WiFi Problem

[CapnCoronado]

So I just got my iPhone today and I LOVE it, but anyways heres the problem: I have a secure wireless network in my house and the iPhone picks it up and asks for the password, I put in the password but it says it is incorrect, yet its not, what can I do?

[ColsTiger]

Make sure you are using the correct password. Usually, it's a 26 digit WEP encrypted password. Most people make the mistake of trying to use the router's administrator password.

[freakydeaky dutch bastard]

and make sure you use the proper case with letters

[Lincoln]

Make sure you are using the correct password. Usually, it's a 26 digit WEP encrypted password. Most people make the mistake of trying to use the router's administrator password.

Mine's 9 digits.

- John

[Mordred]

If you have Wireless MAC Filter set to Permit only in your router, make sure to add your IPhone's MAC address to it.

[KNK]

If you have Wireless MAC Filter set to Permit only in your router, make sure to add your IPhone's MAC address to it.


You should have to only enter your passPhrase. When I got the phone I origanally had to use the 26 thing, but I bought a new wireless gigabit N and so when my iphone asked me to join I put the passPhrase and it worked.

[ColsTiger]

Mine's 9 digits.

- John

That's why I said "usually.":wink:

[Mordred]

You should have to only enter your passPhrase. When I got the phone I origanally had to use the 26 thing, but I bought a new wireless gigabit N and so when my iphone asked me to join I put the passPhrase and it worked.

You are talking about the Security Mode setting where it's setup to WEP and the WEP encryption is setup to 128 bit 26 hex digits. This is where you enter a Passphrase which generates a randon 26 characters you use to enter on a computer/device to gain access to the wireless network. Considering if thats the only security you setup on your router.

Now what I am talking about is another additional setting in the router where you can setup a list of computer/devices that you can allow or deny access your network and that is "Wireless MAC Filter".

I don't know what its called on other routers but that's what Linksys router has.

[Mordred]

That's why I said "usually.":wink:

This setting would be:

Security Mode setting is to WEP and the WEP encryption is setup to 64 bit 10 hex digits which given a passphrase gives you a 10 character password to use. :laugh2:

[KNK]

You are talking about the Security Mode setting where it's setup to WEP and the WEP encryption is setup to 128 bit 26 hex digits. This is where you enter a Passphrase which generates a randon 26 characters you use to enter on a computer/device to gain access to the wireless network. Considering if thats the only security you setup on your router.

Now what I am talking about is another additional setting in the router where you can setup a list of computer/devices that you can allow or deny access your network and that is "Wireless MAC Filter".

I don't know what its called on other routers but that's what Linksys router has.


I have seen this "Wireless MAC Filter" but never paid attention to it, I will look into it on mine, if I have any info I will let you know.

[patrickj]

The 'Wireless Mac Filter' or slightly different terms used according to which router you use, basically is just a way of restricting access by the unique MAC (Media Access Control) address on all your networked devices. All network cards have a MAC address - so if you know you have 3 PCs / iPhones / devices that want to attach to your network, you can choose to tell your router to *only* allow access from a list you provide of your 3 specific Mac addresses. Generally this filtering is turned off by default, so you (or whoever admins your router) would have to have turned it on and entered those addresses manually. To find your Mac address on your iPhone go to Settings > General > About - and scroll down to Wi-Fi Address. The series of letters / number shown there is your Mac address.
Filtering by Mac address adds a little extra security - but Mac addresses can be 'spoofed' so it's not bulletproof.
Going back to your original problem with password not being accepted, a quick possible solution is to just reset the passphrase on your router - quite often that will do the trick ...