Couple of different ways to fix this. First, and probably the best as it doesn't involve any hacks is:
- In the network preference pane of system preferences click on Wi-Fi on the left
- Click "Advanced"
- Click on 802.1x.
- Click the plus sign
- Click Add Login Window Profile.
Apple has some nice looking pictures and instructions of the above here.
If that doesn't work for you, there is a UNIX hack you can use.
In /Library/LaunchDaemons, create a file called "com.example.airport.plist" containing the following code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/ PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Debug</key> <false/> <key>Label</key> <string>com.example.airport</string> <key>KeepAlive</key> <false/> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>/Users/YOURUSERNAMEHERE/bin/join-wifi.sh</string> </array> <key>RunAtLoad</key> <true/> </dict> </plist>
This tells it to run the script /Users/YOURUSERNAMEHERE/bin/join-wifi.sh at start-up. Obviously, replace YOURUSERNAMEHERE with your OS X username so that this corresponds to a folder off your home directory.
Then, in your home directory, make sure that you have a "bin" folder for storing scripts. Create a file therein called join-wifi.sh that contains this:
#!/bin/bash networksetup -setairportpower en1 on networksetup -setairportnetwork en1 your-network-name-goes-here 'your-WPA-key-goes-here'
In this last file, replace the your-network-name-goes-here with the name of the wireless network, and replace your-WPA-key-goes-here with your wireless network's password.
It's not a great solution, and certainly not a secure way to store your wifi access data, but it should work to get you connected at login next time you reboot.
