3G iPhone: Cannot connect to wifi network(s)

[Pythondev]

Hi,

I got my new 3G iPhone today.
Everything works perfectly except that I am unable to connect to my home WiFi network.

In my network I have the main router, then a wireless hub (access point). Theres a wired connection going to a PC from the hub as well as wireless to a laptop. Both of these have no trouble connecting to the internet.

The router is a 4 port Belkin.
The hub is a BT Voyager 1500 Wireless.

On the iPhone in Settings > WiFi I am seeing two networks. One of which is called BTHUB (this one is about a foot away from my desk) and another called BTHomeHub-C193 which must be in someone elses house nearby.

By clicking on the little blue icon of either of these the ID ADDRESS, SUBNET MASK, ROUTER, DNS, SEARCH DOMAINS and CLIENT ID fields are all empty.

When I try to connect to to either of these it asks me for a password. From BTHUB (my network) I type in my wep key (exactly the same one as I use with laptop) and I get the message "Unable to join the network "BTHUB".

I have reset the network connections from the about section of the settings. I have also disconnected, restarted and re-setup my router and the BT Hub many times and I get the same result.

If anyone has any advice on what I could try let me know.
Thanks

 

[moosa19]

I use to have the same problem - could not connect to home network
I changed my linksys router from wep protected to WPA - this did the trick.

First i would turn off security on your router and see if your iphone connects, then change the router settings to wpa

Hope this helps

 

[Pythondev]

I did think of trying that.. But then along comes problem number two.
In order to do that I need to access my BT hubs settings page which according to the manual it came with should be accessible in a browser via a specific IP address. I have tried this IP address on my laptop and PC and neither of them is finding it.

I also pinged it and got no response.
Unfortunately theres no hard reset pin hole on the BT hub so I can't reset it to factory settings. If there is another way of doing this or finding out how to get into my Hub settings that would be great.

Thanks

 

[moosa19]

connect your pc or laptop to the wireless router with the lan cable, disable the wireless on your pc or laptop for now

then type the ip address

this should work

 

[Pythondev]

Nope,
Still can't access it.

I don't think my hub is actually a voyager 1500 - I just done some searching online and they look nothing alike. I haven't got a clue what hub I've got - its definitely BT though. It could just be a hub and not a full blown router.

Heres my ipconfig /all result done from my PC (which is connected via Ethernet into BT Hub which is connected via Ethernet to Belkin router).

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Python>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Python-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Belkin

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168/8111 Family PCI-E Gigabit
Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-DB-CE-62-61
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::d54a:334d:8f84:7b06%8(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.53(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 11 July 2008 23:45:18
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 18 August 2144 06:26:02
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 134224347
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:d5c7:a2ca:1c39:54d1:adfc:453c(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1c39:54d1:adfc:453c%9(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.2.53%16(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Users\Python>


If that's any help or perhaps indication of how I can change my wireless security settings. I have tried accessing all of the IP's above and none of them lead to the BT Hub settings.

http://192.168.2.1 however leads to the Belkin router settings but of course I cannot change wireless from there.

Thanks