02-14-2007, 12:06 AM

Greetings, my macbook is having trouble connecting to my wireless internet. It didn't work last night, but finally did after I clicked "automatic proxy configuration" under 'proxies' under Network (in the sys. prefs). For some reason the internet was down again tonight and the same box was unchecked. I checked it, hoping the internet would work, but it didn't. Oddly enough, I'll check the box for 'automatic proxy configuration' and when I go back, it's unchecked. I've restarted, turned the airport off, and even locked the page w/ my password. To no avail, the box unchecks itself. Does anyone have any idea why this would be happening? Thanks so much for your help.

02-14-2007, 06:17 AM

It sounds like your Airport preferences file was corrupted. Delete it at:

/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.airport.preferences.plist

02-14-2007, 10:35 AM

I tried this and then restarted. Unfortunately it's still doing the same thing. I also noticed that 'network status' told me that "Airport does not have an IP address". I don't know if that helps. Thanks

P.S. Honestly, I'm not even sure if that "auto proxy config" box is supposed to be checked. I just know that when I'd checked it last time, the internet worked.

02-15-2007, 12:14 AM

Well, perhaps the solution posted above actually fixed the problem. I came home today and the box remained checked and the internet works. Thanks so much.