Wifi Password Issues

My new Touch will connect to the guest network on my Extreme Base Station OK but refuses to connect to the private network - it "sees" the network but just won't accept the password (which I've checked and rechecked). The guest network is a lot weaker than the private and there are parts of the house where it dies out but the private network is still visible on the Touch, so I would really like to connect the Touch to the private network. I've tried resetting the Base Station and the Touch.
Any suggestions? Thanks.

I get this problem too.
Work WEP network with multiple access points. 13 character key. Recurrent 'incorrect password' prompts, although password is entered correctly. Reset all network settings cures the problem for a day. Then go home and connect to WPA network without a problem. Return to work, and can't join network. Re-entering password doesn't work. Repeatedly cancelling password box sometimes allows automatic reconnection at another access point later in the day.
Very frustrating.

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I get this problem too.
Work WEP network with multiple access points. 13 character key. Recurrent 'incorrect password' prompts, although password is entered correctly. Reset all network settings cures the problem for a day. Then go home and connect to WPA network without a problem. Return to work, and can't join network. Re-entering password doesn't work. Repeatedly cancelling password box sometimes allows automatic reconnection at another access point later in the day.
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You have done all the things I can think of.
I doubt the TC has forgotten the password.. as a reboot would not then fix it.
The failure is something more important.
I do not like using wpa/wpa2 password.. use WPA2 Personal only. That is the only reliable way.
Test with no password at all if you cannot get it working with WPA2 only.
Did you do a full factory reset before you made all these changes??
I have another setup you can try that might help.
That is to use the TC in static IP mode not bridge.
This might help things.
I described the method here. Last post in this thread.. sorry I don't know how to point to a particular post.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6153250?tstart=0
Tell me more info on the whole network setup.. particularly the main modem/router and details of its setup, including home IP and dhcp range .. if you need me to give you some hints for how to fix it on the TC..
Do try it but start with a full factory reset.. and do it twice over.. one after the other..
The Factory Reset universal
Unplug your TC/AE. Hold in reset. and power the TC/AE back on.. all without releasing reset and keep holding in for about 10sec. The time is not important.. it is the front LED rapid flashing that indicates you are in factory mode.
Release reset.
If it doesn’t flash rapidly you have released reset at some point and try again.
Be Gentle! Feel the switch click on. It has a positive feel.. add no more pressure after that.
TC/AE will reboot after a couple of minutes with default factory settings and will wipe out previous configurations.
No files are deleted on the hard disk.. No reset of the TC deletes files.. to do that you use erase from the airport utility.

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Even though other devices can connect, it may still be worth resetting the router. Does it connect to other Wi-Fi networks?
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Hi all,
My iPhone 4 out of blue decided not to accept the wifi password- it says "wrong password for xxx network" - it's my home one it always worked-
I was away and worked fine for a week in others houses (where the password was stored already) went to other house, tried to connect with passwprd and started saying the pw was wrong - got home last night and didn't connect right away as usual(maybe because I've reset the network when away) so I've put the pw in and again says it's wrong - Of course the password is correct - laptop works fine and iPod touch as well - At work there is a non protected wifi and it connects fine - So looks like the iPhone doesn't accept passwprds for the wifi
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I discovered a solution to a password issue that I did not find a solution to here. I am posting it for karmic equity.
I have a brand new CISCO N wireless router set for WEP. I did not have security on my old router.
When I tried to join my secure wireless network, iPhone 3G would not accept/ recognize my new network password ("Unable to join the network ...."). Even I entered the correct "password" I could not get on the network. I could join onto the network as "guest" using my password but only as guest, and I had to go through the Safari browser, Wi-Fi Networks, Choose a Network.... would NOT work as guest
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1. Turn Off your iPad. Then turn Off (disconnect power cord for 30 seconds or longer) the wireless router & then back On. Now boot your iPad. Hopefully it will see the WiFi.
2. Go to Settings>Wi-Fi and turn Off. Then while at Settings>Wi-Fi, turn back On and chose a Network.
3. Change the channel on your wireless router (Auto or Channel 6 is best). Instructions at http://macintoshhowto.com/advanced/how-to-get-a-good-range-on-your-wireless-netw ork.html
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If any of the above solutions work, please post back what solved your problem. It will help others with the same problem.
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In this post, I shall be outlining the possible solution to the wi-fi password issues that have surfaced in Lion, and will no doubt be fixed by Apple in an coming update. This is sort of a temporary thing that I found to work.
To backtrack in regards to the previous operating system, Snow Leopard, if you wanted to password protect your Wifi connection for example, in regards to sharing the internet connection between, for example, between your Mac and your Ipad, you were able to go into Sharing, Internet Sharing and click on Airport options and set a password.
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At first this seems puzzling and at first, I reinstalled Snow Leopard due to this obvious ommision in regards to the previous method, and like everybody else has said, Internet Sharing worked perefectly well in Snow Leopard.
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Thank you for the details of the issue you are experiencing with Wi-Fi on your iPhone. I recommend the following article and specifically steps 4 and 6 for the situation you described. Step 4 says to restart your phone, but if you click on the link in step 4, you will get the steps to reset your iPhone as well.
iOS: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
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