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Help Bionic/ Airport WiFi compatability

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MarkDur

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Trying to access my wifi through Apple Airport. The Bionic will recognize the network, tries to authenticate and the indicates the network is disabled. Is this a google/apple thing? PS I have other devices that have no problem connecting.
 
I have three apple airports here, all with 802.11n (b/g compatible) mode and WPA2, and the Bionic connects just fine.
 
Yeah. After I posted yesterday I went to a friends house. I can connect on his airport. Looks like it is something about the way I've got this configured but I can't figure it out. Suggestions anyone?
 
MarkDur said:
Yeah. After I posted yesterday I went to a friends house. I can connect on his airport. Looks like it is something about the way I've got this configured but I can't figure it out. Suggestions anyone?
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Well, do you have it set to 802.11n (b/g compatible)? I'd try WPA2 Personal over WPA/WPA2 personal - my old Eris could not connect to some WPA encrypted routers using TKIP, and WPA2 uses AES. That's a start - always a good idea to reduce the number of changes at once so you know what actually solves a problem. :)
 
OK I changed the setting to WPA 2 Personal and still having the same problem. Authenticating then reports Disabled. Any other suggestions?
 
MarkDur said:
OK I changed the setting to WPA 2 Personal and still having the same problem. Authenticating then reports Disabled. Any other suggestions?
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Try changing the channel on the router next. Most people go with 1, 6 and 11 for b and g (because a WiFi connection actually spans about 5 channels on either side of your choice, so having two close to each other 5 channels apart ensures that you won't have interference issues.) Whichever yours is set to, see what happens if you switch to another. (It may be set to automatic, which should try to pick an open channel, but you can tell which it picked by looking at the summary page for the Wireless settings - it will tell which channel(s) (there could be two, if you have 802.11n with b/g compatibility set.)

You also may want to long-press the setting for the router on your phone to forget the passphrase and try again (though I am pretty sure that if the passphrase is wrong it will just ask again, rather than just quit trying.)
 
FANTASTIC! I did a long press on the phone. It asked me for a password and I was able to connect. Thanks. Could you explain why the long press works like this?
 
MarkDur said:
FANTASTIC! I did a long press on the phone. It asked me for a password and I was able to connect. Thanks. Could you explain why the long press works like this?
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I'm not sure. What I *think* happened is that your passphrase you entered originally was incorrect but it was not prompting you to correct it. I hope you don't mind that I don't feel like testing with mine to see what happens when you have the passphrase wrong. ;)
 
doogald said:
Try changing the channel on the router next. Most people go with 1, 6 and 11 for b and g (because a WiFi connection actually spans about 5 channels on either side of your choice, so having two close to each other 5 channels apart ensures that you won't have interference issues.) Whichever yours is set to, see what happens if you switch to another. (It may be set to automatic, which should try to pick an open channel, but you can tell which it picked by looking at the summary page for the Wireless settings - it will tell which channel(s) (there could be two, if you have 802.11n with b/g compatibility set.)
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You might also want to install the free Wifi Analyzer from FarProc. It's great for looking at what's around you and helping you determine the best wireless channel to be on. It's helped me track down several wireless problems at home and at family/friends homes...
 
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