How to connect to home wireless network

how do I connect to a home wirelss network?

Jointing a WiFi network.
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  • IPhone GPS location incorrect when connected to home wireless network

    Hi all,
    My iPhone GPS works well except when I am at home and connect to my wireless network. It always gives the same incorrect location about 3km away from my house. When I turn wireless off then the phone gives my correct location.
    I think it is somehow getting confused when connecting to my airport. (I wonder if it is showing the location of the local telephone exchange?)
    Has anyone else encountered this problem or found a solution? Or can I somehow tell my airport where it is?
    Thanks!

    A company called Skyhook Wireless maps WiFi and cell tower locations it scans. Apple uses this to help your GPS locate itself quicker. Here's how it works: http://www.skyhookwireless.com/inaction/apple.php
    If your WiFi has not been scanned properly, you can submit a WiFi location update by going here: http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/submit_ap.php

  • Unable to connect to home wireless network with my iPod touch

    I've had my iTouch for several months now and I'm still not able to connect to my wireless network at home. I've tried the resets and other suggestions I've found in the discussion groups but nothing has worked.
    I have an older Netgear Router MR814v2 and it is unsecured. It is attached to my old desktop, HP Pavilion running Windows ME, which is not able to run the itunes software. My HP laptop is where my iTouch and iTunes software is installed.
    The iTouch displays my network with good signal strength, but when I try to connect I get the "unable to join the network "NETGEAR".
    Going to my router, it does not recognize my iTouch as an attached device. Why is that and what am I missing?
    Thank you for all suggestions and your help.

    I tried powering down the router. When it's off the iTouch does not recognize the network and then when it's powered on again, the iTouch recognizes the network. Unlike the public wi-fi spots that my iTouch responds to, where all the info like IP Address, Subnet Mask, Router, DNS etc are populated in the settings...my iTouch does not populate these fields at home even though it recognizes the network. I still get the unable to connect to network error. Could it be that my router is antiquated and can not support the iTouch? Like I said earlier, my Router does not recognize the iTouch as being attached to it.

  • Suddenly can't connect to home wireless network

    All of a sudden I can't connect to my home wireless network - always has worked perfectly.  Now I get a box asking for the password, and although I type it in correctly it keeps saying "incorrect password."  I thought I'd delete it and re-establish it, but it doesn't show up in the Managed Network settings.  Any ideas what is going on?

    On the problem computer, go to Control Panel > Printers and delete all instances of the printer.
    Next, print a Wireless Network Test from the front of the printer (Network menu).  Note the printer's IP address.
    1. Make sure the printer is turned on and connected to your network. Verify that you can access the printer's internal web page by browsing to its IP address before continuing.
    2. Click >> Start >> Control panel >> Printers.
    3. Click the Add a printer
    4. Select Local printer
    5. Select Create a new port and select Standard TCP/IP Port and click Next button.
    6. Under Device type, select TCP/IP Device. Under Hostname or IP address, enter the printer's IP address. Click Next.
    7. Select Hewlett-Packard from the list of manufacturers and select and select your printer model. Click Next.
    If your printer model was not listed, then select Have Disk, browse the HP CD that came with your printer and select the first file that starts with hp and ends with inf. Click Open then OK. Select your printer model. Click Next.
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    9. It will ask for the Printer name -- enter a new name or use the existing one. This will be the name of the printer that you select from other applications.
    10. You may be asked to share the printer. Choose NO.
    11. The Print Test Page box appears. Go ahead and print it.
    12. Click Finish.
    Say thanks by clicking "Kudos" "thumbs up" in the post that helped you.
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  • IPad won't connect to home wireless network

    Got my iPad for Christmas and it has worked perfectly until tonight. Out of the blue it wasn't connected to my home wireless network. I reset the modem, powered the iPad off and on again, reset the network settings and reset all settings. No luck, it just keeps searching all of the laptops in the house work just fine ??

    Hi HugBeth - Welcome to the forums.
    Notice the links other posters provided above? Follow those links and then come back and thank those folks that took the time to pass along problem-solving advice.
    Pam, you might wish to checkout these resources as well:
    I prefer this list of solution oriented suggestions as a starting point: http://tinyurl.com/3yorao9
    You'll also find an ongoing discussion in this forum entitled: "Weak Wifi" I have also included the link for you- http://tinyurl.com/2ctu39q It contains additional problem-solving steps undertaken by users when they found the standard solutions for missing & weak connections did not apply to them.
    Good luck.

  • IPhone 5 won't connect to home wireless network

    After updating to iOS 7 my iPhone 5 has been unable to connect to the wireless network in my home.  It will recognize it, ask me to input password, and then it will say it cannot connect.  I have shut the iPhone 5 on/off, turned on/off the wireless, turned on/off the bluetooth, and attempted to install the latest iOS update (but cannot because it won't let me unless I am connected to wifi).
    I am having this problem with my MacBook Pro as well.

    There is something wrong with your wireless router or network - especially if you have no problem connecting your iPhone and MPB with any other wi-fi network besides your own.
    Have you tried resetting your wireless router and network in conjunction with the modem, and/or have you checked the manufacturer's website to see if there is a firmware update available for your wireless router model that has not been installed?
    What type of encryption are you using with your wireless network - WEP, or WPA2?

  • How to connect to a wireless network on a i mac g4

    After I installed the airport card I restarted my router, I noticed other networks except for mines appeared. Any suggestions on what to do to access my wireless network?

    Have you ever configured the network yourself (in terms of changing the network name/password, etc), or is it the same settings that Comcast created? You will need to find out the wifi speed and security before you can determine if it's compatible with your Airport card.
    Sometimes the encryption type is written on a sticker on the router itself.
    Often you can log into the router yourself, even with an ISP-managed router, and look at the settings. Do you have any other computers connected to the wireless network? Try to determine their local IP address, and that should tell you the router address. (e.g. on a Mac, go to System Preferences - Network). You would log into your router using http://192.168.1.1, for example, if that's the address.
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  • How to connect non-Apple wireless networks?

    Hello
    Before I start, I know very little about networking, so could do with some assistance please!
    In my office, I have a MacPro, fitted with an airport extreme. I also have a TL-WR1043ND Wireless N Gigabit Router, which I have connected to a ReadyNas NV+.
    In my house, I use my MacBook Pro connected wirelessly. The internet is accessed via a TP-Link TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router.
    Both the MacPro and the MacBook Pro connect to the internet cia the TD-W8961ND. The TL-WR1043ND resides on a separate wireless network. The idea is that I can access and store data wirelessly using the ReadyNas (which incidentally has become an issue since upgrading to Lion).
    The NAS needs to be kept in my office so it is secure and there is no direct telephone link to the office.
    Cutting a long story short, I'd like to make the two networks into one, so I was wondering if I could use the TL-WR1043ND as some sort of wireless access point (connected to the NAS) and joining it to the wireless network of the W8961 ADSL2 router.
    I don't know how to do this, so was wondering if somebody could help and perhaps guide me through some of the settings? I've searched the interweb abyss, without any joy.
    All the best
    Hoffmeister

    As you can imagine, this forum is primarily for assistance with Apple networking so it may be a bit difficult to really be able to provide you with a step-by-step on how to configure both of these routers for Wireless Distribution System (WDS).
    I did a bit of research and found the following TP-Link Support article that describes how to do this with a pair of their TD-W8960N routers and it may be worth reviewing to see if it can help you with yours.

  • IPhone 4 suddenly stopped connecting with home wireless network

    Upon getting a new wifi router, initially my iPhone 4 connected. Last night I lost wifi conneciton on it and cannot get it back. Updated to IOS 7.1 to see if it would help. Nothing. Have reset network setings, gone into airplane mode and attempted hard restart. Have also reset modem. The phone worked on another wireless network and all other devices in our house are working fine. Does anyone have any insights/ had this problem before? House network is Bell Fibe.
    The phone can see the wirless network but when we go to connect it infinetly spins.
    Thanks!!

    Hi garth_w,
    If you are having issues connecting to your home network from your iPhone after a change in routers, you may find the following article helpful:
    iOS: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
    https://support.apple.com/kb/TS1398
    Regards,
    - Brenden

  • Airport problems - can't connect to home wireless network

    I am stumped. i made the upgrade to quicktime ( it's not 7.4.5?) and suddenly airport didn't work. i input the wep password, and it returns, There was an error. When I try through Network Assist it says that the password is incorrect. Which of course, is not true. This same upgrade seems to have also created keychain issues.
    I can connect without problem when hardwired through ethernet, however, I need the wireless to work.
    Thanks, Thomas
    ps. I'm using the same Linksys BEFW 11S4 that I have for years...

    First of all, I want to say that i"m surprised in 24 hours or so, no one had anything to say on this subject. To help anyone else who has this problem, I will give the answer for I have solved the problem ( desperation has a way of forcing one to figure it out by the old trial and error method).
    What occurred was that some how, the keychain document for my computer ( the home document, not login nor system) was inadvertently taken out. It was in another folder, but, I didn't realize what it was since it did not have .keychain in the name. Just my computer name. I got a hunch and put it back into place. And, suddenly Safari asked for the keychain password ( which had not been working either) and i put in the computers password and it was accepted. Airport was still not connect, but, when I manually input the wep password, it accepted it and turned on. What puzzles me is why the fact that there was no keychain home document, interfered with the manual inputting of the correct WEP password in airport. That I don't understand. Nonetheless, I am thrilled to be done with this all. And to have learned yet another mac secret. ( what ever that is). So, thanks to myself and I hope that someone is helped by what I have written here.

  • How to connect a home Ethernet network and Time Machine?

    My home is wired for Ethernet, but I cannot figure out how to make it active.
    Currently I have my cable modem connected to a Time Machine. Then, the Time Machine is connected to the Ethernet lines that run through my house. If I try to connect my laptop to one of the Ethernet jacks in the house, it does not work. I can however connect the laptop to the Time Machine directly with no issues.
    Any ideas on what I may be missing?
    Thank you.

    The Time Capsule is indeed a wireless router, also having three Ethernet ports. So it should be capable of handling up to three devices connecting via Ethernet and routing them to the Internet through your cable modem which should be connected to the WAN port on the Time Capsule.
    Again, if you connect a computer directly to one of the Ethernet ports in the Time Capsule and it works to get you to the Internet, but you then connect one of the in-wall Ethernet lines to that same port in the Time Capsule and connect the same computer using the same patch cable to the other end of the in-wall Ethernet line and it doesn't work, then the in-wall cabling is bad.

  • Time Capsule no longer connects to home wireless network.

    Last night the Time Capsule we have been using for wireless internet and TM backup stopped connecting to internet.  It will still back up from this network. It is connected to a FIOS router.  The status light is off, which is supposed to mean it is unplugged.  It is plugged in and connected to the FIOS router, this light is green.
    If we switch to using the FIOS router for internet access, we get internet access but no backups.  Our Canon printer used to work connected wirelessly, but now does not on either network.
    Shelly

    Good news that the Time Capsule has not had a major power failure.
    But, I'm not clear on whether the Time Capsule is working OK now on your network.....and the amber light is blinking......or......whether the Time Capsule is not working on your network and the amber light is blinking.
    The genius should have told you that you can use AirPort Utility on your Mac and it will tell you "why" the amber light is blinking.
    What operating system are you using on your Mac?  If you are not sure, click on the Apple icon in the upper left corner of the screen, then click on About This Mac. Post back with the OS X Version number that you see there.

  • Unable to connect to home wireless network

    Hi -
    I just got my 16mb Iphone 3G and tired to get it to sign on to the wifi network at home. It sees the ssid but just won't sign on. I have a open network, so there shouldn't be anything that will prevent it from getting on to the network. Please advise

    When you try to select your network name on your iPhone, does the phone then show a tick next to the network name? If it does, then tap the clue arrow and see if your phone has a registered IP address. If it doesn't, then check out the various articles on the apple support site.
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    Stuart

  • Can't connect to home wireless network

    I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 and Verizon D-Link model DSL-2750B.  Neither my phone or my husbands will connect to our Wi-Fi.  Anyone have any idea why,it just keeps trying to authenticate but won't connect.

    I just got new phones for both my husband and myself and doesn't work on either of the.  I can get Wi-Fi @ work.  The router is new and I have other wireless items that are running fine on it. It is Verizon D-Link DSL 2750B.  I have tried setting up the phones with WPS, adding the MAC number directly into the site but nothing seems to work.

  • Can't connect to home wireless network using WPA2

    Using PowerPC 10.4 Tiger.
    Wireless is detected by airport card with pw prompt as WEP, but the network actually uses WPA2. Enter PW in prompt, but, of course, it was rejected.
    My iPhone can get into my WiFI with WPA2 just fine.
    What gives?
    When network is configured for WEP, I can log in just fine, but can't take advantage of 802.11n (pre)

    To use WPA2 requires an Airport Extreme card.
    Run Apple System Profiler and under "Network" select "Airport Card" and it will tell you what type of Airport Card you have. If you don't have an Airport Extreme, you can't use WPA2.
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