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Not connecting to WiFi

Ok, I know this is a constant topic but here, try this on.. I have the same issue as everyone else. My router is fine, and my network shows on my iPhone that it is connected in the settings, and it always connected to WiFi at work and at Home. Now it has started defaulting to Edge for no reason. It still says its connected and available in the settings but yet still defaults to the ever so slow Edge network.

Now heres a question. Does the Edge network fall under the unlimited Data plan? Or is this an additional charge? If so It seems very coincidental that it defaults to Edge over all the available WiFi's. hmmmmmmm..

But I digress.. like I said, the first few days it always connected to my network at work and home, now just Edge only and OCCASIONALLY it will switch into WiFi. Is there a way to keep WiFi enabled but disable the Edge networK on the phone? Because the whole main features of this phone are for the Data access abilities.. and so far I'm not impressed.

Wave of the future right? Only never connect to the almost required WiFi to use half the features, no Java Games when MOST phones and a LOT of people play them, and no OVERLY used by many people, Multimedia Text Messages.

This phone is batting zero with me over the past week.

Q6600 Quad-core Processor, 4GB DDR2 800 RAM, 2x nVidia Geforce 8800GTS 640MB 320bit GPU in SLI, Other OS, Windows XP 64-bit

Posted on May 12, 2008 9:25 AM

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May 12, 2008 9:43 AM in response to Braxxis

Hey Braxxis,

The iPhone will revert to the EDGE network when it cannot connect to the Internet over the Wi-Fi network.

What is the iPhones IP address when it joins the Wi-Fi network? If it has a 169.254.x.x IP address this article will explain what's happening. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58618

This article provides basic tips for joining Wi-Fi networks.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1398

Jason

May 12, 2008 9:50 AM in response to Ian Parkinson

Unfortunately no, even when I start using it it stays in Edge mode, but again, my router clearly is showing up on my phone. as for the AirPort article that was just left.. i have NO clue what that is.. is AirPort mac only? Cuz I sure don't have it on my PC that I built. Either way ill check those settings on the Phone when I'm at home and it's connected, as well as double check my routers configuration.

May 12, 2008 3:24 PM in response to Braxxis

Braxxis,

A couple quick fixes you can try are power-cycling the router. You can also try tapping the renew lease button below to the IP address on the iPhone. Try disabling wireless security and MAC address filtering on the router.

If that does not work we may need more information.
What type of wireless router are you using?
What type of wireless security and how many characters are in the password?

The problem could be the type of wireless security. You should have a 5 or 13 character password for 40 bit or 128 bit WEP. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108058

Jason

May 12, 2008 3:30 PM in response to Braxxis

ok.. so I turned on Mac Filtering on on my router.. added the iPhones WiFi address into it, then I saved it... then turned mac filtering back OFF and that seemed to do the trick for some reason... strange.. now its reading my ip on the iPhone as 192.168.xx.xx

and i dont have a password on it.. thought I probably should right?

Not connecting to WiFi

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