Joining Wifi Network

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Joining Wifi Network

For some reason, my wireless network on my imac is not connecting automatically...instead it connects to a different wifi network on my street. It started happening after i accidentally selected the different network one time and now it uses that now. Granted I don't broadcast my SSID, but my macbook pro doesn't have any issues.

Is there a way to reset the network settings so that i can have it automatically connect to my network again?

Imac, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Jan 15, 2011 12:57 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 15, 2011 2:32 PM in response to Dan Ireton

Dan Ireton wrote:
Is there a way to reset the network settings so that i can have it automatically connect to my network again?

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Open the Network panel of System Preferences, select the AirPort connection item on the left, and click on the lock if it's closed to authenticate. Then click the "Advanced" button. Select the network that you don't want to use and click on the "minus" sign to delete it. Finally, closed that panel and check the option to "Ask to join new networks".

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crad74

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Jun 14, 2012 12:59 PM in response to William-Boyd-Jr

I have a new Mac Air, and it keeps adding wifi networks I've deleted in the network preferences (even after locking it requiring administrator password) ... it also doesn't automatically connect consisently to my top listed wifi source when starting the Air up...The Apple Store people were little/no help at all.

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