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AirPort Configuration

Well, (crosses fingers) I hope I’ve solved a long standing AirPort issue tonight. I had this problem where a “The password you entered is not correct for the preferred AirPort network” came up every time one of our laptops woke from sleep or was powered on.

For a while this went away on my laptop, but I changed the encryption key tonight, and then it started happening again.

Through trial and error I have got it working again, and it works now on Jen’s mac too. For the record, here is what I had to do to get things working right again.

Configure the wireless access point to broadcast the SSID (network name)
Open the Keychain Access application in /Application/Utilities
Delete the Keychain entry corresponding to the SSID in question
Select a different network (or turn AirPort off)
Select the SSID from the menu bar
You’ll be prompted for the network password. Select the hex key option and enter it with no ‘$’ at the front. Add it to the keychain too.
Open the Location system preference pane
Select Join a specific network if not already selected, and select SSID from the combo box
Paste or type in the network password. THERE IS NO LONGER A NEED TO PRECEDE IT WITH A $ CHARACTER ANYMORE.
Apply changes
Reconfigure access point to hide the SSID
Test with a sleep-wake cycle. You should be good.

This has taken me numerous hours to do. #@*@*&*$#@ apple for putting controls in too many places with poor documentation

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	Consider submitting this to macosxhints.com... Others might be suffering through the same thing... by dan


	Tiger hints If the problem is keys going into your login keychain rather than the system keychain, then go into System Preferences and change the Airport network joining preference to Preferred Networks and REMOVE the network(s) from the list there. Then re-add the networks ON THAT PANEL with the keychain saving on, and it should add back to the system keychain. at 2007-11-26 21:37 by cmh

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