Mac requires WPA2 password to access my home network

Used the password on my modem to get WI-FI on my wife's Windows laptop. Mac is not accepting that password. My security mode is WPA/WPA2-TKIP/AES.
I used the WPS pin to access wi-fi
there is also a Preshared key, but that did not work either.

It is an ARRIS model TG1682G modem.

What am I doing wrong?

Mac is not accepting that password.

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What does that mean? The Mac isn't letting you type it? The typed password isn't showing? The Mac is not connecting? What else? Most of the time passwords are not accepted there are two causes: it's entered incorrectly or it's wrong.

Where is the security mode you listed set? On my settings for WiFi, I have WPA2 Personal set for my wifi modem. You might try that. It's displayed under System Preferences/Networking/Wifi/Advanced and I think it's set when you add the WiFi network to the list.

I'm assuming that you have already moved to Vegas? Your iMac may still have the old access SSID and password stored from previously access from your old location. Have you tried clearing out the old network and starting over? If that doesn't work, do you have the userid and password to get into the Arris firmware menu?

Something else: The Arris should have two networks going at once including the guest accesses. One network is 2.4 GHz, the other operates at 5 GHz. Are you accessing the same network for both your Windows machine and the Mac?

(BTW, I also have an Arris modem-router unit for FIOS)

Ok. Called cox. Tried the Preshared key. I am in.

Yes I am in Vegas. My Mac arrived ok. Lot's of bubble wrap and styrofoam peanuts. Waiting for my household goods... hopefully just another 3 weeks. Cold. Well, not that cold compared to the northeast, but coming from Hawaii, cold. Adios.

Glad to hear all is OK in Vegas. Just wait until Summer comes... ;D

Cold.

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Cold? The projected temps for this week are higher than we tend to get in mid summer



Welcome to your new home. Wish you every happiness.

Ian

Hopefully those temps you displayed are in Celsius. ;D

Hey Ian.... you have to remember that the "Colonies" are still using the old English system for weights and measures. LOL.

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Hopefully those temps you displayed are in Celsius. ;D

Hey Ian.... you have to remember that the "Colonies" are still using the old English system for weights and measures. LOL.

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Well, the main general US populous maybe, while most of the US sciences and the rest of the world and other colonies switched years and years ago. LOL!!!




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I got news for you.... the sciences have always used the metric system here in the US and elsewhere. It's the everyday folks and our stubborn lawmakers who refuse to follow the rest of the world. Like I said the British gave us our weights and measures and now we can't let go. I guess that serves us right for breaking away from King George. LOL.

Hi Charlie,

Never considered that the temps would be in anything other than Celsius. I mean 16 F would be jolly cold to say the least - about minus 9C.

Looking at the annual weather temps for Las Vegas, the figures are in Celsius which gives me a warm feeling


Over here, we are "officially" Imperial Units, but in reality mix Imperial and SI according to whom you speak and the season.

For example, all our petrol is dispensed in litres, but everyone talks in gallons and refers to miles-per-gallon. Similarly, when it's winter, we (the ordinary folks) tend to talk in degrees C and when it gets warmer, slip into degrees F.

Same with inches/feet/yards - most builders, joiners and the like use mm/cms, we oldies use inches and our official longer distance is measured in miles.

It's a real mixed bag. And nobody worries and everybody is catered for.

Ian

I got news for you.... the sciences have always used the metric system here in the US and elsewhere.

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Yup, just as I had stated above Charlie.




- Patrick
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Looking at the annual weather temps for Las Vegas, the figures are in Celsius which gives me a warm feeling

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Hi Ian:

Our good friend who recently moved from Hawaii to Las Vegas is in for a robust change of weather when Summer begins. The hot weather usually starts around April and lasts well into late September - October. I can remember being out on the flight line on the base I was stationed at there (Nellis AFB) where the temperatures were well into the 100s F. The average Summer temperature on Ohau is around 88 F. Quite a change!

We have very hot Summers here in Dallas-Fort Worth but nothing compared to Southern Nevada - Las Vegas. It used to be fairly dry (humidity wise) in Vegas but with all the buildings, pools, hotels, casinos, and traffic, the average humidity has risen quite a bit. In other words, sticky Summers.

I can remember being out on the flight line on the base I was stationed at there (Nellis AFB) where the temperatures were well into the 100s F.

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I have a friend who was living in Las Vegas for a while but couldn't fly back home here last year on their booked flight as it was just too hot for the commercial flight to take off.

I'm not sure what the temperature needs to be for that to happen, but it's sure much too hot for this guy to be living there!!!




- Patrick
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Patrick, it's not so much temperature alone, as it is a combination of temperature, air pressure, weight of the aircraft and a couple of other factors. When it gets hot, air gets thinner. Add a low pressure naturally and on a hot day it can get pretty thin. Thin air is less thrust from the engines and less lift on the wings. Now add a full flight, full bag of fuel and on a hot, low-pressure day there may not be enough thrust or lift to take off safely. I once watched a Navy A-3 take off from Stapleton, in Denver, in the middle of summer. It barely cleared the fence of the base, then descended again on the other side and just scooted across the ground. I think it eventually gained altitude because the earth is round and fell away from it.