Sprint Mifi & MacBook Pro 17" 2009 connection troubles

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Sprint Mifi & MacBook Pro 17" 2009 connection troubles

I'm able to connect to the Sprint MiFi just fine from an iPhone 3G and a MacBook Air, but am quite unable to make it work from a MacBook Pro 17" 2009. I can see the MiFi network in the Airport menu, and can select it, but have no network connection.

Anybody else experiencing this? Any workarounds?

MacBook Pro 17", Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Jun 12, 2009 12:52 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 16, 2009 7:50 AM in response to pavithran

Got a similar problem. I can connect to it fine as it comes out of the box, and actually surf the internet using the MiFi, but if I attempt to configure any kind of security, it's all of a sudden no longer accessible. I can see it in the list of networks, but can't access the menus through the browser interface or surf the net. Network preference pane tells me I'm connected with an IP address, but I can get no response from the device and any attempts at web surfing results in "You are not connected to the Internet" page.

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pavithran Author

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Jun 16, 2009 7:54 AM in response to BarryRose

Yes, that about sums it up.

Except, I wasn't able to use it out of the box from the MBP. I ended up configuring it from the iPhone, and that worked fine, but no luck from the MBP.

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Kenney

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Aug 7, 2009 11:02 AM in response to pavithran

I have just bought the Verizon Mifi and it connects great to my PC, my iPhone but I cannot get it to connect to my Mac Book Pro either.. Keeps saying it times out... any ideas

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Aug 24, 2009 4:14 PM in response to BarryRose

Im sure you have resolved the issue by now, but I had the same exact problem. What happened is when you set up the security, the password you create is just for administering the device. The password to login the device to get on the web is 12345. Not what you set it as. You have to go in and change the 12345 to a new password is you wish, or you can just leave it.

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