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Problem with WIFI conection

Discussion in 'iPhone' started by rocky_phone, Aug 8, 2007.

  1. rocky_phone New Member

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    Hello guys, I just bougth my iphone yesterday and I'm very happy. But the onl insue rigth now is that the iphone sees my wireless conection in my house, but I don't now why, when ever I click connect it says unable to connect, please if someone can help to set up this I really appareciate it. Thanks a lot.

    Daniel Villar
    rocky_phone, Aug 8, 2007
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  2. Pennys Member

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    WiFi problem

    Hey
    I am having a similar problem. Iphone recognizes router but will not accept my password. And yes I have checked the password several times and it is correct. Any ideas?

    Any settings I need to change?

    Thanks in advance.
    Penny
    Pennys, Aug 16, 2007
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  3. wacevedo New Member

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    Not sure if you have been able to fix this, but in any case the solution is to change the DNS setting in your iphone to match the router ip address. There seems to be a problem with iphone incorrectly select the modem as the DNS server.

    in your iphone change the DNS address to either the IP address of your router (192.168.1.1 for linksys) or a public DNS server (208.67.222.222 using OpenDNS). Hope this helps.
    wacevedo, Aug 18, 2007
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  4. Tinman Evangelist

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    As an FYI the problems I had with DNS were resolved with the 1.01 iPhone update.

    Also, the iPHone did not incorrectly select the modem as the DNS server, at least not in my case. The modem/router's IP address is supposed to work as the DNS IP on the iPhone--just like it does for my laptops and PCs connected to the same router.

    Before the 1.01 update my iPhone was able to receive the correct DNS IP via DCHP from the router--and he correct DNS IP was indeed the router's IP. It just wasn't able to use that IP for DNS, ergo the need to manually enter an ISP/public DNS IP. But again, I haven't had to do that since the update.


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    Mike
    Tinman, Aug 19, 2007
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  5. joe New Member

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    You could also try changing the encryption the base station uses from WPA to WEP. Some base stations don't do WPA very well.
    joe, Aug 19, 2007
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  6. Matthew G. Richter New Member

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    The solution that worked for me was:
    1) Go to your Mac computer>Airport Utilities>Access>click the "+" button on lower right of screen>type in your phone's Wi-Fi Address>click Update
    2) To find your phone's Wi-Fi Address go to your IPhone>Settings>General>About>scroll down to "Wi-Fi Address"

    This solved the problem for both my 2G and 3GS phones. I now can use a password to access the network, and both my phones and my Macbook all connect no problem.
    Matthew G. Richter, Mar 2, 2010
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