Problem with iPhone mail set up.

Question

My husband had to replace his iPhone 4 due to technical problems.  Our ISP at home is Comcast, using a Linksys router.  When we upgraded routers about two months ago, we had to change the pass phrase from the old 32-character identifier to a new pass phrase.  My iPhone, which operates perfectly on our home network, does not appear to be using the new pass phrase as it has one more character than the new phrase.  My husband has tried to set up his phone using the new phrase, as appearing on the Linkys info page 192.168.1.1, yet the phone will not verify and establish the account for him. We obviously could change the pass word and both use the new one, but I'm somewhat reticent in that mine appears to be working beautifully on something different from the pass phrase and I would hate to lose my primary email.
Does anyone know of a way to force your password to 'reveal' itself? All I need to do is see what I am using in my settings so that my husband can use the same pass word or phrase.  My iMac also runs off the same network, so if there is a way to see the pass phrase that it is using in system settings, I'd appreciate advice on that, as well.  Thanks for your input.

Answer 1

Chris,
Thanks for the quick reply. I clearly changed the passcode in my iPhone and must have in my Mac.  They are both running off our private secure network (appears with the lock), so I must have saved the new passphrase. Can't think how it would work otherwise.
I have logged into the Linkysys console and confirmed the passcode.  Problem is that when we enter this my husband's new iiPhone, it just doesn't work.  Comes back with a message that either the account or password is in error. I've checked the spelling on his account name, compared all setup data to my phone, and the only difference is the password, which I can't see.
So, my problem is both mail on the iPhone and WiFi because my husband's phone won't switch over when he enters the house, as it should from 4G. Do you know of any of these programs that will allow you to "reveal" your actual pass phrases/words for an application?  I didn't realize that the characters might be of different lengths than the passwords themselves, which makes sense.  However, it doesn't explain why mine would work and my husband's would not.  I tried going into the Linsys console through my iPhone hoping that it would reveal what password I was using and it gave me the one for the network -- same one that will not verify on my husband's new phone.  Could anything else be interfering?  I've gotten his other mail accounts set up, but Comcast (being our ISP and his primary email account) is by far the most important and just not cooperating?
Thanks,
MamaGianna