Each time my powerbook sleeps, or restarts, I have to reselect my wifi network. It's my home network, and although I have "Ask to Join New Networks" selected in Prefs, ... my network is not new.
In Advanced, my home wifi network is at the top of the list of preferred networks.
It's a nuisance having to selected manually every time I start my computer. What's the problem??
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
I found this thread because I was experiencing the same problem. I tried the fix suggested by BDAqua (as well as suggested fixes from similar threads) and nothing worked for me, but I did figure it out on my own. When I went into the Advanced tab in the network preferences window, I noticed that though my home network was listed first in the preferred networks list, it for some reason showed that my network did not have a security setting even though it was WPA encrypted.
I created a new network by hitting the "+" button just below and on the left side of the list pane and gave it the same exact name as my existing home network. I then set it up properly with WPA encryption enabled and the appropriate password. When I saved it, the computer asked me if I wanted to replace the existing network of the same name and of course I did. Boom, problem solved. The MacBook remains connected at all times now.
Hope this helps those of you future readers that, like me, weren't being helped by any of the existing suggestions.
Thanks to JAHelms, I no longer have to connect everytime I open my mac book pro. 🙂
JAHelms- That really worked on both my Macbook Pro and Mac Mini. 😀
correction, this doesnt work for me.
It worked the first time only and then it was back to switching wifi off then on again any time computer sleeps
@Movitar
I concur, it worked for me for a couple of times and then it stopped working. The issue started happening again.
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THANK YOU, JAHelms!! This was truly a nuisance. Nothing worked, until this. Thanks, again.
This was an ongoing problem for the past few months. Your solution took me a total of 45 seconds. Thank you!
Thank you, I think this has now sorted the problem out, its been going on for ages……..
Worked for me, too. Bless you!
Karen
I found a way easier way to fix this annoying problem! Go into network preferences, click the "advanced" button on the bottom and find YOUR wifi. Just click and drag it to the top of the list of wifi addresses, and PRESTO! MY wifi is what I get immediately signed in on, not one of my neighbors. Yippee!!
Thanks, but I already have "WPA Personal" as listed in the security column, so I'm not sure it's related to a particular type of security or not. The bug seems to be worked around by simply re-creating a new WiFi entry. Would be nice if Apple just fixed the problem after 5 years...
After doing as you did, I still need select my home network from the list every time I turn my computer on. But, it doesn't ask for the password anymore – which is a GREAT relief. Thanks JAHelms.
how do you set up the WPA encryption
i added a duplicate network and it says it is not connected because it doesn't have an IP address
Mac forgets home wifi network every time
