Airport Troubleshooting

Airport WEP Hex Code

Login to Airport Base Station via Airport Utility
Base Station menu in menu bar > Equivalent Network Password

System/Airport Update ruins Airport Connectivity

MacFixIt article on rolling Airport kernel extensions back – frequently solves unsolvable Airport problems. Use Pacifist to extract kernel extensions from Combo Updater packages.

http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20070612233850375&query=airport.kext+pacifist

SSID shows in bold and will not connect (Netgear Router)

SSID shows in bold under Airport menu but any attempts to connect pop up an error. Clearing all System Configurations and Keychains yields no results.

Occurs with Netgear routers. Log in to Router Admin and Under Advanced > Vista Setting uncheck Allow Registrar