[mgl]

My new MacBook is not rejoining my Airport network. I have to select it manually every time I wake it from sleep. I checked the configuration for Airport and it is set to "specific network" and the right network is selected, along with the password for it. The settings were copied over from my iBook so it should just work but it has never rejoined automatically.

Is anybody else having this problem and do you know how to fix it?

Thanks.

[olawrencian]

Hi,

I had this same problem...I think there was something to do with the keychain remembering the password correctly. You may want to delete what you have in there so it prompts you again.

I too have a similar problem now where the connection to the wireless network sometimes just disappears. I'm not sure if it is because of my access point or if it's because of the MacBook. Didn't happen with my Powerbook 12" though.

-olawrencian

[ghporter]

This goes in Networking, being a question about networking and all...

Further, if you'd searched in the Networking forum, you'd have found out that this is a common issue with some fixes and workarounds. It's likely a firmware-combined-with-local-situation issue. You can avoid this by manually disconnecting before putting the machine to sleep, or by putting up with manually selecting the network when you wake it up.

Technically this happens because the computer doesn't tell the AirPort card that it's going to sleep (or it doesn't do so effectively), so when it wakes up, the card doesn't know that any time has passed, and it thinks the network has gone away. For a more indepth discussion, search for this issue here in Networking. I've written a lot about it over the years...