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iphone wifi not working with home network

WI-FI still not working, please help.

I have been trying to hook up my iphone to my clear home internet and it still does the same thing, everytime i try to connect it brings me up to a login site and tells me that my clear network cannot find a W.A.N device on my iphone, i have done and talked to everybody and they say the same thing everytime, talked to the other guy and it gets me nowhere, please somone help me :confused:
 
Have you tried resetting the Links entirely? Sometimes there's an obscure setting in there that causes problems, and a reset, wipe, and reboot, followed by reentering your network info, will cure it.
Try to rename the network, too, when you do that, just in case the problem's lodged in the iPhone somewhere -- so if you use a different network name, the iPhone will be forced to start refreshing with the settings.









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Same Issue

I have had the same issue for a few weeks, I just restart the router and it's good for a couple weeks or so. Must getting bad stacks.
 
iphone wifi fix

My wifi was not working at all on my 2G. It couldn't even scan for networks. Sometimes wifi was even greyed out.

This is how i fixed all my wifi problems:

1. I took the case off the phone and located the the big metal plate that covers the IC's on the main circuit board.

2. Located the wifi chipset, which mine said Marvell on it. (google it if you dont know)

3. Reflowed the Marvell chipset on it at 300 degress C for 10 sec, moving in a small circular pattern as close as you can get it without touching. I was using a air flow setting of 3 with a small air nozzle on it.

4. Let rest for 5-10min without touching.

5. Reassembled iphone and BLAM....Everything is working like a charm!!
 
iphone wifi fix that actually worked for me!

My wifi was not working at all on my 2G. It couldn't even scan for networks. Sometimes wifi was even greyed out.

This is how i fixed all my wifi problems:

1. I took the case off the phone and located the the big metal plate that covers the IC's on the main circuit board.

2. Located the wifi chipset, which mine said Marvell on it. (google it if you dont know)

3. Reflowed the Marvell chipset on it at 300 degress C for 10 sec, moving in a small circular pattern as close as you can get it without touching. I was using a air flow setting of 3 with a small air nozzle on it.

4. Let rest for 5-10min without touching.

5. Reassembled iphone and BLAM....Everything is working like a charm!!
 
It worked!

Thanks bbwolf that worked for me! Who knew it would be so simple after messing around trying to fix this for days!
 
Fixed It!!!!!

All you have to do is make sure that the ip addresses on the phone and the computer are the same mine was off by 2 and that's why it wouldn't connect.

All I did was go to static and copy all the things like the ip address from your computer and the subnet mask other than that you can copy the other things from the first menu when you click on the network (DHCP) right next to BooTP which is right next to Static. After I made sure everything was correct I gave my phone a few seconds to process the changes and (eventually) viola connected. Who knew it was that easy, YES FACETIME AGAIN!!!!!
 
WiFi fault in iPhone 4

while abroad: iPhone will not connect to wifi that allows iMac and other devices using the same key ... I have been through endless support calls and eventually my iPhone was replaced ... the same problem remains!!

Further: I cannot connect to wifi in most open zones (no key required) I get told my data roaming is off and I should use wifi :-/ Good signal and the IP address is the self set 169.... variety

This only happens with my iPhone when I am in Spain - it works fine in the UK in all wifi situations

any thoughts??

tried static settings on the home router
tried complete restore under a different name
 
The problem appears to be where multiple machines or devices are using the same router. The iPhone 3GS assigned an IP Address in order of preference, therefore 192.175.1.1 and then 192.175.1.2 etc. The iPhone 4 will assign a strange IP address which the router will not accept. You therefore need to look at the other devices linked and see what number is next in the sequence. Then go to static on the top tab and type in the IP adress manually followed by the Subnet mask, router and DNS details. Once you have completed the info press the DHCP button and HTTP Proxy as off. When you then try to link it will ask for your pass word and should then work. Good luck it took me around a month to figure this out!!!!
 
There are 2 x 3Gs iPhones that cannot connect to our router with access control enabled. I know that the MAC addresses are correct in the router because I had the access control disabled, selected the relevant devices, and clicked 'Add' but when we re-enable the access control both the devices are disconnected.

This has nothing to do with jail-breaking because none of the phones have had anything like that done.

This problem only started happening after the iPhone 4.x software updates, all the other iPhones in the house running iPhone 3.x are connecting to the router without any problems when the access control is enabled.
 
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Battlestar said:
Have you tried setting a DHCP Reservation in the router for the iPhone?
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Thank you.

This advice worked for me but it still shouldn't have to be done that way. Apple have obviously screwed something up in the iPhone 4.x software. It might be fixed with 4.2 at the end of November.
 
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I had this same issue on 3.1.2.
turns out it was simply that I was entering the wrong password .
The iphone pretended to be connected with no alert of incorrect password and showing the signal strength and tick that indicates its connected.

It would give me an wifi ip address of 169.256.xxx.211 or something instead of 192.168.1.100 .and not connect.
as soon as i entered correct pwd the correct ip showed.
I think this is Apples idea of fun.!
 
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Solution!!!!!!!!

nadleeh said:
hi guys, im new to this forum! i bought my iphone quite some time ago and i up until now, i cant seem to get my wifi working at home. the iphone shows that im connected to the home network but i cant surf the internet through wifi because it says it cant find the server. i checked my settings already and found out that its because the iphone has been reading a wrong ip address from the home network. anyone has any idea how to help? please advice. i tried googling for it before but to no avail. please help
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This is how i fixed the wifi problem...(i used my mac)
So basicly I created a new WiFi hotspot on my iMac, then I connected my iphone to it and it WORKS!
1. open System Preferences (Apple -> System Preferences) and click Sharing.
2. select Internet Sharing at the left side.
3. Then check off AirPort.
4. Then creat a newtwork name, and password
5. VOILA! look at the Wifi connections on your iPhone and it should be there!

(IF YOU HAD ANY PROBLEMS GO TO THIS LINK..
http://maketecheasier.com/create-wifi-hotspot-using-mac-os-x/2009/10/20
THIS SITE SHOWS YOU HOW TO SET IT UP)
 
Brilliant superb...thanks Clonergan...worked for me

clonergan said:
I just got my Iphone 4 days ago and didn't realize I wasn't automatically using my home wifi after downloading a million apps and geting a text from ATT saying i used up 145 of my 200MB already. I went to this forum and tried everything and the only thing that worked was to change the IP address.

Here is how I did it:
1.Go to settings
2. Click on the blue arrow next to your wifi network
3. choose Static
4. Enter your IP address, router and DNS (you should be able to get this from your computer, if not call your internet provider)
5. click on the wifi network button at the top left
6. Make sure the ASk to join networks button is OFF

Wait 2-3 minutes and it should work, if not try putting you phone in airplane mode then on again.

I hope this helps you
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Superb response, worked for me first time...thanks Clonergan
 
clonergan said:
I just got my Iphone 4 days ago and didn't realize I wasn't automatically using my home wifi after downloading a million apps and geting a text from ATT saying i used up 145 of my 200MB already. I went to this forum and tried everything and the only thing that worked was to change the IP address.

Here is how I did it:
1.Go to settings
2. Click on the blue arrow next to your wifi network
3. choose Static
4. Enter your IP address, router and DNS (you should be able to get this from your computer, if not call your internet provider)
5. click on the wifi network button at the top left
6. Make sure the ASk to join networks button is OFF

Wait 2-3 minutes and it should work, if not try putting you phone in airplane mode then on again.

I hope this helps you
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i have tried this also. the wifi signal pops up for a second but then turns back to Edge :(
my wifi was working just fine till last night (i tried to use a new wifi spot away from home) and then when i got home it wouldn't connect. well it says its connected but no wifi signal and will not let me access the internet. i have tried respringing, resetting network settings, disconnecting and reconnecting to my wifi, turning on n off router but nothing helps
 
A fix, but not a pretty one!

I had the same problem. The wifi network appears on the iPhone, and it claims to be connected, but cannot be used as the iPhone doesn't get allocated a valid IP address on the network. I have an iPhone 4 and an extreme base station. After many resets and following suggestions on various forums, nothing worked.
It appears that the problem is that the Airport Extreme is failing to correctly allocate a private IP address to the iPhone using DHCP - an automated connection protocol. No idea why this isn't working, it ought to be straight forward - possibly a bug in the latest iPhone iOS?
The way I solved it was to use the Airport Utility to change the connection setting on the airport Extreme from automatic allocation of IP addresses, to only allocating a range of IP addresses from 2 to 200.
On the iPhone I then change from DHCP to Manual and set the IP address to xxx.xxx.xxx.201 (where the x's are the private IP address range chosen by Airport Utility). If needed, another device could be set to 202 etc.
All very ugly, sorry, but at least it works if nothing else does. Best of luck. I hope Apple finds out why it is happening and fixes it, it seems a lot of people are also struggling with this.

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I had the same problem. The wifi network appears on the iPhone, and it claims to be connected, but cannot be used as the iPhone doesn't get allocated a valid IP address on the network. I have an iPhone 4 and an extreme base station. After many resets and following suggestions on various forums, nothing worked.
It appears that the problem is that the Airport Extreme is failing to correctly allocate a private IP address to the iPhone using DHCP - an automated connection protocol. No idea why this isn't working, it ought to be straight forward - possibly a bug in the latest iPhone iOS?
The way I solved it was to use the Airport Utility to change the connection setting on the airport Extreme from automatic allocation of IP addresses, to only allocating a range of IP addresses from 2 to 200.
On the iPhone I then change from DHCP to Manual and set the IP address to xxx.xxx.xxx.201 (where the x's are the private IP address range chosen by Airport Utility). If needed, another device could be set to 202 etc.
All very ugly, sorry, but at least it works if nothing else does. Best of luck. I hope Apple finds out why it is happening and fixes it, it seems a lot of people are also struggling with this.
 
reset Network

Same problem, but none of the above worked for me. Finally went to Settings/ General/ Reset/ Reset network settings. Saw this in a different thread.
 
Iphone not connecting to home network

Did as Clonergan post suggested.

Went to Settings: Network: Wi-Fi; selected arrow next to my wi fi address and entered a Static IP.

Selected a static IP address from the range shown on my router 912.168.0.12.
Entered Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 (shown in router settings)
Entered router IP 192.168.0.1 (shown in router settings)
and DNS address from router settings; (shown in router settings)

Exited settings - CONNECTED AND FASTER than before !!

Yip ! Yip!

Just hope it continues to work.

Had tried all other ideas - none worked. Did not alter any router settings.
 
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