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I have a new iPad2 and a Kindle fire that I am trying to connect to my home's wi-fi. They seem to connect to the wireless network, but they are not able to connect to the internet. I have tried Apple and Kindle forums and they all suggest rebooting the router, changing various settings on the router, and I believe I tried them all. I have 2 laptops connected to the wi-fi with no issues at all. Any suggestions? I find it odd that both devices are having issue so assume it has something to do with my router. Thanks!
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I got it to work! Here is what I did, posting because I have seen so many others with the same issue.. Many of the suggestions were right on, I was just not sure how to completely change the router. So, from my Wireless Broadband Router Manager go to Wireless settings.
Basic Security Settings - choose Advanced (WPA/WPA2, 802.1x)
Then go to Advanced Security Settings - choose WPA/WPA2
This will open another page where you create a new encryption key for your wireless.
I stopped at the ADVANCED security section because it messaged that changes should only be made here by an advanced technical user. I did not really fit that so was nervous to modify the settings. That was where it was all hiding though.
Thanks again to all of you for your help.
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Are both devices getting a valid IP address or are they receiving a 169.254.*.* address? Do they also have valid Default Gateway, Subnet Mask and DNS Information being presented?
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What security are you using on the wifi connection?
Think there are some issues with those devices using WEP and you may want to try WPA or WPA/2
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I agree with viafax999. WEP is weak anyway. I have had ipod 3, Iphone4, and 4S connected to the Verizon router with no issues. I would not use WEP. Do not know about Kindle.
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Both devices were getting the 169.254 so I forced a static IP of 192.xxx.x.x. I also forced the Subnet Mask and DNS info as suggested in another forum on the Apple web site.. still no luck..
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I just changed my router settings to WAP/WAP2 and when my device is trying to obtain the IP address I now get an error message of "unable to connect to the selected access point." Will keep at it! Odd that all my other devices work fine on the wireless. I even tried turning off my other devices (only have 2 laptops) to see if it was getting drained by the other devices.
Back to the drawing board! I appreciate the insight you have offered!
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I got it to work! Here is what I did, posting because I have seen so many others with the same issue.. Many of the suggestions were right on, I was just not sure how to completely change the router. So, from my Wireless Broadband Router Manager go to Wireless settings.
Basic Security Settings - choose Advanced (WPA/WPA2, 802.1x)
Then go to Advanced Security Settings - choose WPA/WPA2
This will open another page where you create a new encryption key for your wireless.
I stopped at the ADVANCED security section because it messaged that changes should only be made here by an advanced technical user. I did not really fit that so was nervous to modify the settings. That was where it was all hiding though.
Thanks again to all of you for your help.
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That is great to hear/read. Please consider marking your post as solved.
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There's nothing super advanced about the Advanced Wireless settings. If anything goes wrong, they are easy to undo. The fact that you can change the security from WEP to WPA2 and get the devices up and running means you've got the info needed to tinker with the Advanced settings. That's how I see it. Only thing you'll find in there relate to the modes the Wireless radio will operate in, SSID Broadcast and MAC Address Filtering.
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I am having the same problems. iPad, iPhone, and iPod will not connect to the wireless network. Have changed to WPA2, no luck. All say "incorrect password"