A fix for a changed password wireless connection error

Jan 17, '05 09:21:00AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

I was recently mucking around with the password settings for my wireless network (which is running off of an Asante wireless router), and for some reason, my iBook started refusing to connect to it, giving the ever descriptive "There was an Error Joining the Network" dialog. It would connect fine when I made a new location and entered the password into the Network Settings prefpane, but would refuse to connect if I selected my network on the Airport menu item while using my usual Location. Other computers connected with absolutely no problem without having to change network settings.

After much pulling of hair, I found that if you had the network selected as a "trusted network," OS X saves the password in your Keychain (which is logical). But if you then change the network's password, OS X will throw the "error joining" message instead of asking you to enter a new password. Erasing the entry in my keychain for my wireless password allowed me to connect without having to change locations or do any other sort of voodoo.

Perhaps it is a problem with my router not sending a proper error to my iBook, but I figure I'm not the only person who has run into this problem.

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