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A possible fix for Internet hotspot connection failures
Authored by: mystery-man on Feb 05, '07 01:02:39PM

I have the same problem on my college... since last update (airport update)

I cannot reset the router, and the connection is not WEP , is 802.1X... damn certificates!

I don't know waht to do... my friend has a MacBook and his connection works perfectly... WTF!, I have a MBP core duo (he has a core 2 duo... it must be that :s )

please, any tip or advice is welcome... in home, mi WPA personalo connecticon works, so, i dont knowwhy the college wife sucks so much!! (it works for a round 20 min, then the DHCP doesnt revalidates de IP... )



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A possible fix for Internet hotspot connection failures
Authored by: LC on Mar 29, '07 06:15:53PM

After an OS X system and/or airport client (framework/driver) update on my systems, I have found
that sometimes on the first startup after the update, it tries to join an airport wireless network,
tries to get my join password from the Keychain, asks to update the keychain, etc.
But I find that that executable called "airport" gets stuck. Therefore I am never able to join my home
network. So when this happens, I forcibly kill that "airport" process, using either Activity Monitor or using
a command-line kill. After that first run and kill, everything is fine.
This has happened from several OS X updates over the past couple of years. Hope that helps someone; Larry



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A possible fix for Internet hotspot connection failures
Authored by: LC on Mar 29, '07 06:25:54PM

I mean, when the "airport" process gets stuck, you see the
spinning beachball any time you point at the Airport pull-down
menu extra. Larry



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