fitfot
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Mac OS X

Q: Wifi and Ethernet settings-panels switched content?! and ethernet not working

Hi there

 

My ethernet seems to be dead, so I went to check the settings, and noticed that the contents of the panels seems to have been switched around?!

Screen Shot 2016-09-02 at 18.43.35.png

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It seems like something is completely off. Hope someone have experienced something similar, and know how to fix it

 

The ethernet-problem have been there for the better part of a year, and I've formatted and reinstalled everything, which didn't fix it – could the wifi port simply be broken?

 

 

A bit extra information:

Hardware Overview:

Model Name:          MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:    MacBookPro8,1
Processor Name:      Intel Core i5
Processor Speed:     2.3 GHz
Number of Processors:1

Total Number of Cores:   2

L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache:            3 MB
Memory:              4 GB
Boot ROM Version:    MBP81.0047.B2C
SMC Version (system):1.68f99

Serial Number (system):  C02G7648DRJJ

Hardware UUID:       FC93A3E3-91E3-5550-9D7E-F8F55036B058

Sudden Motion Sensor:

State:               Enabled

 

 

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Sep 2, 2016 10:17 AM

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Q: Wifi and Ethernet settings-panels switched content?! and ethernet not working

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  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Sep 2, 2016 11:38 AM in response to fitfot
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    Sep 2, 2016 11:38 AM in response to fitfot

    If you go to the Wi-Fi part of the System Information report, does it show?

  • by fitfot,

    fitfot fitfot Sep 2, 2016 12:50 PM in response to Eric Root
    Level 1 (4 points)
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    Sep 2, 2016 12:50 PM in response to Eric Root

    I'm not certain what you mean by "it"?

     

    Anyways, the Wi-Fi part seems to be about Wi-Fi (pasted below), albeit Wi-Fi and ethernet seems to be switched in the System Preferences and in the System Information windows (do you agree on this, or am I completely mistaken?).

     

      Software Versions:

      CoreWLAN: 5.0 (500.35.2)

      CoreWLANKit:  4.3 (430.38.1)

      Menu Extra: 10.3 (1030.34)

      System Information: 9.0 (900.9)

      IO80211 Family: 7.3 (730.60)

      Diagnostics:  4.2 (420.71)

      AirPort Utility:  6.3.5 (635.2)

      Interfaces:

    en0:

      Card Type:  AirPort Extreme  (0x14E4, 0xD6)

      Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24)

      MAC Address:  28:cf:da:e1:55:be

      Locale: ETSI

      Country Code: CH

      Supported PHY Modes:  802.11 a/b/g/n

      Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140

      Wake On Wireless: Supported

      AirDrop:  Supported

      Status: Connected

      Current Network Information:

    (SSID removed by poster)

      PHY Mode: 802.11n

      BSSID:  (removed by poster)

      Channel:  48,-1

      Country Code: CH

      Network Type: Infrastructure

      Security: WPA2 Personal

      Signal / Noise: -57 dBm / -88 dBm

      Transmit Rate:  450

      MCS Index:  23

      Other Local Wi-Fi Networks:

    (SSID removed by poster)

      PHY Mode: 802.11b

      BSSID:  (removed by poster)

      Channel:  11

      Network Type: Infrastructure

      Security: WPA Personal

      Signal / Noise: -66 dBm / -85 dBm

    (SSID removed by poster)

      PHY Mode: 802.11n

      BSSID:  (removed by poster)

      Channel:  6,-1

      Network Type: Infrastructure

      Security: WPA2 Personal

      Signal / Noise: -59 dBm / -87 dBm

    (SSID removed by poster)

      PHY Mode: 802.11g

      BSSID:  (removed by poster)

      Channel:  1

      Network Type: Infrastructure

      Security: WPA2 Personal

      Signal / Noise: -69 dBm / -87 dBm

    (SSID removed by poster)

      PHY Mode: 802.11n

      BSSID:  (removed by poster)

      Channel:  1

      Network Type: Infrastructure

      Security: WPA2 Personal

      Signal / Noise: -76 dBm / -87 dBm

    (SSID removed by poster)

      PHY Mode: 802.11n

      BSSID:  (removed by poster)

      Channel:  108,+1

      Country Code: DK

      Network Type: Infrastructure

      Security: WPA2 Personal

      Signal / Noise: -73 dBm / -90 dBm

    (SSID removed by poster)

      PHY Mode: 802.11n

      BSSID:  (removed by poster)

      Channel:  11

      Country Code: DK

      Network Type: Infrastructure

      Security: WPA2 Personal

      Signal / Noise: -70 dBm / -87 dBm

    (SSID removed by poster)

      PHY Mode: 802.11n

      BSSID:  (removed by poster)

      Channel:  36,+1

      Country Code: GB

      Network Type: Infrastructure

      Security: WPA/WPA2 Personal

      Signal / Noise: -86 dBm / -88 dBm

    (SSID removed by poster)

      PHY Mode: 802.11n

      BSSID:  (removed by poster)

      Channel:  13

      Country Code: GB

      Network Type: Infrastructure

      Security: WPA/WPA2 Personal

      Signal / Noise: -70 dBm / -92 dBm

    (SSID removed by poster)

      PHY Mode: 802.11n

      BSSID:  (removed by poster)

      Channel:  6

      Country Code: DK

      Network Type: Infrastructure

      Security: WPA2 Personal

      Signal / Noise: -84 dBm / -84 dBm

    (SSID removed by poster)

      PHY Mode: 802.11n

      BSSID:  (removed by poster)

      Channel:  2

      Network Type: Infrastructure

      Security: WPA/WPA2 Personal

      Signal / Noise: -68 dBm / -88 dBm

    (SSID removed by poster)

      PHY Mode: 802.11n

      BSSID:  (removed by poster)

      Channel:  11

      Network Type: Infrastructure

      Security: WPA/WPA2 Personal

      Signal / Noise: -51 dBm / -87 dBm

    (SSID removed by poster)

      PHY Mode: 802.11n

      BSSID:  (removed by poster)

      Channel:  5,+1

      Network Type: Infrastructure

      Security: WPA2 Personal

      Signal / Noise: -83 dBm / -84 dBm

    (SSID removed by poster)

      PHY Mode: 802.11g

      BSSID:  (removed by poster)

      Channel:  2

      Country Code: FR

      Network Type: Infrastructure

      Security: WPA2 Personal

      Signal / Noise: -89 dBm / -81 dBm

    (SSID removed by poster)

      PHY Mode: 802.11n

      BSSID:  (removed by poster)

      Channel:  8

      Network Type: Infrastructure

      Security: WPA/WPA2 Personal

      Signal / Noise: -62 dBm / -88 dBm

    (SSID removed by poster)

      PHY Mode: 802.11n

      BSSID:  (removed by poster)

      Channel:  6

      Network Type: Infrastructure

      Security: WPA2 Personal

      Signal / Noise: -88 dBm / -84 dBm

    (SSID removed by poster)

      PHY Mode: 802.11n

      BSSID:  (removed by poster)

      Channel:  1

      Network Type: Infrastructure

      Security: WPA2 Personal

      Signal / Noise: -83 dBm / -92 dBm

    (SSID removed by poster)

      PHY Mode: 802.11n

      BSSID:  (removed by poster)

      Channel:  12

      Country Code: CH

      Network Type: Infrastructure

      Security: WPA2 Personal

      Signal / Noise: -64 dBm / -82 dBm

    (SSID removed by poster)

      PHY Mode: 802.11n

      BSSID:  (removed by poster)

      Channel:  36,+1

      Country Code: CH

      Network Type: Infrastructure

      Security: WPA2 Personal

      Signal / Noise: -69 dBm / -88 dBm

    (SSID removed by poster)

      PHY Mode: 802.11g

      BSSID:  (removed by poster)

      Channel:  1

      Network Type: Infrastructure

      Security: WPA/WPA2 Personal

      Signal / Noise: -78 dBm / -92 dBm

  • by FatMac>MacPro,

    FatMac>MacPro FatMac>MacPro Sep 2, 2016 1:54 PM in response to fitfot
    Level 5 (4,805 points)
    Sep 2, 2016 1:54 PM in response to fitfot

    Since Apple's most recent security update for El Capitan is causing a lot of trouble and one other poster who installed the similar security update for Yosemite is having WiFi trouble, have you installed Security Update 2016-005 for Yosemite?

  • by fitfot,

    fitfot fitfot Sep 2, 2016 2:36 PM in response to FatMac>MacPro
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 2, 2016 2:36 PM in response to FatMac>MacPro

    While it doesn't show up in the App Store, it does show up when I look in /Library/Receipts/InstallHistory.plist (relevant part pasted below)… I think it might be because I installed it from the commandline using sudo softwareupdate -ia.

     

    <dict>

        <key>contentType</key>

        <string>critical-update</string>

        <key>date</key>

        <date>2016-09-02T16:54:27Z</date>

        <key>displayName</key>

        <string>Security Update 2016-005</string>

        <key>displayVersion</key>

        <string>10.10.5</string>

        <key>packageIdentifiers</key>

        <array>

            <string>com.apple.pkg.update.security.2016-005Yosemite.14F1912</string>

            <string>com.apple.update.firmwareupdate</string>

        </array>

        <key>processName</key>

        <string>softwareupdated</string>

    </dict>

  • by FatMac>MacPro,

    FatMac>MacPro FatMac>MacPro Sep 2, 2016 2:58 PM in response to fitfot
    Level 5 (4,805 points)
    Sep 2, 2016 2:58 PM in response to fitfot

    It certainly looks like it's been installed, and that may be a cause of the problem.

     

    Interestingly, I've been using sudo softwareupdate --background-critical to force update of XProtect and checking my InstallHistory.plist suggests that some other things have been updated too but I haven't run it since the Security update was released.

  • by Baby Boomer (USofA),

    Baby Boomer (USofA) Baby Boomer (USofA) Sep 2, 2016 3:11 PM in response to fitfot
    Level 9 (57,561 points)
    Sep 2, 2016 3:11 PM in response to fitfot
    I went to check the settings, and noticed that the contents of the panels seems to have been switched around?!

    To get the order you want, click on the gear.  In the sub window, select Set Service Order.

    1.png

     

     

     

    Follow the onscreen instructions.  When done click the OK button.

    2.png



    When done, you may get a pop up window asking if you want to save your changes.  Click OK or Apply or Yes (I forgot which one is listed).

     

     

     

     

     

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  • by fitfot,

    fitfot fitfot Sep 3, 2016 6:22 AM in response to FatMac>MacPro
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 3, 2016 6:22 AM in response to FatMac>MacPro

    But the problem was also there long before the 2016-005 update – but I guess that's not to say that the update could also interfere with my system as well :/

  • by fitfot,

    fitfot fitfot Sep 3, 2016 6:25 AM in response to Baby Boomer (USofA)
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 3, 2016 6:25 AM in response to Baby Boomer (USofA)

    Didn't solve my problem – notice the contents of the settings-panel: When I select Wi-Fi in the side panel, the contents relates to Ethernet, and vice versa when I select Ethernet

     

    But thanks for the effort put into the elaborate answer

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Sep 3, 2016 8:55 AM in response to fitfot
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    Sep 3, 2016 8:55 AM in response to fitfot

    Something to try.

     

    Try running the combo update. It installs all previous updates plus the new one, which can replace any files that may have become corrupted.

     

    10.10.5 Combo Update

  • by fitfot,

    fitfot fitfot Sep 5, 2016 1:43 AM in response to Eric Root
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 5, 2016 1:43 AM in response to Eric Root

    For some reason I'm not able to install it

     

    Screen Shot 2016-09-05 at 00.10.02.png

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Sep 5, 2016 8:48 AM in response to fitfot
    Level 9 (69,582 points)
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    Sep 5, 2016 8:48 AM in response to fitfot

    Try installing it in the Safe Mode or another admin user account. Also check how much free disk space you have.

     

    Safe Mode - About

     

    Safe Mode - Yosemite