So, I'm relatively new to Mac, but not so new that I wouldn't have worked this out if it was basic knowledge....
I've been fishing around two Swedish forums (where I'm from) and found a bunch of people experiencing the same problem.
I use a MBP (bought new in January so its not an old network card causing problems) for work. Here I have ethernet and AirPort working just fine...
Now, to the problem: Every network I connect to at home (ethernet or AirPort) works fine for a while and then never again. I managed to fix the Ethernet late night yesterday by manually connecting to my router through preferences panel, this worked fine. Then I changed back to DHCP and tried to connect via cable again and voila, it worked. So now I have ethernet connection through my router. But a major problem persists.
When connecting to my home network (WPA-personal through a Dlink DIR-301 with 54 Mbits WiFi) through the "menu bar" button I get prompted for my password, I enter it and hit OK, then I get "connection timeout" EVERY G*D DA*N time.
So, then I try to connect via the preferences window for AirPort. Regardless of setting (Manually or DHCP) I face a brick wall. I enter my network name and password, hit connect and then I get prompted for my WPA password again. I enter it and hit OK, then get prompted again and so on.
- Restarting either computer, AirPort or router doesn't work.
- Deleting and/or creating new network locations does nothing.
- Changing router solves NOTHING (i have tried three different now, Dlink, NETGEAR and some cheap piece of ****), exactly the same problems. So it must be software based (not hardware since WiFi works in the office).
- Using another user profile solves nothing
- Connecting manually doesn't work
- Adding WPA key to keychain manually doesn't work
I should add that I have a NAS server, a playstation 3, an old pentium 4 PC with USB dongle and a Sony VAIO at home, all of which works flawlessly EVERY TIME. They are all connecting to the router (all routers) without problems and manages to send and receive both with cable and through WiFi.
How can I get my password to register and get my connection to my wireless back again and regain my trust in the almighty apple? Any ideas are welcome....
// Gustaf
I've been fishing around two Swedish forums (where I'm from) and found a bunch of people experiencing the same problem.
I use a MBP (bought new in January so its not an old network card causing problems) for work. Here I have ethernet and AirPort working just fine...
Now, to the problem: Every network I connect to at home (ethernet or AirPort) works fine for a while and then never again. I managed to fix the Ethernet late night yesterday by manually connecting to my router through preferences panel, this worked fine. Then I changed back to DHCP and tried to connect via cable again and voila, it worked. So now I have ethernet connection through my router. But a major problem persists.
When connecting to my home network (WPA-personal through a Dlink DIR-301 with 54 Mbits WiFi) through the "menu bar" button I get prompted for my password, I enter it and hit OK, then I get "connection timeout" EVERY G*D DA*N time.
So, then I try to connect via the preferences window for AirPort. Regardless of setting (Manually or DHCP) I face a brick wall. I enter my network name and password, hit connect and then I get prompted for my WPA password again. I enter it and hit OK, then get prompted again and so on.
- Restarting either computer, AirPort or router doesn't work.
- Deleting and/or creating new network locations does nothing.
- Changing router solves NOTHING (i have tried three different now, Dlink, NETGEAR and some cheap piece of ****), exactly the same problems. So it must be software based (not hardware since WiFi works in the office).
- Using another user profile solves nothing
- Connecting manually doesn't work
- Adding WPA key to keychain manually doesn't work
I should add that I have a NAS server, a playstation 3, an old pentium 4 PC with USB dongle and a Sony VAIO at home, all of which works flawlessly EVERY TIME. They are all connecting to the router (all routers) without problems and manages to send and receive both with cable and through WiFi.
How can I get my password to register and get my connection to my wireless back again and regain my trust in the almighty apple? Any ideas are welcome....
// Gustaf