Mac mini sleep and wifi query

Hi,
I have a brand new Mac mini. If I put it to sleep, it virtually never re-connects to my wifi when I wake it. I have to re-connect it manually, and that can be painful.
My old iMac never presented this problem.
Anyone have any ideas, or is it simply that it's a Mini?

neilf said:

I have to re-connect it manually, and that can be painful.

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A sharp stick in the eye is painful..reentering a password is just annoying

As far as the Mini WiFi issue...go to:

- System Preferences
- Network
- Click on the "Advanced" button

Is the box "Remember networks this computer has joined" checked? If not...check the box...and see if that helps.

HTH,

- Nick

Annoying or painful - discuss.

I tried the sharp stick in the eye, but it didn't solve the issue.

I have the "Remember networks this computer has joined" already checked.

I was just wondering that because it's a Mini, where all the electronics is packed into such a small footprint, that perhaps the aerial for the wifi isn't as good as it could be.

We also have a 4 year old Macbook Pro which has no problems with connecting to the same network. Both computers are running the latest ML.

Thanks for the input.

neilf said:

I tried the sharp stick in the eye, but it didn't solve the issue.

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Obviously the sharp stick in the eye wasn't going to help...since a sharp stick in the eye and WiFi problems are not related!lol

neilf said:

I have the "Remember networks this computer has joined" already checked.

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Sound good.

neilf said:

I was just wondering that because it's a Mini, where all the electronics is packed into such a small footprint, that perhaps the aerial for the wifi isn't as good as it could be.

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Nope. All Apple computers with WiFi will connect automatically to a WiFi network if setup to do that.

neilf said:

We also have a 4 year old Macbook Pro which has no problems with connecting to the same network. Both computers are running the latest ML.

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Since you have a 2nd Apple computer that is working fine...work with both computers side by side...checking all:

- Network settings
- WiFi settings
- Security settings

Maybe this will "tease" out a key difference.

Good luck,

- Nick