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Managing MacBook Neo's with JAMF School

  • March 31, 2026
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Has anyone started down this road of managing MacBook Neo’s with JAMF School? I have started testing and have encountered a couple of annoyances thus far. We are generally a Microsoft shop and use JAMF School to manage student iPads. As such, we are using JAMF Connect for student login to the devices on these devices as well.

There seems to be an issue with the Neo’s not wanting to reconnect to wifi after a restart. Also, Keychain is asking for access to JAMF Connect password after installation. We have this same setup working on 10 iMacs at one school and they do not ask for Keychain access.

Any thoughts or shared experiences would be great. Thanks.

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    Chubs
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    • Chubs
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    • March 31, 2026

    Let’s dive in a bit.

    What kind of wifi are you using?  Is it 802.1x or just regular plain jane WPA[x] with a password OR just straight up open wifi?

    Are your Neos using all of the same configs as your iMacs?

    I find your lack of faith disturbing
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    • user-lJTQhRygvM
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    • March 31, 2026

    Hi Chubs,

    Thanks for responding.

    Its plain Jane WPA[x].

    Yes, the Neos are using the same configs as the iMacs. I did some digging and the wifi thing seems to be not unique to me. The solutions offered, though, are not conducive to our environment. We need network connectivity to login using JAMF Connect, but the solution requires us to log in with a local admin account. WE do not want the students doing that. of course.

    Chubs
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    • Chubs
    • Jamf Heroes
    • March 31, 2026

    What version of WPA?  I do know that these newer chips do NOT like going to WPA2.  They really want to be WPA2/WPA3 or straight up WPA3 standard.  

    I find your lack of faith disturbing
    Mac_Healer5
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    • April 1, 2026

    can you check the keychain, machine certificate, wifi profile etc 

    allow all apps to access, if this has to be performed the certificate is not correctly deployed through Jamf.

     

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