retrieve wifi password? delete home network?

bandonpaul · 01-20-2008, 03:12 AM

I recently installed a wireless router with my home PC. I immediately went online with my new iPod Touch after typing what I intended to be my password. When I enter my password now, my home wifi network doesn't recognize it. I have tremor in my hands, so probably hit those sensitive keys more than once, or keys that I did not intend.

Can I retrieve the actual password I first entered? Can I delete the data for setting up that wifi network? Can I delete that network entirely?

My iPod Touch wifi otherwise works perfectly in hot spots in my city.

I restored my Touch, and reinstalled my new router. Any suggestions???

dazza · 01-20-2008, 09:33 AM

Just go to settings/wifi/click the blue arrow next to your network then click on 'forget this network'

This should delete any password you previously entered, then just go through the connection process again with the correct password.

KNK · 01-20-2008, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by bandonpaul

I recently installed a wireless router with my home PC. I immediately went online with my new iPod Touch after typing what I intended to be my password. When I enter my password now, my home wifi network doesn't recognize it. I have tremor in my hands, so probably hit those sensitive keys more than once, or keys that I did not intend.

Can I retrieve the actual password I first entered? Can I delete the data for setting up that wifi network? Can I delete that network entirely?

My iPod Touch wifi otherwise works perfectly in hot spots in my city.

I restored my Touch, and reinstalled my new router. Any suggestions???

A friend of mine has tremor also, so I put the info in for him, so have a friend help you.

dazza · 01-20-2008, 12:34 PM

Those shakes can come in handy sometimes though

bandonpaul · 01-20-2008, 02:46 PM

Originally Posted by dazza

Just go to settings/wifi/click the blue arrow next to your network then click on 'forget this network'

This should delete any password you previously entered, then just go through the connection process again with the correct password.

Thanks, Dazza. However, when I check the blue arrow following the network I want to forget, the choice of 'forget this network does not appear. What I do get is a screen with three headings:

DHCP, BootP, and Static
IP address
Subnet Mask
Router
DNS
Search Domains
Client Domains

Across the bottom of this screen is:
HTTP Proxy
OFF, Manual, Auto

Now what do you suggest?

Thank you!

dazza · 01-20-2008, 03:06 PM

Oops, my mistake, you'll only get the option if you have already connected to that particular network.

What happens if you click on your network (not the blue arrow) but directly on the network name (if you see what i mean)
If your network is secure then you should be asked for a password which is in fact the 'WEP' code that was created/generated when you secured your network.

Let us know how you get on matey.

bandonpaul · 01-20-2008, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by dazza

Oops, my mistake, you'll only get the option if you have already connected to that particular network.

What happens if you click on your network (not the blue arrow) but directly on the network name (if you see what i mean)
If your network is secure then you should be asked for a password which is in fact the 'WEP' code that was created/generated when you secured your network.

Let us know how you get on matey.

Dazza, thanks again. However, I typed in my WEP encription key and the network won't accept that as my password either.
When I click on the name of my home network, a password is requested, and for the life of me I cannot come up with it.

Any other alternatives?

patrickj · 01-20-2008, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by bandonpaul

Dazza, thanks again. However, I typed in my WEP encription key and the network won't accept that as my password either.
When I click on the name of my home network, a password is requested, and for the life of me I cannot come up with it.

Any other alternatives?

Try resetting the network password. Means you'll have to enter the new one on your PCs as well, but is often a quick fix when password is not being accepted on the iPhone / Touch - and it's a very quick Yes or No for success ...

KNK · 01-20-2008, 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by bandonpaul

Dazza, thanks again. However, I typed in my WEP encription key and the network won't accept that as my password either.
When I click on the name of my home network, a password is requested, and for the life of me I cannot come up with it.

Any other alternatives?

Forget the WEP stuff, it's not needed since 1.1.1, just use your passPhrase now.
Do you mean you do not recollect your password?

On your computer connect to your router, and change the passPhrase.

Then try setting that passPhrase in the iPhone.

bandonpaul · 01-20-2008, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by KNK

Forget the WEP stuff, it's not needed since 1.1.1, just use your passPhrase now.
Do you mean you do not recollect your password?

On your computer connect to your router, and change the passPhrase.

Then try setting that passPhrase in the iPhone.

I remember well my password, but when I type it in for login I get the message 'incorrect password.' When I set up my home network I must have mis-typed the password due to my tremor, e.g., nnnt ccyu ii, inadventent spaces and duplicate letters.