Sunday, February 15, 2009
iPod Touch WiFi Nightmare
What works:
It finds my wireless network and shows connected bars.
What doesn't work:
When I try to connect to anything I get either: "Safari is not connected to the internet" OR "the server stopped responding." I have tried typing in IP addresses directly and I still get the latter message, so I believe the problem is more than just a DNS problem. I believe it has to do with some sort of router security problem.
Here is one piece of advice from a forum:
ok go into settings and then WiFi, and then click the blue > symbol to the right of the connection. Look at your IP address. If it starts with 169.xxx.xxx.xxx, then it failed to pick up an IP address from your wireless router. Use the "Forget this Network button and try connecting again.
So I did look at my settings, and the IP address it is picking up does start with 169. So I clicked "forget this network" and then reset my network settings from the General ==> Reset menu. Selected my wifi again but still got the 169 IP address.
Other suggestions from around the web are to disable WEP in my router. This concerns me, of course, because doesn't that mean my wireless connection is completely unsecure?
I think my next step is going to be to reset my router and check for firmware upgrades, as my router is about three years old. And, I need to reset it anyways to get access to settings because I can't seem to find where I wrote down the password that I dutifully changed for security reasons.
Another suggestion is to "enter the iphones name and MAC address onto the authorised list and press APPLY. this will put it into the routers list of devices. Iphone MAC address and details are obtained by going to SETTINGS-GENERAL- ABOUT. The iphone name is a derivative of the MAC address!" I'm not sure exactly what this means, but under Settings ==> General ==> About there is a Wi-Fi Address listed. I'm guessing that is the "MAC address".
It finds my wireless network and shows connected bars.
What doesn't work:
When I try to connect to anything I get either: "Safari is not connected to the internet" OR "the server stopped responding." I have tried typing in IP addresses directly and I still get the latter message, so I believe the problem is more than just a DNS problem. I believe it has to do with some sort of router security problem.
Here is one piece of advice from a forum:
ok go into settings and then WiFi, and then click the blue > symbol to the right of the connection. Look at your IP address. If it starts with 169.xxx.xxx.xxx, then it failed to pick up an IP address from your wireless router. Use the "Forget this Network button and try connecting again.
So I did look at my settings, and the IP address it is picking up does start with 169. So I clicked "forget this network" and then reset my network settings from the General ==> Reset menu. Selected my wifi again but still got the 169 IP address.
Other suggestions from around the web are to disable WEP in my router. This concerns me, of course, because doesn't that mean my wireless connection is completely unsecure?
I think my next step is going to be to reset my router and check for firmware upgrades, as my router is about three years old. And, I need to reset it anyways to get access to settings because I can't seem to find where I wrote down the password that I dutifully changed for security reasons.
Another suggestion is to "enter the iphones name and MAC address onto the authorised list and press APPLY. this will put it into the routers list of devices. Iphone MAC address and details are obtained by going to SETTINGS-GENERAL- ABOUT. The iphone name is a derivative of the MAC address!" I'm not sure exactly what this means, but under Settings ==> General ==> About there is a Wi-Fi Address listed. I'm guessing that is the "MAC address".
