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Q: Can I make the router use an older WLAN protocol (WEP) with Lion?

A Collegue to which I am to help got a new Router, which wwas pre-configured by the provider. 


The Lions (Montain-Lions) on MacBook Air can connect to Internet easily across of my iOS 9 mobil (personnal hot-spot).

 

My iOS 9 devices connected immediately.   Though older OSX (Lion? ML?, I do not know for sure at the moment) does not.

 

They  see the net in airport and can fill in the PW and the ’antennas’ in the menu is showing good connection, though Mail and Safari (the only available applications) are reporting: no connection to Internet. 


Maybe the the kind of connection is newer than the older systems can do per se.

 

Can I make the router use an older WLAN protocol (WEP) with Lion on Airport?

Posted on Apr 19, 2016 8:14 PM

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  • by BobHarris,Solvedanswer

    BobHarris BobHarris Apr 20, 2016 6:25 AM in response to Karl Pfeiffer (.at)
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    Apr 20, 2016 6:25 AM in response to Karl Pfeiffer (.at)

    Can I make the router use an older WLAN protocol (WEP) with Lion on Airport?

    That will not change anything, except make your network less secure.  The encryption method does not affect the rest of the internet connections, and you indicate that you are connecting to the WiFi.

     

    You might want to check if you have a valid DNS address

    System Preferences -> Network -> Advanced -> DNS

    You can test your own DNS addresses by clicking on the [+] and adding something like

    OpenDNS.org

    208.67.222.222

    208.67.220.220

     

    Google DNS

    8.8.8.8

    8.8.4.4

     

    You could try running "Network Diagnostics"

    Finder -> Go -> Go to Folder -> /System/Library/CoreServices

    This should open a folder

    Double Click on -> Network Diagnostics

    follow the instructions.

  • by Karl Pfeiffer (.at),

    Karl Pfeiffer (.at) Karl Pfeiffer (.at) Apr 20, 2016 11:40 AM in response to BobHarris
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    Apr 20, 2016 11:40 AM in response to BobHarris

    Thank you, Bob Harris.

     

     

    Networkdiagnostics reports OK; I restarted the modem (in line before router), then toke a call to the provider, after the call, doing nothing, all was ok; I think to restart the modem did the work. On the other hand never I had the case networkdiagnostics helped anything. specialists may read protocols, I believe on it.