IPhone wont connect to eircom router

pm.

Hi guys

Got my 1st Iphone 2 weeks ago 3gs. the internet an home was working great until yesterday noe when I try connect I get " unable to join the network eircom" I tried to deleted the router info from the phone and put all the info back on but got the same message please help

guil

Have ya changed the passcode on the wifi recently
Ya could also try unplugging it for 5 mins

pm.

Hi no i didnt change the code and tried turning off the router but i keep getting the same message

guil

just confrim the code is the same, go to 192.168.1.254 on a pc and if it asks for a username its broadband1
go to wireless and look for pre shared key or security, type it in on the iphone again exactly as it is there

pm.

guil wrote: »

just confrim the code is the same, go to 192.168.1.254 on a pc and if it asks for a username its broadband1
go to wireless and look for pre shared key or security, type it in on the iphone again exactly as it is there

Sorted thanks guil

guil

was the code wrong

slap

I'm having the same problem. I cannot connect to my Eircom router with my iPhone 4. When I open Safari I get, 'Safari cannot open the page because it is not connected to the internet'. I've put in the wep key, and there is a 'tick' beside the device SSID in Wi-Fi Networks - does this means it is connected in some way? However, the IP address is 169.254.233.79 ??
So its not obtaining an IP address?? (should be 192.168.1.x).

Very confused about this cause my n900 has no problem connecting, using the same wep key. Same with my old laptop - no problems whatsoever.

My iMac cannot connect either, but I got around that by just plugging in a cable

Any help appreciated.

guil

what router have ya got, is it the zyxel or netopia

slap

I've got the netopia router.

On the iPhone, under settings, beside Wi-Fi is the SSID of the router. The setting for this network are:

DHCP
IP Add: as above
SNM: 255.255.0.0

HTTP Proxy: Off

The same settings for BootP and there are none under Static.

That Subnet Mask is different on all my other connected devices. They each have three octets of 255.

I have renewed the lease a few times and have Forgot the network and re-input the wep key.

Hope this helps.

guil

try resetting network settings, go to settings>general>reset
something isnt right if its givin ya an ip like that, reset it and then set it up again and turn off cellular data aswell and try it

slap

I've done as you suggested, but still cannot connect. I've also changed the channel to 10 on the netopia, as per anther post here, but no luck.

Any other suggestions?

guil

all i can say is go through all the channels 1 by 1 and see if it works on any of them, unless ur getting an ip of 192.168.1.xx then ur not connected to the router
if it wont work after all that,do a restore on the iphone
is it jailbroken

slap

Thanks, I'll try those channels.
No, its not jailbroken.

slap

Tried all the channels, and restored via iTunes. Still the same, I'm afraid. Retrieving 169.254.x.x IP address from the router.

I'll try and see if I can connect it to a friends network tomorrow

Thanks for your help.

ronnie3585

slap wrote: »

I've done as you suggested, but still cannot connect. I've also changed the channel to 10 on the netopia, as per anther post here, but no luck.

Any other suggestions?

Before I changed to UPC I had an Eircom Netopia router and the same problem.

I was able to solve it by changing the router setting from WEP to WPA (or WPA-PSK) I can't remember which one. Although, I did still get intermittent loss of signal before I binned it.

Hope this might help.

prince5325

you check you setting and then connect if not connect then you may update your iphone using Softwear .

slap

Hi. Didn't get to check on my friends network. I was thinking of trying at work, but I started a new project today and the wireless is completely locked down.

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Before I changed to UPC I had an Eircom Netopia router and the same problem.

I was able to solve it by changing the router setting from WEP to WPA (or WPA-PSK) I can't remember which one. Although, I did still get intermittent loss of signal before I binned it.

Hope this might help.

I changed the Privacy setting to WPA-PSK, but it asks me for a pre-shared key. I wasn't too sure what to do, so I changed it back before I could test the iPhone. Also there are WPA version 1 and 2. :eek:
Any chance you could run me through how to change the settings?
The original setting was WEP-Manual.

Hmm... do you think it might be worth turning the privacy off? Just to see if the iPhone can connect, to rule out any problems with it?

guil

Leave it as WPA PSK. ya have to make up a passcode your self then so just any numbers or letters will do
Save and restart the router and then try setting up on the iPhone again

Don't worry about makin a note of the code, just click wireless on the router and it will be there at pre shared key

slap

Class, that worked !!
It has dropped a couple of times, but mostly it is fine.

Thanks for all your help