Sunday, 20 May 2012

Mac OS 10.5.6 wireless problems

After trying for quite some time to break the wireless connectivity on Mac's running 10.5, Apple appears to have finally done it.

On both of my Macs running Leopard I was unable to connect to my wireless using 128-bit encryption and a non-broadcasted SSID. I was able to consistently connect after I broadcasted my SSID - so much for that layer of security. Even after I connected, if I were to stop broadcasting my SSID and attempt to reconnect I still could not connect.

Bottom line: Broadcast your SSID if you are having trouble connecting 10.5.6 to a wireless access point. Then employ some other layers of security.

Hope that helps.

Last modified on Wednesday, 25 May 2011 13:49
John Houghton

John Houghton

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