Ipod won't connect to my wireless router.

Well this happens to me too. In my case, the router is set to allow only and only my sisters computer to connect. It`s a router from Belgacom. Now this is just a hunch ... but the symptoms are exactly the same here ... also you should try pressing "Renew Lease".

So you`re sure your dad hasn`t got a maximum number of connections ... like .. 1 ?

I forgot to ask you, did you restore the firmware ???

Well, you connect iPod to PC/Mac, and, after the iPod will appear in there ... there are two buttons Update & Restore, click the restore one.

Hope this will work,

Darie.

Did you restore with 1.1.5 or 2.0 ???

Not sure if this will work, but when I can't connect to my router I've found that if I just unplug it and plug it back in it will allow my iPod to connect.

are you using the default password that is on the bottom of the 2wire?
the ten numbers?

Message was edited by: Donald Palmer

Hi there, there are several reasons why your iPod might not connect:

The access point may be configured with MAC address filtering
You might have put in the wrong SSID or mistyped it
You are possibly entering the WEP key incorrectly
The access point / router may not be accurately giving the iPod an IP address, OR there may not be a DHCP server at all and you'll have to give the iPod a Static IP address through the config page on the iPod, make sure you put the correct subnet mask, default gateway and DNS server addresses, otherwise you'll get a connection to the local network but no Internet access.

There are many reported problems with iPods refusing to connect to certain makes of Wireless Router / Access point on the discussion boards.

MAC address filtering is often used because WEP is basically insecure and can be cracked, MAC filtering just makes it a bit more difficult, somebody who is serious about hacking your network won't be put off.

Setting the Access Point SSID broadcast to hidden stops the Access Point transmitting wireless packets which basically say 'Hi I am here and my name is <come and hack me>'. Hiding the SSID merely puts off the curious, not a determined hacker.

You should check:
That MAC filtering is disabled
That the SSID broadcast is enabled, the iPod will find the network more easily
That whatever is giving out IP addresses on the network (a DHCP server) has not run out of addresses.

If you can get the touch to associate with the wireless network properly then the DHCP server should give the iPod all the settings necessary to get onto the internet, with a correct subnet mask, yours should be 255.255.255.0 because that's what the PC's have

If you have V2.0 software on your touch it won't connect to a WEP network, there are lots of posts on this problem on the discussions and it affects iPhones running V2.0 as well.

A 128bit WEP network will involve typing in the 26 hexadecimal characters of the encryption key, tedious, but I can assure you that a 1.1.4 iPod touch does connect to a 128bit WEP network, at least mine does, the access point is a Linksys WAP54G running version 2.07 software.

I hope I have explained things well enough, what is going on and how to check it properly needs quite a lot of expertise and I don't know the extent of your IT / networking knowledge.

I'll see what version 2.0.1 does in about half an hour.