The attached picture is my error, and I am stumped as to how to fix it.
My system:
Black MacBook
Mac OS X 10.4.11
4GB RAM, 30GB free space on the HDD.
My wireless environment:
University-run wireless internet.
WPA2 Enterprise + 802.1X PEAP
My username/password in good standing (they work for wireless on other computers and for other university services unrelated to wireless internet)
Everything used to work correctly, until...
When I log into my computer's "guest" account, a window appears asking for an 802.1x username and password. When I type mine in, it connects correctly.
This window appears automatically after logging in to the "guest" account.
One time, I logged in to guest, but then tried to switch back to my account BEFORE the window appeared. The computer locked up completely. I had to turn it off by holding the "power" button down.
After that, I received the attached error every time I attempted to connect to the university network.
I have tried the following solutions:
None of those solutions have worked for me.
My university does maintain a 'visitor' network, so I can still access the internet, but I can't do things like access my network storage, university printers, etc, so this is non-workable long-term solution.
My main questions are:
Thank you.
My system:
Black MacBook
Mac OS X 10.4.11
4GB RAM, 30GB free space on the HDD.
My wireless environment:
University-run wireless internet.
WPA2 Enterprise + 802.1X PEAP
My username/password in good standing (they work for wireless on other computers and for other university services unrelated to wireless internet)
Everything used to work correctly, until...
When I log into my computer's "guest" account, a window appears asking for an 802.1x username and password. When I type mine in, it connects correctly.
This window appears automatically after logging in to the "guest" account.
One time, I logged in to guest, but then tried to switch back to my account BEFORE the window appeared. The computer locked up completely. I had to turn it off by holding the "power" button down.
After that, I received the attached error every time I attempted to connect to the university network.
I have tried the following solutions:
- Rebooting into "safe boot" mode, then repairing disk permissions. It worked, but broke spotlight. I repeated the process, and then spotlight worked, but 802.1x didn't. Now, I'm stuck on "spotlight works and 802.1x doesn't."
- Creating a new location in network preferences
- Creating a new 802.1x profile and using that
- Re-entering all information related to this wireless internet connection.
- Rebooting
- Deleting everything out of /Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.<every address>.networkConnect.plist
- Searching google for this error (only one useful page found; an archived apple.com forums' post with no resolution
None of those solutions have worked for me.
My university does maintain a 'visitor' network, so I can still access the internet, but I can't do things like access my network storage, university printers, etc, so this is non-workable long-term solution.
My main questions are:
- Has anyone else fixed this problem? If so, could you please tell me how?
- Is the error a result of a problem with the client (me), or with the access point/authentication server? (my guess is client...)
Thank you.
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