Problems with my wifi

So I have a 13-inch Macbook Pro, late 2011. I've never really had many big wi-fi problems until now. Just two days ago, my wifi was working perfectly well. Then, at night, I lifted my Macbook's screen from sleep and connected to our wifi. My laptop has always been able to remember the wifi password, but then a notification popped up asking for the password. I entered the password (correctly), and it loaded but could not connect. I entered the password some more and it still didn't connect. I did't know why, because the password was definitely correct. I thought it might have had something to do with my keychain, so I opened Keychain Access and found the password for the wifi. It was correct and the same exact one that I entered. So I deleted all saved info on the wifi's password, cleaned out my system multiple times with CleanMyMac, and then relauched my finder. After that, I restarted the system two times. Then I logged out and back in, the entire time with the wifi shut off. After logging back in, I cleaned out the system again and turned on the wifi. I connected to the same wifi network as I did the day before and entered the password while clicking "Remember password in keychain". Finally, it worked. But not for long. The same problem rose up minutes later. I think there is something wrong with my laptop. Anyone experience something similar? If so, do you have any advice that could possibly solve this problem? Thank you!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Apr 18, 2013 1:12 PM

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Apr 18, 2013 1:54 PM in response to Yuki@yukstersdotcom

Try the basics first:

Change your router channel number. Most times this works & is all you have to do.


Disconnect & reconnect your modem. unplug it for about 10 seconds. Plug it back in. Do the same for Apple’s routers. Wait for everything to reboot.


System Preferences>Network

Click the Assist Me button.

In the next window that pops up, click the Diagnostic button & do the necessary.


Research Knowledge Base for network problems that pertain to the OS that is currently installed on your computer. See these basic networking KB Articles: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1401 AirPort troubleshooting guide


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712 Using network locations in Mac OS X


Manually provided DNS server addresses are higher priority than DHCP's


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1714 Solutions for connecting to the Internet, setting up a small network, and troubleshooting


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What to do when you can't connect to the Internet


Also, run the Airport Utility app which is located inside the Utilities folder.


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If using a Linksys router, contact LinkSys Customer Support and/or post in their forums.


If using Apple's Airport, please re-post over in one of the AirPort Forums.

















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