Apple’s EFI embeds an older version of wpa supplicant, possibly you are trying to connect to a network with a newer encryption standard like WPA3. I don’t that’s too unreasonable for a 15 year old computer

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muhaccount 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Thanks for the explanation! Makes sense. Unreasonable? To me, no. Makes complete sense given the age. BUT it doesn't support, IMO, "Apple is the opposite of planned obsolescence". Yes, tech nerds can do tech nerd things to make it work...that's not a "plan".

I apologize if that came off harsh. I feel like your comment had a different angle/context than where I took it. Apologies if so.

Microsoft hate is easy to come by on HN (I get it), so I don't like seeing a Apple's coincidental victories magnified in one of the few areas Microsoft does well as a feature.

	▲	JasonADrury an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Things stopping to function perfectly because operating environment has changed drastically over a significant period of time is pretty much the polar opposite of planned obsolescence. Even devices that don't suffer from planned obsolescence can and do become obsolete.

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rconti 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I can't remember now -- I have a WPA3 network, and I also have a WPA2 network, and an IOT network. I agree it would be reasonable for WPA3 to not work, but I'm pretty sure I was trying WPA2. Regardless, it's something I ran into.

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Svoka 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Downgrading network to 2.4G is probably all they needed.

	▲	rconti 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Probably this- my IOT network forces 2.4GHz, whereas my WPA2 and WPA3 networks both use 2.4 and 5GHz on the same SSID.
	▲	degamad 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I assume that's what - Fall back to old IOT SSID with ancient protocols meant 2.4G and not WPA3.