iOS 15 broken hotspot (Mac sees it as 802.1x)

[barracuda156]

I stupidly updated to iOS 15 and it broken hotspot functionality. I have 10.6.8 installed on a MacMini for testing needs, and I used iPhone Wi-Fi hotspot to connect it to internet. Now it sees iPhone as 802.1x network and asks for User Name and Password (of course there is no User Name in reality, only Password).
PowerBook G4 sees the same and cannot connect either.
Any chance to fix?
Or I should try downgrading back to iOS 14 which worked okay?

 

[BugeyeSTI]

I stupidly updated to iOS 15 and it broken hotspot functionality. I have 10.6.8 installed on a MacMini for testing needs, and I used iPhone Wi-Fi hotspot to connect it to internet. Now it sees iPhone as 802.1x network and asks for User Name and Password (of course there is no User Name in reality, only Password).
PowerBook G4 sees the same and cannot connect either.
Any chance to fix?
Or I should try downgrading back to iOS 14 which worked okay?

You can't downgrade. The only version of iOS that Apple is signing is 15.3.1.. Apple is releasing 15.4 next week so you can either do a full restore using iTunes to see if your issues are corrected (15.3.1) or wait till 15.4 and update to that.

 

[ManuCH]

Try to turn on "Maximize compatibility" in your iPhone hotspot settings, that should do it.

 

[barracuda156]

Try to turn on "Maximize compatibility" in your iPhone hotspot settings, that should do it.

I’m on iPhone 8, there is no such setting.

 

[ManuCH]

It seems to be a common problem with those older macOS versions, also on regular routers that use Wifi protocols that are "too new" somehow. A shame the iPhone 8 doesn't have that setting.

Can't Connect to WiFi (asking or User Name and Password when I select my network)

I'm trying to connect a mid-2009 15" MacBook Pro (2.53MHz/4GB RAM running OS X 10.6.8) to my home network. But when I select my network in the WiFi list, I get the following screen: I'm not sure what the User Name and Password is for. I've got two other MacBook Pros (2012 running High Sierra)...

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I'm curious, what are you testing? 10.6.8 is 11 years old, that's quite vintage! ?

 

[barracuda156]

I'm curious, what are you testing? 10.6.8 is 11 years old, that's quite vintage! ?

I have it for PowerPC software (10.6 can build and run ppc binaries).
See here: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-6-powerpc-10a190-and-10-6-8-rosetta.2332711/