Unknown entry in wifi
A strange listing -- HP-Print-3E-ENVY 4500 series -- keeps popping up in my wifi and disconnects the computer from the internet. Where did this come from and how do I get rid of it?? Baffling.
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15
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A) do you own an HP printer?
B) do you have neighbors that may own an HP printer?
If it is yours, then turn it off.
If it is your neighbors, then short of being a bad neighbor, there is nothing you can do to make it go away.
BUT, you can change your WiFi settings so you do not try to join the HP printer WiFi network
System Preferences -> Network -> Select WiFi in the Left Column
Enable
[X] Ask to join Personal Hotspots
[X] Ask to join new networks
Click on "Advanced"
Select "WiFi" tab
Under "Preferred Networks"
find your home WiFi network in the list.
- Click and Drag it to the top of the list.
- Click and Dray other networks into an order of most likely to be re-visited, as macOS uses this list in the order you specify to check for existing networks to join, so the closer to the top of the list, the faster macOS will find and join that network.
- Any network that you will not be using again, click on the [-] to remove it from the "Preferred Networks" list.
That should change things so that your home network will be looked for first, and if found, joined and others will be ignored. It will also keep macOS from automatically joining a network if it cannot find a "Preferred Network".
