austinmccollum

Q: why does OSX blacklist my wireless access point?

Intermittently, my new mac mini has been unable to connect to my home wifi access point. When I run the diagnostics, I see the following lines:

 

Thu Aug 25 22:08:46.042 AutoJoin: <airportd[58]> __matchProfile: Attempting to match network ['blahblahblah' — 40:b7:f3:ea:15:10]

Thu Aug 25 22:08:46.042 AutoJoin: <airportd[58]> -[CWXPCInterfaceContext __isProfileBlacklisted:]: Network blahblahblah is blacklisted.

Thu Aug 25 22:08:46.042 AutoJoin: <airportd[58]> __matchProfile: [wifi.ssid.<6d63686f 6d65>] is blacklisted, next

 

Why is this happening? Is there another keyword I can search for in the wifi diagnostic logs to determine why my AP is getting blocked? I've got an AT&T UVERSE Motorola NVG589 router [9.1.0h12d34 firmware] with the following configuration:

  • SSID unhidden
  • security WPA-PSK
  • WPA version WPA-2
  • key is 21 characters
  • Bandwidth 20MHz
  • Channel automatic
  • Power Level 100%
  • WPS off

 

Troubleshooting steps so far:

  • restarting and waiting some undetermined amount of time seems to allow OSX to reconnect to my AP for awhile
  • I've changed modes to N only and set bandwidth to the only other option of 40MHz with no impact
  • Moved mac mini from 2 inches to 25 ft from AP, all distances in between still affected

 

-austinmc

Mac mini (Late 2014), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Aug 28, 2016 11:57 AM

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