ok heres my story. i have a wireless network and my computer works fine. but when i go to my friends house or any other persons house i cant get on there network. they dont have security so when i go to select the network it loads and says there was an error connecting to whatever network. im going to the mac store tomarrow but if anyone could help me now it wouuld save me a 2 hour drive. thanks tom
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Do you have it set in your System Preferences under Network for "Automatic"? If not it won't connect to any but your home network.
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System Prefs > Network > Airport Tab > Options > Automatically Join Open Networks.
Alternatively you can set it to ASK BEFORE JOINING OPEN NETWORKS.
Alternatively you can set it to ASK BEFORE JOINING OPEN NETWORKS.
it might be an issue with the network you're trying to connect to. at my home network we didn't have password security, however we did limit the number of simultaneous users we would allow. perhaps you can work with their network to let you in. maybe even change it to requiring a password, then inputting it. don't just let the error stop you!
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