Mac OS 9 Lives
Mac OS 9 Discussion => Software => Topic started by: TheHappyHacker on December 10, 2022, 08:09:27 PM
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Somewhat to my surprise, my G4 detected my home WiFi and offered to connect. It even knows to ask for the password. But it fails instantly with: "An error occurred while trying to join the selected AirPort network: -3151"
Can anyone give me a hint where to look for what this means and what to do about it?
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-3151 kOTBadOptionErr: The specified protocol options were in an incorrect format or contained illegal information.
I think that the network stack is probably unprepared for the packets coming from the router. Do you run IPv6?
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My WiFi is an Android cell phone acting as a hotspot. It's probably offering a lot of protocol options that didn't exist twenty years ago. My laptop connects to it using IPv4. The connection is password protected, and WiFi security has changed a lot over the years.
I'll poke around on the phone and see what configuration options I can control.
Just knowing what the numeric error code means is really helpful. Where would I look to decode that (and others I might encounter)? I'm hardly a Mac expert, I've been running Linux for nearly 30 years now....
Thanks for the quick help!
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In advance, I'm sorry but I just can't help myself…
FIRST: "Somewhat to my surprise, my G4 detected my home WiFi and offered to connect…"
LATER: Oh yeah, by the way… "My WiFi is an Android cell phone acting as a hotspot."
I just can't imagine how there could be any kind of hiccup there… ;D