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Number: PS2 Description: After booting Mac OS X and/or after resuming from Sleep mode your wireless network connection does not connect automatically to your base station. Your network is listed as a preferred network and is set to connect automatically.
Category: Apple Mac OS
Sub Category: OSX
Symptoms:
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Wireless network remains disconnected even though all required configuration is correct |
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Automatic connection to preferred wireless network does not occur after resuming from sleep mode |
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Automatic connection to preferred wireless network does not occur after restarting or clean booting your Mac |
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Clicking the Wireless icon in the Finder Menu and selecting your wireless network manually will allow you to connect sucessfully |
Explanation: This problem can occur when the System Preferences application is moved out of the Applications folder.
Console/Event Viewer: - airportd[17]Error: _ACKeychainCopyPassword() expected password for "networkname" not found: -25300 (The specified item could not be found in the keychain.)
- airportd[17]Expected password for "networkname" not found; skipping..
Solution Below....
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Solution 1 - Fix the Keychain
- Delete the offending wireless network from network preferences
- Applications > System Preferences > Network > Unlock
- .Select your network from the list on the left (Airport if your using an Apple Airport Extreme card)
- Click ‘Advanced…’
- Select the offending wireless network from the list of ‘Preferred Networks’ and click the minus (-) button
- Click OK, enter your password if requested and then click Apply
- Delete any references to the offending network connection from keychain
- Applications > Utilities > Keychain Access
- Select ‘login’ from the list of Keychains on the left
- On the right panel, sort the list by name and locate the name of the offending wireless network.
- Highlight all items relating to the offending wireless network, right click (CTRL+CLICK) and select ‘Delete X items’
- Click ‘Delete’ in the confirmation dialog prompt and close Keychain Access.
- Move ‘System Preferences.app’ to '/Applications'
- Locate System Preferences on your system. You can do this by browsing to it through Finder or using Spotlight.
- When you locate it, simply drag it to the Applications folder in the sidebar of your Finder
- Re-join the offending network
- Click the wireless network icon in your menu and select your network
- When prompted, enter the password for the network and place a check mark in ‘Remember this network’.
- Click OK
- Restart your computer to verify that this solution worked
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