Relatively new to MACs in general, fyi, but very experienced in other OSs.
I have a MBA laptop. Connects fine to an unsecured linksys router @home.
At work, it sees my office wifi access point, it sees it as unsecured (as there's no little "lock icon" next to it in the wifi list), but when I try to use it, it asks for a WEP password. In Network Diagnostics, it brings up a dialog that has a "Wireless Security" drop-down box filled with WEP options, and a text box for a pwd...
I did create a "profile" for "Work" and went through a config process, and attempt to use that profile, with the specific access point only.
Now, when I bring up safari to attempt to get on the web, I get a msg telling me the computer is not connected to the internet, plus a "Network Diagnostics" button. I use this to go through ANOTHER discovery process of wifi access points, I choose the one that I know for a fact is non-secure, but it still gives me a dialog with the WEP Password prompt...
If any sage out there can provide some words of wisdom, it would be much appreciated.
I did create a "profile" for "Work" and went through a config process, and attempt to use that profile, with the specific access point only.
Now, when I bring up safari to attempt to get on the web, I get a msg telling me the computer is not connected to the internet
What IP address do you have when that happens. If it's in the form of 169.x.x.x you are not connecting to the router. If it's 192.x.x.x or 10.x.x.x you are connecting as it's handing out a good IP address, but not letting you on the Internet. Do you know who administers the router, do they use access controls to limit who can connect on the router?
To see if it's a DNS thing, plug 4.2.2.3 into DNS Server and click Apply Now to use a different DNS, but that would not affect a non-secure router asking for a password. Just a thought since you said above you can go through the config process so it seems like you make it past the WEP request, you weren't quite clear as to what happens during config to get around the WEP password though.
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