I was troubleshooting this wireless network and even though it was resolved, I'm still alittle unsure why it was causing an issue in the first place.
So this user had setup their Belkin wireless router, it came with a default configuration WPA/WPA2 Personal wireless security (WPS), and the SSID was Belkin.F351 or something along those lines.
You can hardwire in no problem, the network name was broadcasting, but whenever you connected via the Mac or another device it would ask for the Password, then prompt again and ask "This network needs a WPA Password" type it in again, connection times out.
I go in and change it to User's Network, keep the same password and try again, only requests the password once and im connected.
So my initial thought somehow the SSID "Belkin.F351" was conflicting with the type of security or the communication between the Mac and the Router. Maybe the period was not proper protocol for a network address?
Anyone have insight on that? The last time I learned a lot about networking was 10 years ago in CCNA course. But dont recall anything like that.
So this user had setup their Belkin wireless router, it came with a default configuration WPA/WPA2 Personal wireless security (WPS), and the SSID was Belkin.F351 or something along those lines.
You can hardwire in no problem, the network name was broadcasting, but whenever you connected via the Mac or another device it would ask for the Password, then prompt again and ask "This network needs a WPA Password" type it in again, connection times out.
I go in and change it to User's Network, keep the same password and try again, only requests the password once and im connected.
So my initial thought somehow the SSID "Belkin.F351" was conflicting with the type of security or the communication between the Mac and the Router. Maybe the period was not proper protocol for a network address?
Anyone have insight on that? The last time I learned a lot about networking was 10 years ago in CCNA course. But dont recall anything like that.