WiFi - Connected but not working

[AHarp]

Hawk,

When I open up the information about the wifi network on my iphone by touching the blue arrow, the page does not have any information. All the fields are blank, including the one for the IP adress. I have no idea what this means.

I also seriously doubt that there is anything wrong with my iPhone's wifi card as I never had trouble connecting to any other wifi network. Also, my friend tested to see if he could use the wifi being broadcasted from my laptop and he had the same problem. The ipod said he was connected to wifi, but then the internet did not work.

[Hawk]

Originally Posted by AHarp

Hawk,

When I open up the information about the wifi network on my iphone by touching the blue arrow, the page does not have any information. All the fields are blank, including the one for the IP adress. I have no idea what this means.

I also seriously doubt that there is anything wrong with my iPhone's wifi card as I never had trouble connecting to any other wifi network. Also, my friend tested to see if he could use the wifi being broadcasted from my laptop and he had the same problem. The ipod said he was connected to wifi, but then the internet did not work.

Well, then that obviously points directly at your laptop setup. The fact that your iPhone connects just means it has established a radio communication link with the laptop, which is great, but unless the laptop is issuing IP addresses, nothing more than the connection is ever going to take place.
I think you need to clear out the settings that you made on the laptop for an ad-hoc network, and start over. Maybe try someone elses instructions other than the ones you posted the link for.
I unforunately cannot help you further as I have avoided Vista like the plague since it first came out. I'm still not even sure about Windows 7.

[angusangus]

After 5 months without wifi on my iphone ever since I used ziphone to unlock my iphone, I finally figuered it out and fix it, here is what I did in summary after many different attempts(tried every solution from online post), here is my 2009 stimulus package for my iphone:
1. I restored to 2.2.1(5H11) firmware and use Quickpwn to unlock it.
2. wifi still not connecting correctly? I reset the "network settings" on iphone, if not work, I set my wireless router to no encryption, then reset iphone "network seetings" again and again until it sticks to wifi connection. First it didn't stick 100%, it was like on and off periodically.
3. Goto "Cydia" downloaded tool call "BossPrefs"
4. Goto app "BossPrefs" turn off the "edge" and keep the wifi. At current stage the wifi still drop connection periodically.
5. Restart wireless router(no encryption still) and reset my iphone "network settings". Go to "BossPrefs" to turn off edge again and keep the wifi because "BossPrefs" reset itself. Now I saw the connection persists.
6. Restart my wifi wireless router and set it to wpa or wpa2 encryption.
7. Reset my iphone "network settings" again(it's a pain but it helps) and type in the password for wifi and a miracle happened, wifi sticks, no more dropped connections, I can even use youtube on my iphone again and leave my itouch collecting dust.
8. I then go to iphone "Cydia" and downloaded half of the ring tone on my iphone and tried it out...awesome!

[bulls6pack]

Originally Posted by Shadowravyn

Well, after extensive work by myself, apple and friends ... Apple decided my iPhone's wifi was bad. I walked into the store to exchange it for a new one and the got it to work on their test wifi so I was told sorry but store policy was it had to fail theirs. I drove an employee thru the parking lot by Starbucks a d McDonalds where it failed to connect ! On returning, they replaced my fone! The first attempt to connect at home succeded and have had 0 issues since!

Im having similar problems. Ive tried my wifi on about 3 different networks, with all the same result. It says its connected to that network, with even the wifi logo for a few seconds, then it automatically goes to Edge. Now my question is this....at this point, if I had to guess I would say its the wifi card in the phone. If this is the case, does anyone have any idea what it might run me to take it to an Apple Store and have them replace it? The bad news is I think my warranty is up. Another bad thing is the closest Apple Store is about 3 hours away! Any thoughts?

[thevalar]

Originally Posted by FeistyGirl

Yep worked for me too

Told the iPhone to Forget The Network, then reconnected and specified "WEP ascii or hex" instead of "WEP password" for the password.

Now, everything seems to be fine.

HELP!!! Please! I believe this solution will solve my problem too, but I can't find the option to switch from WEP to WEP ACII! When it asks me for my password, there's no menu to select any WEP ACII at al. Im check under settings, then wi-fi, but there is no option for me to switch, I must be doing something wrong. Please help, I have not been able to use Safari or Mail for months and I'm fed up of it. If I can't fix this prob by tmrw, then i'm selling my iphone, b/c the wi-fi was like the main reason I got this phone, and I really don't want to sell it b/c of this stupid reason. Please help!

[thevalar]

I must be an idiot or using different iphone software, but i have been looking for that Ascii setting for like 2 hours and i dont see that anywhere on the iphone settings. PLEASE HELP!!!

[ROYGES]

Originally Posted by AHarp

Hawk,

When I open up the information about the wifi network on my iphone by touching the blue arrow, the page does not have any information. All the fields are blank, including the one for the IP adress. I have no idea what this means.

I had the same problem, and i upgraded my router's firmware, and all problems are gone, try that and see if it solves your problem.

thevalar, you should try too