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Clearing or resetting Airport
by brjvin - 11/12/09 7:11 AMMy MacBook Pro 17" 10.5 has been working flawlessly for almost two years.
I am in an RV resort and their WiFi system has been updated. Prior to that everything worked fine with the old WEP password. However, with the new system and new WEP password my Mac Book Pro will not acknowledge the new password. I know the info I'm inputting is correct because my old iBook is working fine with the new password. I can only conclude that I need to clear every thing out in respect to the old name (The new name hasn't changed), IP address, and WEP password, so Airport will see the new info as if it is for the first time.
delete the old network to reset.
by d_adams - 11/12/09 7:30 AM In reply to: Clearing or resetting Airport by brjvinSettings>Network>Airport>Advanced>Airport, This will give you a list of all the saved networks. You can add new ones, or remove the old ones.
Not sure if this will fix your problem, but it might. It's easy enough to check, anyway.
Thanks... d_adams
by brjvin - 11/12/09 9:15 AM In reply to: delete the old network to reset. by d_adamsI have tried that many times and tried it again and still no bars. Interestingly enough an RV Resort 1/2 mile from here is coming in strong. i have their password also, but I need to get back online here. The problem is obviously deeper than the doing the obvious.
A shot in the dark,
by mrmacfixit
- 11/12/09 12:06 PM
In reply to: Clearing or resetting Airport by brjvin
just to humor me,
when you put the new password into the MBP, put a $ sign before the password.
Is the password in Hex or is it a "real" word?
P
I humored you...
by brjvin - 11/12/09 1:24 PM In reply to: A shot in the dark, by mrmacfixit
The $ sign did nothing. The password is 10 characters like 4F7A etc...(It's all supposed to be upper case but I tried both)
It blows my mind that I can pickup other networks with and without passwords but not my own location and yet my "old beater" G3 iBook works fine here. Something from the old system they just changed out must still be residing in my MBP.
Thanks,
J
Try your com.apple.airport files or network.prefPane.
by rlcato - 11/14/09 11:47 PM In reply to: Clearing or resetting Airport by brjvinThey may be corrupted; but not in a bad way. You may need to replace either file. There is a word of caution thou: you could lose other 'network' setting. (This method will apply to both.) Try your com.apple.airport.preferences.plist file first - located in System>Library>Preference>SystemConfiguration folder. Remove the file and place it in the Trash but - DO NOT EMPTY! - Then let your MBP build a new file so you may need to fill a few standard things out. After you've done that, restart; and if it still behaves the same, delete the NEW file and put the old one back in. Do the same to the network.prefPane -located in System>Library>PreferencePanes. Do the same as before. This is a sort of old method (OS 9) but it still tends to work. Of course if it works, empty.
Many thanks, but,
by brjvin - 11/15/09 4:04 AM In reply to: Try your com.apple.airport files or network.prefPane. by rlcatoThis first string of locations System>Library>Preference>SystemConfiguration folder is nowhere to be found. However,System>Library>PreferencePanes is. Should I dump the preferencepanes in the trash and hope that after restarting that MBP it will give me a fresh/new Network window where I can enter the new password for my WiFi? Will all vestiges of previous WiFi activity no longer exist from that point?
Thanks,
J
NO
by mrmacfixit - 11/15/09 6:20 AM
In reply to: Many thanks, but, by brjvin
Do not delete the Preference Pane.
P
Do not remove folders; just files.
by rlcato - 11/15/09 7:09 AM In reply to: Many thanks, but, by brjvinOnly remove designated files; in this case just 'network.prefPane' file. As for the other file, I lead you astray; sorry. The file 'com.apple.airport.preferences.plist' is located in 'Library>Preference>SystemConfiguration' folder. As stated by '@mrmacfixit', Do not delete folders; just remove the FILE and place it in the Trash but DO NOT DELETE. (Placing the file in the Trash give you the option of retrieving the old file incase nothing happened and you're still having the same problem.) You're just letting the MBP make a new file on its own. If it does function the way you want, that means it's made a new file in place of the one you've placed in the Trash previously. Only then you can delete the old file that you placed in the Trash previously. If you feel this may be a bit over your head, you may need to visit an Apple Genius and show them these post and explain your problem. Good luck!
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