IPhone4 can't "see" or connect to home WiFi network (AirPort)
Hi,
I recently moved to an apartment building. When I was at my parents, we used my Airport Extreme (about 3 years old) for a home network. All three iPhone4's in the house, two PC's, two Macbook Pro's and a first gen iPod Touch all connected without issue.
Since moving, I've hooked up my Airport Extreme and did a firmware update I'd been prompted to do for a few months, but have been ignoring, via Macbook pro. I went to connect my iPhone, and it could no longer find the network. The two Macbook pro's in the apartment connect without issue, however my iPhone4 is not connecting - it can't even "see" or "find" the network!
I don't believe it's a WiFi card issue in the phone, as I can see a number of secure wifi networks in the building, and my phone connects without issue to an unsecured one, Starbucks, friend's networks, etc. However, it can't see my home network; and if I try to connect by manually entering the network name/password it says it can't find the network (which is clearly in existance and working, as I'm on it right now on the Macbook).
I have the latest iOS on my iPhone, and have tried the following (many due to other threads on these boards):
Restarting the modem/router
Restarting the router only
Reseting the iPhone network settings
Downgrading the base station firmware from 7.6.1 (the update I did tonight while setting up the router) to 7.6, 7.5.2, and 7.4.2
Elimintating the newly created guest network
Setting the channels myself
Using it as an open network
Resetting the airport network settings to factory and reconfiguring the network
Standing next to the router
Putting the phone on top of the router
I'm fresh out of ideas, and really, REALLY frusterated.
Any insight or suggestions would be appriciated.
Thanks,
Lauren
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