Automatic Network setup in Mac OS X

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Automatic Network setup in Mac OS X

I have a Wi-Fi network at home. It is added to my list of preferred networks in Network Settings of Mac OS X. When it was open and unsecured the connection to the network was automatical when I start MAC OS or go out of sleep mode. Now I have WPA2 encryption on this network and I cannot make it to connect automatically. I have tried everything, but it doesn't connect on startup. I must press Airport button and select my network, then the window asking for password appears (the password is stored, so I must press only OK button), but I must do this every time I go out of sleep mode. Please advise how can I do this automatically?

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.5), Wi-Fi Trendnet TEW-632BRP

Posted on Nov 16, 2008 12:04 PM

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Nov 16, 2008 12:16 PM in response to Staim

Hi and Welcome to  Discussions,

does removing the network from the list of known networks not work? After doing this, it should act like a completly new network. Additionaly I'd delete the saved password(s) from the keychain, just to be sure the problem isn't coming from there.

To do so

1) Open Sys Prefs/Network/AirPort/More Options and remove the network from the list.
2) Open /Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access.app and delete the entry with your AirPort network's password
3) Select the network, enter the password and click to save the password.

That should do it!
Björn

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Nov 18, 2008 10:24 AM in response to Björn Herrmann

Hi there and thank you for your reply. I have tried everything, but now when I turning my macbook on I see notification that preferred networks not found and list of found networks (my router is listed there). Network is added into list of known networks, but still does not connect automatically.

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Answer 3

Nov 18, 2008 10:42 AM in response to Staim

Hmm, I once had this problem when the network was added the way you used. Try removing it once again and adding it NOT via the popup list that you mentioned, but manually via

Sys Prefs/Network/AirPort/More Options/

There add it with the little + icon and select the option to remember all networks the computer was connected to.

Hope this helps!
Björn

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Nov 20, 2008 7:22 PM in response to Björn Herrmann

Tried this (I have even renamed my network SSID on router) - no luck. I get the same message that Preferred Networks are not found.

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Staim Author

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Dec 6, 2008 2:25 AM in response to Staim

Finally I have found the solutution myself by searching the Google again and again.

It seems to be a very strange bug in OS X. When I moved System Prefences.app out of my Applications folder to another location automatic connection to any preferred networks do not work.

The solution I found (and it worked for me):

- turn AirPort off
- delete every preferred networks
- delete all AirPort Keychains
- move System Prefences.app back to Applications
- reboot macbook
- connect to a preferred network from the scratch

Maybe it will be useful for any other who will face this problem.

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Answer 6

Dogcow-Moof

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Dec 6, 2008 3:13 AM in response to Staim

In the future, *don't do that*.

Moving any Apple applications to locations other than those where they were installed is a recipe for a troubleshooting nightmare.

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