{"id":75,"date":"2018-07-16T01:44:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T01:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.projectimmerse.com\/?p=75"},"modified":"2026-08-01T02:15:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:15:06","slug":"mac-try-moving-closer-to-the-wireless-router","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectimmerse.com\/blog\/mac-try-moving-closer-to-the-wireless-router\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac Cannot join wifi network &#8211; Try moving closer to the wireless router"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectimmerse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/try-moving-closer-to-the-wireless-router.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"155\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.projectimmerse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/try-moving-closer-to-the-wireless-router.png 450w, https:\/\/www.projectimmerse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/try-moving-closer-to-the-wireless-router-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/www.projectimmerse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/try-moving-closer-to-the-wireless-router-80x28.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you are running into issues connecting to a network you used to be able to connect too or for unknown reasons, fire up the terminal and run the following command.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: jscript; 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