How do I refresh wireless network list?

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How do I refresh wireless network list?

I own a MacBook Pro and I noticed recently that when I switch on my access point AFTER booting OSX my home WEP wireless network won't show up in the network list and thus the airport does not connect. I have to switch airport off and then back on to find the network, and then all works fine.

Is there any way to tell airport to "refresh" the network list, or is any option defining how often to check for networks in range?

Maurizio

Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Apr 4, 2007 6:41 AM

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Answer 1

neil1255

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Apr 7, 2007 10:14 AM in response to iziopillo

If you go to "System Preferences->Network->Show->Airport->Options->
under the drop down menu where is says "If no preferred networks are found, Select "Keep looking for recent networks."

That should get you connected shortly after you power up.

I hope this helps.
Neil

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Answer 2

iziopillo Author

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Apr 20, 2007 2:42 PM in response to neil1255

Thanks, I believe I found the solution following your suggestion.
Actually I did not want to choose the option you mentioned since I wanted Airport to try to connect to open network if it doesen't find a preferred one.
However I found out that my airport option "By default join:" was set to Automatic. I believed it mean Airport tries to connect to the last network used, and thus had to connect to my home network as I wanted but, as I explainde above, it did not refresh the network list. Can't figure out why.
Instead changing that to "Preferred networks" and using the option "Ask before joining an open network" did the trick. Now Airport finds any network in the preferred list almost instantly, and otherwise asks if I want to use an open one.

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