to actually connect to. However, my phone will try to connect to it instead of the house's secured wifi network which is saved in the phone. I am suggesting that secured networks be given priority over unsecured ones, or it should at least be a feature that you can toggle in your wifi settings. Thank you for your time.
Choose the unsecured network by taping on the blue arrow, then hit "forget this network" explained in this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3867
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Hi,
I have a Dell Latitude E6440 running Win 7
Enterprise 64 on a domain. It will connect to any unsecured network, and it can see the secured network in the list when I click the wireless connection icon on the system tray. When I go to manage wireless networks, the secured network does not show
up (and thus, I cannot delete the network to try to re-add it). Normally, we would add the secure network here. I click Add, give the name in the correct syntax, add the needed information (WPA/2-Enterprise, EAS or TKIP), and hit Next, it immediately returns
with "An unexpected error occurred". A similar thing happens when I hit Connect from the list of available networks that pops up when I open the system tray icon: it says it was unable to connect, when I hit troubleshoot, it says that it could not
identify the problem. The event log shows the error below. I haven't been able to find any resolutions here or elsewhere that address the fact that I can connect to unsecured wireless networks, but not secured wireless networks.
Other notable troubleshooting steps:
Uninstalled/Reinstalled wireless adapter with the latest driver
Other laptops are able to access the same secure wireless network
The first WLAN-AutoConfig error in the event log was Event ID: 12013, attempting a 802.1x authentication. Then Event ID: 11006; stating "Explicit Eap failure received". After a few days of alternating all 3 errors, they started to only error on
Event ID 8002.
Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-WLAN-AutoConfig/Operational
Source: Microsoft-Windows-WLAN-AutoConfig
Date: 6/4/2014 11:53:55 AM
Event ID: 8002
Task Category: AcmConnection
Level: Error
Keywords: (512)
User: SYSTEM
Computer: [COMPUTERNAME.DOMAIN]
Description:
WLAN AutoConfig service failed to connect to a wireless network.
Network Adapter: Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6235 Interface GUID: {f27af762-dff8-4927-84e0-7f4ade30dcc9}
Connection Mode: Connection to a secure network without a profile Profile Name: [SECURE NETWORK NAME]
SSID: [SECURE NETWORK SSID]
BSS Type: Infrastructure
Failure Reason:The specific network is not available.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-WLAN-AutoConfig" Guid="{9580D7DD-0379-4658-9870-D5BE7D52D6DE}" />
<EventID>8002</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>24010</Task>
<Opcode>191</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000200</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-06-04T16:53:55.956762800Z" />
<EventRecordID>1475</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="432" ThreadID="5348" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-WLAN-AutoConfig/Operational</Channel>
<Computer>[COMPUTERNAME.DOMAIN]</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="InterfaceGuid">{F27AF762-DFF8-4927-84E0-7F4ADE30DCC9}</Data>
<Data Name="InterfaceDescription">Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6235</Data>
<Data Name="ConnectionMode">Connection to a secure network without a profile</Data>
<Data Name="ProfileName">[SECURE NETWORK NAME]</Data>
<Data Name="SSID">[SECURE NETWORK NAME]</Data>
<Data Name="BSSType">Infrastructure</Data>
<Data Name="FailureReason">The specific network is not available.</Data>
<Data Name="ReasonCode">163851</Data>
<Data Name="ConnectionId">0x6</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>check this article:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc735927(v=ws.10).aspx
also could contact your domain administrator to ask for help. -
I just setup my cable and internet at my new place yesterday thru comcast. The internet works when it is plugged directly from my modem to my iMac but when I try to plug the modem up to my time capsule to set up wireless and go through air port utilites it can not find my time capsule
Anytime you change networking hardware, it is always a good idea to perform a complete power recycle of your networking components.
I would recommend that you do the following as a minimum:
Power-down the modem, AirPort base station, and computer(s).
Disconnect the AirPort base station from the Internet broadband modem.
While all of the devices are powered-down, perform a "factory default" reset on the base station. This will get it back to its "out-of-the-box" configuration and make setting it up much easier, especially if you use the "Assist me" process within the AirPort Utility. (ref: Resetting an AirPort Base Station or Time Capsule)
After the base station resets, go ahead and power it back down.
Reconnect the AirPort base station to the Internet broadband modem. For the Extreme and Time Capsule, be sure to connect the cable to the base station's WAN (circle-of-dots) port.
Power-up the modem; wait at least 10-15 minutes to allow it adequate time to initialize.
Power-up the AirPort base station; wait at least 5-10 minutes. Note: The AirPort's status light may continue to flash amber after it has intialized. That is because, there may be some additional configuration items necessary, like setting up wireless security, before the overall setup is completed to get a green status.
Power-up your computer(s).
In this basic configuration, the AirPort base station will broadcast an unsecured wireless network with a Network Name (SSID) of Apple Network NNNNNN. Network clients, connected to the base station either by wire or wireless, should now be able to access the Internet through the ISP's modem. Once Internet connectivity has been verified, you can use the AirPort Utility to configure the base station for wireless security and any other desired options. Please post back your results. -
Need help connecting to BEFW11S4 wireless network
A friend I visit often has a BEFW11S4 router. Other friends who visit connect immediately to the unsecured wireless network. Unfortunately, for unknown reasons I'm unable to connect with either of my laptops, so have to plug in the LAN. This is the only place I've ever had a problem connecting to a wireless network.
My laptops are Toshiba Satellites, running Windows XP Home & Office, respectively. Sometimes they won't even recognize the network, or when they do, just won't connect. I've gone through the tutorial and all settings numerous times, turned off the firewall, turned off Norton and still no luck. Any help getting me connected is appreciated. Thanks.In your computer, go to your wireless software, and go to "Preferred Networks" (sometimes called "Profiles" ). There are probably a few networks listed. Delete any network named "linksys". Also delete any network that you do not recognize, or that you no longer use. Delete any existing entry for your friend's network. Reboot your computer. Return to "Preferred Networks" and add your friends SSID. Then select this SSID and make it your default network, and set it to automatic login. You may need to go to "settings" to do this, or you may need to right click on your network and select "Properties" or "settings". Reboot computer. You should login automatically when computer boots up.
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Home cable wireless network doesn't show up in available networks
Hi, I've just arrived in a new apartment with an iBook G4. I travel a lot and am able to easily pick up and connect to wireless networks. The apartment I've moved into has Time Warner Cable service, including a cable modem and a Belkin wireless router. The other three roommates all have PCs and connect just fine. I have looked at their computers, and they are connected to "WLAN", an "unsecured" wireless network. Although I am in very close proximity (i.e. 2 feet), I still CANNOT get the network to even show up on my list of available networks. It shows lots of other networks belonging to other apartments in the building, but it won't show the one for this apartment. I have tried all the other names that DO come up and they are not this one. I called TWC and they said I will have to buy an Airport wireless router if I want it to work with my Mac. Is this true? I don't know why the Belkin-based network wouldn't even *show up* in my list! It's not like it shows up and then I can't connect... it's like it's completely invisible. At the moment, the modem/router are unconnected to any other computer; they're just hooked up to the TWC cable. As an intermediate solution, I unplug the ethernet cable that connects the modem to the router, and then plug it into my computer. It works fine with ethernet connection between the modem and my computer, but I can't get my iBook to recognize the Belkin wireless router.
You DO NOT need an Airport Router. That is a tech person that is pretending to know Apple computers.
Your network might be "hidden" so that others (like your neighbors) cannot see it and use it.
I would check the name of the network on your roomates' computers. The when you try to connect use the choose another network option. You will be prompted to type the network name. Type the name exactly as it appears on the other computers (case sensitive).
If it is truly unprotected that should work.
I could also be Mac Address sensitive which is another issue, but try this first. -
My 13in Macbook Pro can't see a wireless network but my friends Macbook Pro can
Me and my friend both have identical 13 in Macbook Pro's except he has 250 gb and I have 350gb. Everything else is the same even the wireless card. The problem is, he can see and connect to a unsecured wireless network but i can't. Why is this ?
Our computers can see the same networks on the list but my Macbook does not see one network, the unsecured network !!!I never said there wasn't an issue, just that blame could not be assigned based on what we know now and that there are many more people not having problems with Leopard and WiFi than those that are.
In my circle of associates I know of literally hundreds of Mac owners, of which approximately three are having WiFi issues.
I know how frustrating it is to be one of those afflicted - my stories of constant WiFi drops for the first six months I owned my MBP have been recounted in several threads.
But it's just as frustrating to read how Leopard is just plain broken when in fact I've not seen a single WiFi drop in Tiger or Leopard since February 2007.
This is also why I've continually urged people experiencing the problem to open an AppleCare case - it's only then that Apple Engineering can find the commonalities in cases where WiFi is failing and either fix their driver or notify the router manufacturer of their bug.
Are there bugs with AirPort in Leopard? Of course, and I even know of one that affects me on occasion that's known, and that's a failure to reassociate with a known network when waking from sleep. The workaround is simple - toggle AirPort off and back on - but it's a known issue nevertheless.
But each of these threads addresses an individual problem, and among the numbers of people experiencing difficulties, few report that their Mac sees no wireless networks, and that's what the advice I've given in this thread is geared towards. -
Does anyone know how to get an ipad to use the wireless network from an airport?
Does anyone know how to get an Ipad to use the wireless network from an airport express?
By default, the AirPort Express will broadcast an unsecure wireless network with a Network Name of something like: Apple Network NNNNNN. Your iPad should "see" this network and be able to connect to it. Have you tried going through the iPad's Settings > Wi-Fi > Choose a Network... option. If so, does the AirPort's wireless network appear in the list of available networks?
Can other wireless devices connect to the AirPort's network? -
I have an older Power Mac desktop computer. I do not believe it has the hardware to connect wirelessly to my wireless network. The computer is located on the 2nd floor of my house where there are no ethernet network connections so I would have to use wireless to connect to the internet. I have a wireless LinkSys router downstairs that I use to create my wireless network. I also have a Time Capsule upstairs but without the ability to plug an ethernet network cable into it, I cannot use it to get internet access t the computer.
What hardware can I add to give me the abiity to connect the Power Mac to my wireless network?
Is there a way perhaps to link routers? IE. Can I somehow have my existing wireless router downstairs connect wirelessly with the Time Capsule upstairs that i could then plug the Power Mac into for connectivity?
Not sure what version of OS this computer is currently using but do know it does not have the newer dual Intel processors. As such I am unable to update to newer OS versions.While uselessSABOTAGE's advice is great, in case of future issues, it would helps us in the future if you would post accurate tech specs of your model iMac.
You info states you have an older IMac PowerMac, but is also says your OS X version is OS X 10.7.2.
This is not possible. OS X 10.7.2 Lion only runs on Intel CPU Macs.
Please, go up to the Apple symbol in the upper top left of OS X main menu bar. Click the symbol. Then click About this Mac. A popup window appears that gives some basic info. Then, click the More Info button and both post your iMacs complete specs by selecting/highlighting all of the info and copy paste this into a reply to this post, editing out your iMac's serial number. Then update the info you posted in your user profile with some of this new found data for future postings. -
I am having trouble with extending a wireless network using 2 timecapsules (1 is 1 terrbyte hdd, the other has a 2TB HDD.) The first one is connected to the WAN (cable modem) and our LAN. I would like to connect the 2nd one to the ethernet LAN and have it 'rebroadcast' the 1st ones wireless n network in order to expand the overall range of the network. Your help is very much appreciated.
Suggest that you download and install the much more useful AirPort Utility 5.6 for Mac OS X Lion.
I assume that Time Capsule 1 is operating correctly at this time.
Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility 5.6
Select Time Capsule 1 and click Manual Setup
Click the Wireless tab below the row of icons and make a note of each of the setttings on this Wireless page.
Make sure that the Ethernet cable is connected to the WAN "O" port on Time Capsule 2.
Open up AirPort Utility and select Time Capsule 2 and click Manual Setup
Click the Wireless tab below the icons and enter the exact same settings that you wrote down for Time Capsule 1
Click the Internet icon, then click the Internet Connection tab
Make sure that the settings look like this:
Connect Using = Ethernet
Connection Sharing = Off (Bridge Mode)
Click Update and allow 25-30 seconds for Time Capsule 2 to restart to a green light
Very important......perform a power cycle of the entire network as follows:
Power off every device in any order that you wish
Wait a minute
Power up the modem and let it run for minute by itself
Power up Time Capsule 1 the same way
Power up Time Capsule 2 the same way
Continue starting devices one at a time the same way until the entire network is back up -
2nd Computer Requires a Manual Wireless Network Connection Setting on Powerup
2nd Computer Requires a Manual Wireless Network Connection Setting on Powerup
On power-up, my 2nd computer, a 3 yo IBM R51, requires that I open the Network Connections window, then set the Wireless Network Connection Properties under the Wireless Network Tab, clicking on "Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings", before the automatic connection launches to the WRT150N v1.1 router signal.
I just bought the router and have the latest firmware.
My primary computer does not require the above settings change every time.
Is there a selection I can make so this is automatic on power-up or restart of my 2nd computer?It was already set to automatic on both extended and standard tabs.
For a good measure, I set it to disable, applied, then reset it to automatic and applied again. Still does same thing.
I notice that if I double click on the small icon for the Intel ProWireless Network Card, I get a Wireless Connection Status Window.
This window has a Wireless Settings section where it seems to have a possibly obsolete "Current Location Profile" called ssnetwork (the name of my old network on my old D-Link router that I just changed out for the Linksys.
Anyway, the Network Name (SSID) field is now blank but when it first came up, it had the new name of the network I'm using.
Do you know how I access this "Current Location Profile" so I can edit it and possibly enter my new network name?
There is a button at the bottom of the screen called "Modify WLAN Settings" that I click but nothing launches when I do so.
Now that I manually did the connection setting, my network name appears in the "Current Location Profile."
Ted
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