My AirportX config is set to WPA/WPA2 -should/can I make it just WPA2?

Want to make sure I'm secure as (reasonably) possible...surprised to find my setting at WPA/WPA2...
Is this one of those cases where it will use the better (WPA2) when possible and the other when not...Is there any benefit to changing it to WPA2 (what are the downsides?).
Please, no technical razzle dazzle, I'm a novice...and simply want to be safe as possible.
Thanks in advance.
(my version is 7.5.2)

WPA2 Personal would be the strongest type of wireless security available on your network.
Downsides...perhaps a bit of wireless speed loss due to the additional encryption required for this setting and a possibility that some older devices that can connect to WPA/WPA2 Personal now, may not be able to cannot connect to WPA2 Personal. You won't know until you try.
To adjust the security setting on the AirPort Extreme, open AirPort Utility and click Manual Setup
Click the Wireless tab located just below the row of icons
Change the Wireless Security setting to WPA2 Personal
Click Update and the AirPort Extreme will restart in 25-30 seconds
If you find that some devices cannot connect to the higher security of WPA2 Personal, you can revert to WPA/WPA2 Personal again as required.

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WPA/WPA2 Powerbook G4 can't connect to dome Airport Extreme

Hi,
My Security settings are now set to WPA/WPA2 Personal on my dome Airport Extreme.
The only computer that can't connect to it is my 15" Powerbook G4. It shows the airport at the top, but only gives me the option of running WPA. I am running OS 10.4.11, because I need to keep classic on one computer!
I do not have the option of setting my airport to just WPA
From what I've read in this forum, I'm just not sure if I will be able to connect wirelessly with this computer.
Any help or advise out there?
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Oh geez, I can't even post to the right forum. Apologies!

MacOSX 10.3.8 system with original Airport card can't connect via WPA/WPA2

Hi all,
My WiFi network consists of an Airport Express running a WPA/WPA2 Personal network and 802.11b/g compatibility, upon which 3 Macs (all with Airport Extreme/G or /Draft-N cards) and 2 PCs (both G compatible) merrily connect to.
I have an old PowerMac G4 which I've just fitted with an original non-Extreme Airport card, and having updated MacOSX 10.3.8 with Airport 4.2 to enable WPA access, it still refuses to connect to the network; I get the "There was an error joining the Airport network ..." when the correct password is entered.
My understanding is that while the old Airport cards don't support WPA2, they do support WPA and thus if the Airport Express network is set to WPA/WPA2 and b/g compatibility (which I'm assuming is some kind of all encompassing compatibility mode, given there's also sole WPA2 options) then it shouldn't have any problems connecting to the network. What am I missing here?
Cheers, Ben.

I am having the exact same problem. Powerbook G4; original factory installed airport card; with Panther 10.3.9 OS plus updated 4.2 Airport Admin. Utility. It will NOT connect to my Airport Express set to the WPA/WPA2, which is working fine with my iPod touch.
When I get to the screen requesting password for my chosen airport network ("Wireless Security: WPA Personal), the "OK" button is grayed out and it will not even let me submit a password to connect. Can somebody help?

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Hello Lazergirl,
I think you will have to hard reset router and then update firmware of router. Also make sure you disable all firewalls on your computer before accessing setup page.
Follow this:
Go to www.linksys.com/download and select correct model numbers and version number. Download the firmware and save it on your computer.
Check the file it sould be firmware image file like .bin etc. If it is a compressed zip file extract it to get firmware image file.
Open setup page of router by typing http://192.168.1.1 in browser’s address bar, and typing password as "admin" and no user name.
Go to administartion tab there
Go to fimware update sub-tab there
Browse for the firmware image file and click update
when update completes turn off modem & router.
After 2 minutes turn on modem and after 2 more minutes turn on router.
Now proceed to login and see if you get wireless security sub tab.

Setting up iPad, don't know what to select for security; WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA Enterprise or WPA2 Enterprise. We have service through Charter cable.

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Best security setting for TC? WPA, WPA2 clarification?

I am using TC just as a wireless hard drive. What would the best security setting be? I am confused by WPA Personal and WPA/WPA2 Personal?
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With the TC the choices are: WPA/WPA2 Personal, WPA2 Personal, WPA/WPA2 Enterprise, and WPA2 Enterprise.
The basic difference between WPA & WPA2 is the encryption type. WPA uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), whereas WPA2 uses either TKIP or the stronger Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption.
WPA/WPA2 Personal allows for both types of clients to connect, whereas, WPA2 Personal only allows clients that support AES.
The strongest security of the two would be to use WPA/WPA2 Personal with all clients (Mac and PC) running WPA2.

Wireless-Card doesn't not work with WPA/WPA2 but with WEP [Solved]

Hello I have a MacBook (late 2007) with a wireless-card from Broadcam, the card works with WEP and the classic configuration over rc.conf very well. But I can't get the card running with WPA and the net network-profiles.
Here is the link to the driver - http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
eth2 = wireless-card
eth1 = firewireanything
eth0 = wired-card
rc.conf
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
# LOCALIZATION
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="Europe/Berlin"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
# HARDWARE
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
#MODULES=(sky2 snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore)
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"
# NETWORKING
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
HOSTNAME="macbook"
# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
# - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
# - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# DHCP: Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
eth0="eth0 192.168.1.220 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !eth1 eth2)
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
# - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up. These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
# - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
# - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
# This now requires the netcfg package
NETWORKS=(wireless)
# DAEMONS
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
# - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
# - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network net-profiles netfs alsa crond portmap fam hal)
/etc/network.d/wireless
CONNECTION="wireless"
INTERFACE=eth2
HOSTNAME=macbook
IP="static"
IFOPTS="192.168.1.225 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
DNS1=192.168.1.1
# Wireless Settings (optional)
ESSID=3Com
#KEY=
IWOPTS="mode managed essid $ESSID channel 11"
#WIFI_INTERFACE=wlan0 # use this if you have a special wireless interface
# that is linked to the real $INTERFACE
#WIFI_WAIT=5 # seconds to wait for the wireless card to
# associate before bringing the interface up
USEWPA="yes" # start wpa_supplicant with the profile
WPAOPTS="" # use "" for normal operation or specify additional
# options (eg, "-D ipw")
# see /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf for configuration
Can I set here the WPA/WPA2-Key also? Why here ESSID? Do I need still a configuration in wpa_supplicant.conf?
Thats very confusing and not explained.
WPAOPTS? Do I need to add something like "-D wext"?
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
# This is a network block that connects to any unsecured access point.
# We give it a low priority so any defined blocks are preferred.
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
network={
key_mgmt=NONE
priority=-9999999
network={
ssid="3Com"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk="topsecret"
priority=5
# WPA2
# proto=WPA RSN
I need help. Please
Last edited by hoschi (2009-01-04 20:21:58)

fwojciec wrote:If this info is not in the wiki it might be worth it to add it -- it's all detailed in /etc/network.d/examples/complete.example though.
Thats the reason why I was so confused.
My new and well working configuration:
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
# LOCALIZATION
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="Europe/Berlin"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
# HARDWARE
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
#MODULES=(sky2 snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore)
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"
# NETWORKING
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
HOSTNAME="macbook"
# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
# - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
# - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# DHCP: Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
eth0="eth0 192.168.1.220 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !eth1 !eth2)
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
# - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up. These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
# - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
# - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
# This now requires the netcfg package
NETWORKS=(3com)
# DAEMONS
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# - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
# - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network net-profiles netfs alsa crond portmap fam hal)
CONNECTION="wireless"
DESCRIPTION="Very verbose complete wireless example"
INTERFACE=eth2
HOSTNAME=macbook
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IP="static"
IFOPTS="192.168.1.225 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
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DOMAIN=localdomain
DNS1=192.168.1.1
DNS2=
SEARCH=
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ESSID=3Com
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KEY=""
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SCAN="YES"
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TIMEOUT=10
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IWOPTS="mode managed essid $ESSID channel 6 key restricted $KEY"
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WPA_OPTS=
# For SECURITY='wpa-config' only - filename of a wpa-supplicant config
WPA_CONF=/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
# This is a network block that connects to any unsecured access point.
# We give it a low priority so any defined blocks are preferred.
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
network={
key_mgmt=NONE
priority=-9999999
network={
ssid="Linksys"
proto=WPA RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk="areulookingatmybreasts"
priority=5
network={
ssid="3Com"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk="nomam"
priority=5
# WPA2
# proto=WPA RSN
There are also profiles for the Linksys-Router and for wired cable.
Thanks for the help!
Last edited by hoschi (2009-01-04 20:21:23)

Wireless Networking - unable to select an encryption type for WPA/WPA2

I recently upgraded to 10.5.3 and didn't notice until now that Network preferences no longer provides an option for specifying the encryption method (TKIP or AES-CMP) for a new wireless network? I don't recall ever having had this issue before. Is this new to 10.5.3 or has this been a recognized problem prior to 10.5.3? I can only select from WPA Personal or Enterprise, WPA2 Personal or Enterprise (ignoring the WEP options here).
Is there another area of the OS that I can modify to change the encryption type?
This is weird...

While I was able to get WEP to work, it would only switch to WEP for both bands, and I wasn't too excited about this option. So to max out security, what I did was keep my dual band Airport Extreme running on WPA2 (5GHz N-only for all my Mac equipment; a wireless G for ipod touch). I then bought a linksys/cisco WRT54G2 for about $40 new from Amazon, and connected it with ethernet to the Airport Extreme base. Took a little fiddling to get it to behave as a bridge (can describe for you how I did this if you go down this route). But most importantly, maxed out security for WEP on this device by not broadcasting the SSID (don't on my other network either), having a very obscure SSID name (think strong password), set an equally obscure random password of all character types, setup up MAC filter so it could only be connected to my Pronto (and one of my notebooks for configuration). Also run it on a different 2.4ghz channel than the Airport Extreme to minimize conflict. Copied the info over to the Pronto config program (I use bootcamp to do this on my notebook), and everything works great. I do wish Apple gave us complete control over both bands (like the level of config I've done here), but the solution here was still pretty clean. My understanding is that Philips is planning to add WPA/WPA2 to Pronto capability by year-end (the connect/re-connect times are slower and they didn't want their products taking a performance hit, but I'd happily wait an extra second or two after picking up the remote to not expose my network via WEP). Hope that helps, but probably not what you wanted to hear. I found it a fairly quick and inexpensive workaround for now.

Connecting to WPA/WPA2-Enterprised network

hi all,
i just came to mcgill and was trying to connect to the school network. But it kept saying something like 'authorization failed'. School website has only instructions for BlackBerrys:
"Select wpa.mcgill.ca * (WPA/WPA2-Enterprise). Fill in the following fields:
Name: wpa.mcgill.ca *
SSID: wpa.mcgill.ca *
Security Type: PEAP
User Name: McGill Username
User password: McGill Password
CA Certificate: Thawte Premium Server CA
Inner Link Security: EAP-MS-CHAP V2
Token: None Selected
Server subject: blank
Server San: blank "
Help plz
Solved!
Go to Solution.

idecline wrote:
hi all,
i just came to mcgill and was trying to connect to the school network. But it kept saying something like 'authorization failed'. School website has only instructions for BlackBerrys:
"Select wpa.mcgill.ca * (WPA/WPA2-Enterprise). Fill in the following fields:
Name: wpa.mcgill.ca *
SSID: wpa.mcgill.ca *
Security Type: PEAP
User Name: McGill Username
User password: McGill Password
CA Certificate: Thawte Premium Server CA
Inner Link Security: EAP-MS-CHAP V2
Token: None Selected
Server subject: blank
Server San: blank "
Help plz
Try configuring your N97 with these instructions:
Since your WLAN network seems to require more advanced PEAP authentication settings you should probably create / edit appriate WLAN connection profile, known as (Internet) Access Point, manually in a following manner:
1. Go to Tools -> Settings -> Connection -> Network Destinations
2. Check if your earlier failed attempt to connect has already created an non-funtional IAP named as your WLAN network SSID (look for a entry named wpa.mcgill.ca) under "Internet" destination.
3. If you can see existing IAP named as your WLAN SSID then you can Edit that one with necessary changes. (skip to 7.)
4. If you don't see any existing IAPs that are named like your WLAN network then go to the desired "Destination" (e.g. Internet) and select Options -> Add Connection Method.
5. Assuming you are in the coverage area of your WLAN network you can let phone "Automatically check for connection methods" (i.e. phone scans available WLAN networks) and you should be able to select the correct WLAN network name (wpa.mcgill.ca) from the list. Once you have selected the WLAN network your "Internet" Destination should now have been added with a new Access Point (IAP) that is named "wpa.mcgill.ca". Note that at this point the particular connection method is still incorrectly configured for your purposes (since by defaul it has EAP-SIM & EAP-AKA authentication methods enabled).
6. Now you should manually Edit your newly created wpa.mcgill.ca Internet Access Point with necessary PEAP settings.
7. Configure following WLAN and authentication settings:
"Connection name" defaults to name of your WLAN network (wpa.mcgill.ca) but you can also change this if you wish
- "Data Bearer" naturally needs to be "Wireless LAN"
- "WLAN network name" should match your WLAN network's name (SSID) exactly (wpa.mcgill.ca)
- "Network status": Public
- "WLAN network mode": Infrastructure
- "WLAN Security mode": WPA/WPA2
=> Go to "WLAN security settings"
- Ensure that "WPA/WPA2 mode is set to "EAP"
- Leave "WPA-2 Only mode" to "OFF" unless you are absolutely sure that your WLAN network is configured to stricly pure WPA2 mode (i.e. network might be configured to support both WPA and WPA2 security thus enabling WPA-2 Only mode on the phone will cause all your connection attempts to fail).
=> Go to "EAP plug-in configuration"
- Enable "EAP-PEAP" and make sure that "EAP-SIM" and "EAP-AKA" are disabled (via Options -> Disable)
=> Select "Configure" for EAP-PEAP authentication method
- Leave "Personal Certificate" to "Not defined"
- Select "Thawte Premium Server CA" to be used as an "Authority certificate"
- Set "User name in use" to "User defined" (since there is no Personal Certificate where it could be read automatically)
- Enter your username (McGill Username) to "Username" field
- Set "Realm in use" to "User defined" and leave following "Realm" field empty.
- Note that in case your username (McGill Username) contains the realm (i.e. format is username@realm ) then you can enter realm part of your ID to "Realm" field and enter only the username part to the "Username" field.
- Configure "Allow PEAPv0" to Yes
- Configure both "Allow PEAPv1" and "Allow PEAPv2" to "No"
=> Go to "EAP's" tab to configure inner authentication method for the PEAP (use the small arrow pointing right on top of the screen to move between tabs)
- Enable "EAP-MSCHAPv2" authentication method and Disable all other methods (Option -> Enable / Disable)
- Select "Edit" for the EAP-MSCHAPv2
- Enter you username (McGill Username) to "User name" field
- Configure "Prompt password" to No or Yes depending on whether you want your password to be prompted everytime you make an connection or if you prefer saving your password to following "Password" field permanenly so that it won't be prompted during everytime you connect to this WLAN network with PEAP/EAP-MSCHAPv2 authentication.
- If you you selected "No" to password prompting then enter your password (McGill Password) to "Password" field.
=> Exit the configuration with "Back" (several times) and you should hopefully be able to connect with this setup.
If needed you can also change the priority order of the connection methods (IAP's) within the Internet Destination since your new connection most likely ended up being lowest priority WLAN connection within your Internet destination. This should however not be a problem unless you have some other WLAN networks defined as an IAP and these other WLAN networks are simultaneously available at the location of the wpa.mcgill.ca WLAN network.
Hope this helps you to get connected!!
Message Edited by saataja on 17-Sep-2009 05:16 PM

Could not access wifi (wpa,wpa2)

hi, all
im developing an access point(ap), but i have critical problem...
in auth mode WPA(personal, enterprise mode, and aes, tkip, tkip-aes), WPA2(personal, enterprise mode, and aes, tkip, tkip-aes), any devices can connect to my ap except for iphone
i could not understand why only iphone disassociated my ap
belows are logs...
Apr 5 10:05:05 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: 500368.098888 wlan.N[10295] AppleBCMWLAN Joined BSS:     @ 0x812f4200, BSSID = 00:90:a3:47:4f:c1, rssi = -45, rate = 54 (100%), channel = 4, encryption = 0x8, ap = 1, failures =   0, age = 42, ssid[ 6] = "cc3900"
Apr 5 10:05:05 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: AirPort: Link Up on en0
Apr 5 10:05:05 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: en0::startOutputQueues (0)
Apr 5 10:05:05 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: IO80211PeerManager::doEnable
Apr 5 10:05:05 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: en0: BSSID changed to 00:90:a3:47:4f:c1
Apr 5 10:05:05 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: en0::IO80211Interface::postMessage bssid changed
Apr 5 10:05:05 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: en0: BSSID changed to 00:90:a3:47:4f:c1
Apr 5 10:05:05 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: en0::IO80211Interface::postMessage bssid changed
Apr 5 10:05:05 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: IO80211Peer::queuePacket ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff alllocate queue for ac 0
Apr 5 10:05:05 jingyun-ui-iPhone configd[48] <Notice>: network changed: v4(pdp_ip0:163.222.71.173, en0-:192.168.0.66) DNS! Proxy-
Apr 5 10:05:05 jingyun-ui-iPhone configd[48] <Notice>: Captive: CNPluginHandler en0: Inactive
Apr 5 10:05:05 jingyun-ui-iPhone configd[48] <Notice>: network changed: v4(pdp_ip0:163.222.71.173) DNS Proxy
Apr 5 10:05:05 jingyun-ui-iPhone mDNSResponder[31] <Error>: DeregisterInterface: Frequent transitions for interface en0 (192.168.0.66)
Apr 5 10:05:05 jingyun-ui-iPhone mDNSResponder[31] <Error>: mDNS_RegisterInterface: Frequent transitions for interface en0 (FE80:0000:0000:0000:3ED0:F8FF:FE24:E898)
Apr 5 10:05:05 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: 500368.199680 wlan.N[10296] AppleBCMWLANCore:startRoamScan(): 3365 Delaying RoamScan; because Join Mgr Busy 1 isWaitingforIP 1
Apr 5 10:05:08 jingyun-ui-iPhone Preferences[12524] <Warning>: -[APOtherNetworkController keyboardWillShow:]
Apr 5 10:05:08 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: 500371.085227 wlan.N[10297] AppleBCMWLANNetManager::handleDisassoc(): status = 0, reason = 15, flags = 0x0, authtype = 0, addr = 00:90:a3:47:4f:c1
Apr 5 10:05:08 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: 500371.089803 wlan.N[10298] AppleBCMWLANNetManager::leaveNetworkAsync(): kDeauthdCurrNetwork already set. Skipping call to leaveNetworkASync
Apr 5 10:05:08 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: 500371.089933 wlan.N[10299] AppleBCMWLAN Left BSS:       @ 0x812f4200, BSSID = 00:90:a3:47:4f:c1, rssi = -45, rate = 54 (100%), channel = 4, encryption = 0x8, ap = 1, failures =   0, age = 45, ssid[ 6] = "cc3900"
Apr 5 10:05:08 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: 500371.090008 wlan.A[10300] AppleBCMWLANCore::deleteAllPktFilters(): Deleted IPv4/IPv6 and Magic packet filters
Apr 5 10:05:08 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: AirPort: Link Down on en0. Reason 1 (Unspecified).
Apr 5 10:05:08 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: en0::stopOutputQueues
Apr5 10:05:08 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: IO80211PeerManager::doDisable
Apr 5 10:05:08 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: en0::IO80211Interface::postMessage bssid changed
Apr 5 10:05:08 jingyun-ui-iPhone Preferences[12524] <Warning>: WiFi: Joined (null)
Apr 5 10:05:09 jingyun-ui-iPhone Preferences[12524] <Warning>: -[VPNConnectionStore reloadVPN]: The active VPN configuration has changed from to (null)
Apr 5 10:05:09 jingyun-ui-iPhone Preferences[12524] <Warning>: -[VPNBundleController _vpnConfigurationChanged:] (0x1ed9d110:<VPNBundleController: 0x1ed9d110>): _serviceCount(0), serviceCount(0), toggleInRootMenu(0), RootMenuItem(1)
Apr 5 10:05:09 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: 500372.046796 wlan.N[10301] AppleBCMWLANCore::setASSOCIATE(): [wifid]: lowerAuth = AUTHTYPE_OPEN, upperAuth = AUTHTYPE_WPA2_PSK, key = CIPHER_PMK , don't disassociate    .
Apr 5 10:05:09 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: 500372.130819 wlan.A[10302] AppleBCMWLANNetManager::prepareToBringUpLink(): Delaying powersave entry in order to get an IP address
Apr 5 10:05:09 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: 500372.130940 wlan.N[10303] AppleBCMWLAN Joined BSS:     @ 0x81459000, BSSID = 00:08:9f:d2:f4:a0, rssi = -73, rate = 54 (100%), channel = 9, encryption = 0xc, ap = 1, failures =   0, age = 0, ssid[ 6] = "iptime"
Apr 5 10:05:09 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: AirPort: Link Up on en0
Apr 5 10:05:09 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: en0::startOutputQueues (0)
Apr 5 10:05:09 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: IO80211PeerManager::doEnable
Apr 5 10:05:09 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: en0: BSSID changed to 00:08:9f:d2:f4:a0
Apr 5 10:05:09 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: en0::IO80211Interface::postMessage bssid changed
Apr 5 10:05:09 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: en0: BSSID changed to 00:08:9f:d2:f4:a0
Apr 5 10:05:09 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: en0::IO80211Interface::postMessage bssid changed
Apr 5 10:05:09 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: IO80211Peer::queuePacket ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff alllocate queue for ac 0
Apr 5 10:05:10 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: 500372.210844 wlan.N[10304] AppleBCMWLANCore:startRoamScan(): 3365 Delaying RoamScan; because Join Mgr Busy 1 isWaitingforIP 1
Apr 5 10:05:10 jingyun-ui-iPhone kernel[0] <Debug>: 500372.376670 wlan.N[10305] AppleBCMWLANJoinManager::handleSupplicantEvent(): status = 6, reason = 0, flags = 0x0, authtype = 0, addr = 00:00:2c:f4:02:00
Apr 5 10:05:10 jingyun-ui-iPhone profiled[12552] <Notice>: (Note ) profiled: Service starting...
so my question is that what means for reason=15 (wlan.N[10297] AppleBCMWLANNetManager::handleDisassoc(): status = 0, reason = 15, flags = 0x0, authtype = 0, addr = 00:90:a3:47:4f:c1)
, and why handleDisassoc function is called with reason=15?
android, windows could connect my ap, so i think there is no problem with wpa,wpa2 authentication packets.
are there ideas?
ps1. what is the best way to debug this problem for windows?
ps2. please save me. this problem makes my lifespan decrease.

    Mifrett, don't panic. I'm here to assist you. It sounds like the software update may be conflicting with the software of the applications that were previously downloaded to your device. I recommend that you uninstall a few applications in Settings>Manage Apps> tap the app>tap uninstall application. Once you have uninstalled a few applications, power your device off/on. You may redownload the applications that you previously had. However, this time, the applications will be downloaded to your phone with the latest app software. I trust that these steps will improve the performance of your device. Keep us posted. We're here for you.
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WPA/WPA2 encryption for (WiFi) Ad-hoc?

Is there any Apps that can create WPA/WPA2 encryption for (WiFi) Ad-hoc connection beside default WEP? I'm aware that WEP is not as good as WPA/WPA2 encryption......... i'm using my neighbours WiFi connection for free...

If you want WPA, then your key_mgmt and pairwise are definitely wrong. I'd say don't set key_mgmt, pairwise and group at all, the defaults are ok.

Wifi w/WPA/WPA2 Enterprise

I have a strange issue. We are trying to connect iPhones to the corporate wifi network. This uses WPA/WPA2 Enterprise encryption with EAP-FAST authentication. I have created a Wifi Configuration Profile using the iPhone Config Utility v3.3. All settings look correct.
I install this config profile to an iPhone 4 and it cannot connect.
I install this same config profile to iPod Touch 2G and it does not connect.
I install this same config to iPad2 and it works perfectly fine. Connects every time no problem.
Apparently there is some difference in how the devices handle wifi security?!?
Does anyone have any insight into this?

Is the wireless network an "n" network?
If so, the iPhone 4 supports 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi (802.11n 2.4GHz only).
No such 2.4GHz only requirement for an "n" network with the iPad.

[Solved] Trouble with WPA/WPA2 and wireless connections (ath9k)

Hi, I'm having some issues with my Arch install. Right now I'm posting this from Windows so I don't have precise logs, but I mostly remember the issue so bare with me.
I'm using ath9k with my Bigfoot Killer 1202 card (not sure what the exact model is), and I can't connect to my university's WPA/WPA2 access point. Using wpa_supplicant I get the error "4-way handshake failed - pre-shared key may be incorrect".
So after some digging I found that I can get it to authenticate with nohwcrypt=1, but when I rmmod ath9k && modprobe ath9k nohwcrypt=1 it enumerates itself as wlan0 (instead of wlp3s0, which is what I get from booting up).
Then I made the file /etc/modprobe.d/ath9k with the contents "options ath9k nohwcrypt=1" but it seems to still not want to connect until I rmmod && modprobe manually.
Can someone point me in the right direction on how to fix this issue? I haven't used Arch in a few years and a lot of things have changed, and so far it seems nothing works as I expect it to. Also, how do I get my wifi card to enumerate as the same device no matter when I load ath9k? I don't care if it's called wlan0 or wlp3s0, I just want it to stay the same.
Edit: Additional Info
lspci
03:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
cat /sys/module/ath9k/parameters/nohwcrypt
[root@huxley pobegam]# cat /sys/module/ath9k/parameters/nohwcrypt
0
(so I guess it isn't loading from ath9k.conf on boot after all?)
wpa_supplicant output
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
<3>WPS-AP-AVAILABLE
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
<3>WPS-AP-AVAILABLE
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SSID-REENABLED id=0 ssid="Student"
<3>Trying to associate with 00:19:30:6b:1b:a2 (SSID='Student' freq=2412 MHz)
<3>Association request to the driver failed
<3>Associated with 00:19:30:6b:1b:a2
<4>WPA: Failed to set PTK to the driver (alg=2 keylen=32 bssid=00:19:30:6b:1b:a2)
<3>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:19:30:6b:1b:a2 reason=1 locally_generated=1
<3>WPA: 4-Way Handshake failed - pre-shared key may be incorrect
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="Student" auth_failures=2 duration=20
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
<3>WPS-AP-AVAILABLE
wpa_supplicant configuration file
[root@huxley wpa_supplicant]# cat sunyit.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
update_config=1
network={
scan_ssid=1
ssid="Student"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=TKIP
group=TKIP
priority=1
psk="Wireless@SUNYIT"
Last edited by Pobega (2013-10-02 03:55:51)

Update: It seems to work ONLY when I rmmod && modprobe; if I force nohwcrypt=1 at boot it doesn't seem to work. Seems kind of odd... Wonder if this is a kernel issue?
Edit: Also updated with dmesg (because I'm an idiot and forgot to include it)
[ 2.802118] hub 3-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.802210] hub 3-1:1.0: 6 ports detected
[ 2.876377] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: registered PHC clock
[ 2.876380] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GT/s:Width x1) 00:90:f5:ea:54:ff
[ 2.876382] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
[ 2.876418] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: MAC: 11, PHY: 12, PBA No: FFFFFF-0FF
[ 2.876688] ACPI Warning: 0x000000000000f040-0x000000000000f05f SystemIO conflicts with Region \_SB_.PCI0.SBUS.SMBI 1 (20130517/utaddress-251)
[ 2.876697] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[ 2.908262] usb 4-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 2.913682] [drm] Memory usable by graphics device = 2048M
[ 2.913687] checking generic (e0000000 7f0000) vs hw (e0000000 10000000)
[ 2.913688] fb: conflicting fb hw usage inteldrmfb vs VESA VGA - removing generic driver
[ 2.913702] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
[ 2.913836] i915 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 2.948473] i915 0000:00:02.0: irq 47 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 2.948482] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010).
[ 2.948483] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
[ 2.948547] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:00:02.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=io+mem
[ 3.032964] hub 4-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.033016] hub 4-1:1.0: 8 ports detected
[ 3.038244] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 3.169633] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 3.221450] [drm] GMBUS [i915 gmbus vga] timed out, falling back to bit banging on pin 2
[ 3.237256] fbcon: inteldrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[ 3.271526] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 3.271623] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 3.491212] Switched to clocksource tsc
[ 4.027317] psmouse serio2: synaptics: Touchpad model: 1, fw: 8.1, id: 0x1e2b1, caps: 0xd00123/0x840300/0x126c00, board id: 2439, fw id: 1215751
[ 4.066270] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio2/input/input7
[ 4.477837] [drm] Enabling RC6 states: RC6 on, RC6p off, RC6pp off
[ 4.967580] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 240x67
[ 4.977758] i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
[ 4.977761] i915 0000:00:02.0: registered panic notifier
[ 4.978457] acpi device:45: registered as cooling_device8
[ 4.978479] ACPI: Video Device [GFX0] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
[ 4.978579] input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input8
[ 4.978690] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
[ 4.978877] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 48 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 4.979210] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:03.0: irq 49 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 4.989927] hda_codec: invalid CONNECT_LIST verb 5[1]:0
[ 4.989974] hda_codec: invalid CONNECT_LIST verb 6[1]:0
[ 4.990029] hda_codec: invalid CONNECT_LIST verb 7[1]:0
[ 4.991935] input: HDA Intel MID HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input9
[ 4.992031] input: HDA Intel MID HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input10
[ 4.992087] input: HDA Intel MID HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input11
[ 4.994100] input: HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1/input12
[ 4.994171] input: HDA Intel PCH Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1/input13
[ 6.977361] wlan0: authenticate with 00:1d:45:cd:c1:c2
[ 6.987213] wlan0: send auth to 00:1d:45:cd:c1:c2 (try 1/3)
[ 6.988904] wlan0: authenticated
[ 6.989040] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: disabling HT/VHT due to WEP/TKIP use
[ 6.989044] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[ 6.989046] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[ 6.990123] wlan0: associate with 00:1d:45:cd:c1:c2 (try 1/3)
[ 6.993437] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1d:45:cd:c1:c2 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=9)
[ 6.993577] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[ 6.993624] wlan0: associated
[ 6.998736] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:1d:45:cd:c1:c2 by local choice (reason=1)
[ 7.002835] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
[ 24.197672] wlan0: authenticate with 00:1d:45:cd:c1:c2
[ 24.207666] wlan0: send auth to 00:1d:45:cd:c1:c2 (try 1/3)
[ 24.209338] wlan0: authenticated
[ 24.209468] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: disabling HT/VHT due to WEP/TKIP use
[ 24.209472] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[ 24.209474] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[ 24.210593] wlan0: associate with 00:1d:45:cd:c1:c2 (try 1/3)
[ 24.213338] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1d:45:cd:c1:c2 (capab=0x31 status=0 aid=9)
[ 24.213481] wlan0: associated
[ 24.221396] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:1d:45:cd:c1:c2 by local choice (reason=1)
[ 24.225880] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 50.045002] wlan0: authenticate with 00:19:30:6b:1b:a2
[ 50.054957] wlan0: send auth to 00:19:30:6b:1b:a2 (try 1/3)
[ 50.056639] wlan0: authenticated
[ 50.056775] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: disabling HT/VHT due to WEP/TKIP use
[ 50.056779] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[ 50.056781] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[ 50.057899] wlan0: associate with 00:19:30:6b:1b:a2 (try 1/3)
[ 50.061270] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:19:30:6b:1b:a2 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=89)
[ 50.061426] wlan0: associated
[ 50.073874] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:19:30:6b:1b:a2 by local choice (reason=1)
[ 50.078661] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 75.892318] wlan0: authenticate with 00:1d:45:cd:c1:c2
[ 75.902267] wlan0: send auth to 00:1d:45:cd:c1:c2 (try 1/3)
[ 75.904108] wlan0: authenticated
[ 75.904254] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: disabling HT/VHT due to WEP/TKIP use
[ 75.904256] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[ 75.904257] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[ 75.905145] wlan0: associate with 00:1d:45:cd:c1:c2 (try 1/3)
[ 75.908344] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1d:45:cd:c1:c2 (capab=0x401 status=17 aid=0)
[ 75.908348] wlan0: 00:1d:45:cd:c1:c2 denied association (code=17)
[ 75.918844] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:1d:45:cd:c1:c2 by local choice (reason=3)
[ 86.045293] wlan0: authenticate with 00:19:30:6b:1b:52
[ 86.059226] wlan0: send auth to 00:19:30:6b:1b:52 (try 1/3)
[ 86.061328] wlan0: authenticated
[ 86.061475] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: disabling HT/VHT due to WEP/TKIP use
[ 86.061477] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[ 86.061478] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[ 86.064853] wlan0: associate with 00:19:30:6b:1b:52 (try 1/3)
[ 86.169949] wlan0: associate with 00:19:30:6b:1b:52 (try 2/3)
[ 86.179194] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:19:30:6b:1b:52 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=22)
[ 86.179323] wlan0: associated
[ 89.123073] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:19:30:6b:1b:52 (Reason: 4)
[ 89.147287] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
[ 105.770381] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None
[ 105.770386] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
[ 105.770418] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 114.898216] wlan0: authenticate with 00:19:30:6b:1b:a2
[ 114.912130] wlan0: send auth to 00:19:30:6b:1b:a2 (try 1/3)
[ 114.914102] wlan0: authenticated
[ 114.914235] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: disabling HT/VHT due to WEP/TKIP use
[ 114.914239] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[ 114.914241] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[ 114.914348] wlan0: associate with 00:19:30:6b:1b:a2 (try 1/3)
[ 114.916916] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:19:30:6b:1b:a2 (capab=0x401 status=17 aid=0)
[ 114.916920] wlan0: 00:19:30:6b:1b:a2 denied association (code=17)
[ 114.937999] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:19:30:6b:1b:a2 by local choice (reason=3)
[ 125.064495] wlan0: authenticate with 00:19:30:6b:1b:52
[ 125.078431] wlan0: send auth to 00:19:30:6b:1b:52 (try 1/3)
[ 125.081945] wlan0: authenticated
[ 125.082083] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: disabling HT/VHT due to WEP/TKIP use
[ 125.082094] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[ 125.082095] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[ 125.084061] wlan0: associate with 00:19:30:6b:1b:52 (try 1/3)
[ 125.098558] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:19:30:6b:1b:52 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=22)
[ 125.098683] wlan0: associated
[ 127.937457] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:19:30:6b:1b:52 (Reason: 4)
[ 127.959914] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
Edit: I ended up solving my problem -- the issue I was running into was that ath9k was baked into my initrd without nohwcrypt=1. I opted to `mkinitcpio` again without MODULES='ath9k' -- alternatively, you could add a modprobe.d file to FILES= to get it to work, but I just figured this is simpler.
Last edited by Pobega (2013-10-02 03:57:27)

DROID 4 & WPA/WPA2

Todyay, I received a new MI424WR Rev I router to fix a data corruption problem that I was having. Revision I has WPA/WPA2 security capability. I can connect my Sirius/XM internet radio when the router is set to WPA or WPA2, but I can't connect my DRIOD 4 Android phone. The DROID can see the network. But it keeps telling me that the password is incorrcect. I've tried both the default password and I've tried entering my own password. Both units work if I change the security to WEP.
I know that the phone works with WPA/WPA2 because I have good connections to the network in my office and at a friend's house, which are both WPA2. I've tried turning the firewall off on my PC, in case that would help, but it didn't (no surprise, I was fishing).
Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

My problem was case. The password uses upper case letters. When I typed the password into the DROID, I was using lower case letters. When I first attempted to enter the password, I hit the Caps Lock key and still got lower case letters. So, I assumed that case didn't matter. That opinion was compoundeb by the fact that when I entered the password into my Sirius/XM Internet Radio, I only had the option of entering lower case letters and it worked. Also, when I changed to WEP, I entered the password in lower case letters, even though it was supposed to be upper case, and that worked as well.
Just for the hell of it, rather than pressing Cap Lock, I tried the Shift Key, which allowed me to enter upper case letters.
Once I did, the password was accepted.
Thanks for everyone's help and hopefully, someone else who has the same problem finds this thread and this will help them.

Passwords for WPA/WPA2 PC household

I just purchased and Airport Extreme N router today after reading good things. I was pleasantly surprised at how it detected the situation (Airport as a wireless bridge to the wired network with wired router. On my PC with the utility, it connects and the performance is very good.
I tried to connect my wife and my son and gave them the 8 character alphanumeric code. The password is incorrect. I tried changing the password that was automatically set up in my Vista network settings to the one I set in the router and it also fails to connect. If I go back into the utility and save settings, it appears to change my password in vista for the wireless network appropriately.
I am using the WPA/WPA2 setting. I read somewhere on the net that it may be setting an equivalent password. I looked this up in the airport utility under "Base station - Equivalent Network Password". The thing comes up with probably 40 digits which make my eyes hurt and no way to cut and paste.
Is there some way to get an ascii password up and running for windows computers like all my other routers have for WPA?
I am assuming I am doing something wrong. I appreciate your help.
Jim

Thank you, Henry. I read the info on that site earlier and it is good. I am thinking it is something else. These are new laptops. Mine is completely up to date with all patches and drivers, Vista Premium, Dell M1330, Intel 4965AGN Draft N card. I notice that if I type in the password that I set in the airport to the settings for the wireless connection in Vista, then it fails. If I update settings through the Airport utility, which resets the password in Vista for me, it works. I am connected to it right now.
I will play with this more tomorrow. I want to try connecting with no security.
I was going to try to contact support somehow, but it is very hard to find support listed for routers under support options. Actually, it looks like support is something Apple gives sparingly, so I decided to try here. I appreciate the quick response and any other thoughts anyone has.
I have set up a lot of routers using the web page interface. This is simple, but cryptic. It is enough different to be throwing me, so it could be something I have done.

My AirportX config is set to WPA/WPA2 -should/can I make it just WPA2?

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