MBP can't connect to Starbucks Wi-Fi, only restart helps Tough question to frame ;) .. but I have a situation that plays out often: firing up the laptop (latest MacBook 15") at Starbucks will often never connect unless I restart the entire box. This tells me there is something amiss somewhere, to which I have no clue. I run nothing out of the ordinary and see no pattern. 

I wondered if there was a terminal command that could somehow "reset" network settings. The Wi-Fi is seen properly, and attempts the connection but sits and sits and sits. It eventually connects but it is far faster to restart.

Tough one perhaps, just thought to ask.. thx..
Easiest way is to create a new Location. Go to System Preferences > Network

Click on Location as the top and pick Edit Locations...

Click the + at the bottom and call it Starbucks or something.