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Q: iMac wlan activate after reboot when it was disabled

Hi,

 

I have an iMac 2009 with installed/upgraded Mac OS Mountain Lion (up from 10.6)

and a funny issue with Wlan.

It keeps activating after reboot.

I use a wired connection so I do not need Wlan and disable it for most off the time.

Changes to network settings are locked in the configuration, but after a reboot Wlan

is active again and the "lock" is open in the network settings.

 

Any idead?

 

regards,

Claus

Posted on Jun 26, 2013 1:14 AM

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Q: iMac wlan activate after reboot when it was disabled

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  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jun 28, 2013 1:18 PM in response to cbitten
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    Jun 28, 2013 1:18 PM in response to cbitten

    Hello Claus,

     

    Make a New Location, Using network locations in Mac OS X ...

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712

     

    10.5, 10.6, 10.7 & 10.8…

     

    System Preferences>Network, top of window>Locations>Edit Locations, little plus icon, give it a name.

     

     

    10.5.x/10.6.x/10.7.x/10.8.x instructions...

     

    System Preferences>Network, click on the little gear at the bottom next to the + & - icons, (unlock lock first if locked), choose Set Service Order.

     

    The interface that connects to the Internet should be dragged to the top of the list.

     

    Uncheck WLAN or Wifi if not needed.

  • by cbitten,

    cbitten cbitten Jun 29, 2013 3:29 AM in response to BDAqua
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    Jun 29, 2013 3:29 AM in response to BDAqua

    Hi,

     

    Thanks - but my real question is: Why does the deactivated network activates

    on its own?

    Or how to identify the program that does it - and why is there no prompt for the

    root PW to change the locked setting. That is sort of a blow to the security

    model. I think that should not happen...

     

    regards,

    Claus

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jun 29, 2013 2:24 PM in response to cbitten
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    Jun 29, 2013 2:24 PM in response to cbitten

    Well, there are many files it uses for those things, & changes from OS to OS version.

     

    On the no prompt, open Keychain Access, search for that network or base station & remove the PW or whole entry for it.

  • by cbitten,

    cbitten cbitten Oct 28, 2013 3:01 AM in response to cbitten
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    Oct 28, 2013 3:01 AM in response to cbitten

    Hi,

     

    Just to wrap it up: I solved that problem today:

     

    The problem was a wpa_supplicant driver from a Huawei 3G USB stick.

    It crashed at system startup and left all Wlan activated.

    Removing the Huawei software removed the problem.