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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1773274"><p>UPDATE: I found this article today:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/3222678/wi-fi/how-to-stop-your-mac-from-auto-connecting-to-a-wi-fi-network.html" target="_blank">https://www.macworld.com/article/3222678/wi-fi/how-to-stop-your-mac-from-auto-connecting-to-a-wi-fi-network.html</a></p><p></p><p>And in reading it, I was prompted to open System Preferences on my MBP, then Networking, the WiFi connection and holy smokes, there were dozens of no-password networks there! I deleted them all, have the iPhone set to require approval to connect and we'll see how it goes. IN a nutshell, the article says to open Keychain on a Mac, delete the xfinitywifi entry there and it will replicate over iCloud to the iPhone. Then clean out xfinitywifi from Network Preferences. It was that second step that led to the discover of dozens and dozens of hotspots listed.</p><p></p><p>Will give it a run later today and report back on how it worked.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1773274"] UPDATE: I found this article today: [url]https://www.macworld.com/article/3222678/wi-fi/how-to-stop-your-mac-from-auto-connecting-to-a-wi-fi-network.html[/url] And in reading it, I was prompted to open System Preferences on my MBP, then Networking, the WiFi connection and holy smokes, there were dozens of no-password networks there! I deleted them all, have the iPhone set to require approval to connect and we'll see how it goes. IN a nutshell, the article says to open Keychain on a Mac, delete the xfinitywifi entry there and it will replicate over iCloud to the iPhone. Then clean out xfinitywifi from Network Preferences. It was that second step that led to the discover of dozens and dozens of hotspots listed. Will give it a run later today and report back on how it worked. [/QUOTE]
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