iphone:unable to join the network message

hnm · 08-12-2008, 04:21 PM

hi,

i have an iphone 8gb with rogers. whenever i go to settings--> wifi
and choose my network under "choose a network list" , the iphone gives me pop up saying "unable to join the network". i have tried this with and without an aspi/ wep hex password/ wpa , and without a password yet i still get the same message.

i have also tried reseting my network settings and also a hard reset yet same message pops up.

i have a smc 7004vwbr router. my laptop and the pc connects flawlessly with it. its just the iphone. can some one please help me.

splogue · 09-14-2008, 10:36 AM

After banging my head against this problem for two straight months, I finally found a solution.

My network uses WPA encryption, with AES key and a Linksys router. I tried setting my phone to a static address, disabling mixed-mode network support, changing channels, disabling channel expansion -- nothing worked. My wife's phone can't connect either, so I knew it was a network configuration problem. I came very close to buying a new router from a different brand.

Finally, today, I tried disabling "WPA personal" while leaving "WPA2 personal" enabled. And it worked. First try. Both phones.

I was never able to find anyone on the net who had this problem and resolved it, so I'm posting this in a few forums to help out others searching for the solution.

Sean

dmclenna · 10-15-2008, 07:08 PM

Hey just a quicky tip here. Most if not all "Linksys" passwords are "admin", unless of course you haven't changed it yourself.

wcnel · 10-17-2008, 02:10 AM

Brought home my new iPod Touch, but even though it would recognize my home wireless network, it would not join the network. My router uses WPA2 security with a password, but every time I CAREFULLY entered the password it was rejected. If I shut off security in my router, I could connect, but as soon as I returned to the security settings I could no longer connect. Here's the fix: I simply changed the password/key for my security setting in the router, and then the Touch would connect. Then I changed the password back to what it had been,and the Touch connects again. All good now.

TimMaher · 07-06-2009, 08:59 AM

This is driving me mad. I've re-built the phone, re-built the router, used a different router, used WEP, WPA & WPA-2, changed the passphrase, gone out for a beer; nothing works. Agghhh!!!!!

Anybody know how to get this on front of somebody important at Apple?

splogue · 07-06-2009, 09:23 AM

I eventually gave up and bought a refurbished Apple Airport Express. I connected it to my router and use it just for the iPhones. Worked the first try and has been going strong ever since.

Sean

TimMaher · 07-06-2009, 09:38 AM

Hi Chris,

Anyhow,

I've just posted to a couple of other forums, including my mobile provider, so we'll see if anything wakes up. I don't think that this prob. will go away without a bit of a firmware fiddle from Apple.

Regs

Tim

TimMaher · 07-06-2009, 09:39 AM

I must have had too many beers.

navr · 07-26-2009, 06:54 PM

go to your Linksys router url e.g. 192.168.1.1

login using username and password phrase

go to Wireless and then Wireless Security

On that page you'll see WPA pre-shared key if WPA personal was used for protection. This key will be a long string of alphanumerics

enter this string exactly as a password on your iphone Join network screen

and Voila!

TimMaher · 07-27-2009, 05:05 AM

Thanks Sean,

Good reply but much too sophisticated and I'd done all of that already.

Anyhow, mosied into the Genius bar for a different issue and managed to blag a spot at the iPhone bar. They diagnosed a faulty antenna and replaced the phone. Everything now works perfectly on original configuration although I did have to reset the WPA key to get it going.

Pity the answer was so straightforward.

Regs

Tim