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Public WiFi not working

Every time I try to connect to school or hôtel wifi that has no password (open network) it does not work. I know that it is not the WiFi that doesn’t work because it works fine on my phone but when I try on my laptop it says no network.

MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on May 2, 2019 2:37 PM

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Posted on May 2, 2019 2:49 PM

Jperreault_98 wrote:

Every time I try to connect to school or hôtel wifi that has no password (open network) it does not work. I know that it is not the WiFi that doesn’t work because it works fine on my phone but when I try on my laptop it says no network.



>System Preferences>Network>Automatically Join and ask to Join new Networks


verify your preferences




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May 2, 2019 2:49 PM in response to Jperreault_98

Jperreault_98 wrote:

Every time I try to connect to school or hôtel wifi that has no password (open network) it does not work. I know that it is not the WiFi that doesn’t work because it works fine on my phone but when I try on my laptop it says no network.



>System Preferences>Network>Automatically Join and ask to Join new Networks


verify your preferences




Public WiFi not working

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