New Macbook Air Won't Connect to iPhone 4 Mobile Hotspot

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New Macbook Air Won't Connect to iPhone 4 Mobile Hotspot

My new-2011 Macbook Air (with Lion) won't connect to my iphone 4 personal hotspot thru the Wi-Fi. It will connect thru both a tether and bluetooth. My iPad and Macbook Pro both connect to the personal hotspot thru the wi-fi so it would appear that the issue is within the Macbook Air. Although the MBA shows the iphone hotspot on the networks list, when I attempt to connect the following message appears: "Could not join "xxxxxx's iPhone'. A connection rimeout occurred" .

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Aug 22, 2011 2:36 PM

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cpickrell

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Aug 22, 2011 10:58 PM in response to kdriceman

kd,

Take a look at this:

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2756

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kdriceman Author

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Aug 23, 2011 5:24 AM in response to cpickrell

Cp,

Thanks for the reply. However, it appears that the issue is not with the hotspot, but with the network settings in the MacBook Air as every other device I have (including non-Apple devices) will connect to the iPhone hotspot. Another symptom is that my MacBook Air can find my iMac (and other network devices) on my wireless network, but the iMac can't find the MacBook Air.

KDR

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