OS X 10.4.11 saving WEP for wireless network

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Robert Peirce - 03 May 2008 15:38 GMT

My son-in-law recently changed his router and provided me with a new WEP
password. I followed the instructions to click "Other", select the
password form and enter it. This gets me on but the computer is not
remembering the password. I have to re-enter it every time I log on.

What do I need to do to get the computer to remember the password in the
keychain? When I look at the keychain entry for the network, the
password is there and seems to be correct, but the system isn't
recognizing it when I log on.

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Jolly Roger - 03 May 2008 20:35 GMT

> My son-in-law recently changed his router and provided me with a new WEP
> password. I followed the instructions to click "Other", select the
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> password is there and seems to be correct, but the system isn't
> recognizing it when I log on.

Try *deleting* all keys in the chain that have the name of the router.
Then log out and back in, connect, and tell the system to store the
password you type in the keychain.

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Robert Peirce - 03 May 2008 23:28 GMT

> > My son-in-law recently changed his router and provided me with a new WEP
> > password. I followed the instructions to click "Other", select the
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> Then log out and back in, connect, and tell the system to store the
> password you type in the keychain.

Thanks. That solved the problem. The first time I logged on it asked
me for a password and whether I wanted to save it in the keychain. The
next time it picked it up. I wish help had offered that advice.

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Jolly Roger - 04 May 2008 01:03 GMT

> > > My son-in-law recently changed his router and provided me with a new WEP
> > > password. I followed the instructions to click "Other", select the
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> me for a password and whether I wanted to save it in the keychain. The
> next time it picked it up. I wish help had offered that advice.

I've found myself and others I support in similar situations, where,
apparently, the system had the old password cached somehow, and even
though we had changed the password, sniffing the connection to the
router determined the system still used the old one. Deleting the
offending keychain entries and logging out and back in cleared the
problem in each instance. Your situation sounded similar, so I thought I
would mention it, just in case - glad it worked for you.

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OS X 10.4.11 saving WEP for wireless network