Macbook not remembering network connection?

I returned from vacation today to discover that each time I open up my laptop I have to select my internet network. It had never done this before besides when I first got my laptop, it had always just automatically connected. I checked my network preferences and "Remember networks this computer has joined" is checked. What is the problem and how do I fix it?

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I had a similar problem which came out of the blue with my macbook.

Go to:

System preferences
Network
Advanced

Is your wireless network that you normally connect to shown in the list of preferred networks?

If so, delete all other networks from the list so it's the only one showing then see if it joins automatically.

This worked for me and my macbook has had no problem joining my home network since.

I go that but how do you delete the other networks? I've tried hitting the delete button and right clicking but nothing works.

highlight the network you don't want and press the - (minus) button below the list

Thanks! It works.

Same Issue

I am having the same issue as discussed above. I recently moved to a new house and set up a new wireless router. I can connect and use the internet fine, but my MacBook refuses to remember the wireless network. It will remember the password, but it won't automatically log me in to the network when my computer starts. I tried deleting all other wireless networks and I am still prompted to select my wireless network every time I login or return from sleep mode.

Any suggestions?

You should also be able to click and hold the network name in the Preferred Networks pane in Network>Advanced>Wi-Fi and drag it to the top of the list.

stephm7052 said:

I am having the same issue as discussed above. I recently moved to a new house and set up a new wireless router. I can connect and use the internet fine, but my MacBook refuses to remember the wireless network. It will remember the password, but it won't automatically log me in to the network when my computer starts. I tried deleting all other wireless networks and I am still prompted to select my wireless network every time I login or return from sleep mode.

Any suggestions?

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Hello stephm7052 and welcome to the forums. You might want to try dragging your preferred network to the top of the list and make sure that ' Remember networks this computer has joined' is checked also.

The remember networks button is already checked and now this is the only network on my list, I deleted all other networks. I am still having the same problem.

Ok, what I would do is uncheck it and turn wi-fi off (use the wireless icon on the menu bar if it's available, if not do it through System Prefs.)

Then I would re-check the box and turn wi-fi back on again.

Try resetting your PRAM and/or SMC.

I have tried all of the above suggestions and still nothing seems to be working. Any other ideas?

stephm7052 said:

I have tried all of the above suggestions and still nothing seems to be working. Any other ideas?

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OK,

Make sure you've got the wi-fi preferences set to connect automatically and that your preferred network is top of the list.

Quit all your apps.
Go to Disk utility in Applications, highlight your hard drive and choose 'Repair Disk Permissions' Let it run it's course and then do a restart.

Thank you for all the suggestions. I finally got the problem fixed.

stephm7052 said:

Thank you for all the suggestions. I finally got the problem fixed.

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Cool. Great news

Could You tell me how you solved the problem please?