WPA on 2nd Gen 2.1.1

Hey IXTenebrae,

Try power-cycling the router and resetting the iPod touch.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305743

Jason

I think I'm having the same problem with my new 16GB, 2nd generation iPod touch. My iPhone connects without any problem to my home WiFi station but not the new iPod touch. I've tried entering the password maybe six or eight times and still no go (says it is "Unable to join the network..."). I tried restarting the base station and power cycling the touch but that didn't work either. Then I tried re-configuring my iPhone (using the same settings as for the touch) and the iPhone connected on the first attempt. This is happening on a WPA/WPA2 protected network running on a Belkin Wireless G basestation).

However, earlier today I was able to connect on my first try to the WiFi at work (secured AirPort Extreme) and at a second, non-secured location just about one hour ago (before I came home). Seems like it may have something to do with an incompatibility with my basestation at home. However, this particular basestation has worked fine with my iPhone and an old PowerBook G4 since early this year.

Here is an update. I have several unsecured networks around me and I've found that I can connect to those without problem. Thus, this seems to have something to do with the WPA security and perhaps more specifically with the way the password is being handled. After I get the "Unable to join network..." error I can cancel out of the setup and then my hidden network shows up in the WiFi networks screen on the iPod touch as a secured network but when I try to connect I get the same error message.

I have a lot of wireless network signals here at home, two 802.11n 5GHz basestations, one 802.11g that I've used for my "g" devices (successfully with a PowerBook and iPhone). Then there are several neighbors who are running other "g" networks (both secured and unsecured). I guess it could be some type of interference problem that the new iPod touch can't handle with secured networks (but which the iPhone can).

Anyway, it does seem to have something to do with the WPA security. I should add that I'm also using a new iPod touch with the v2.1.1 firmware (as delivered right out of the box).

WPA2/PSK works fine here.

WEP is useless-it was cracked years ago.

Johnathan, what make and model of WiFi basestation are you using? Also, I assume that you have a new, 2nd-generation iPod touch. Note, however, that there have also been a few posts from people who have updated their 1st-generation iPod touch to the v2.1 firmware and they have also had WiFi problems.

It's a new, 2nd-generation iPod touch. Firmware v2.1.1.

I also have an iPhone running the v2.0.1 firmware but the iPhone is connecting just fine. It's only the iPod touch that is having problems with my WiFi/WPA network.

My "Classic" IT (a couple of months old) shows ver 2.1 as the current software. My IP 3G shows 2.0.2 as the current software. I thought these units used the same software in lock-step. According to the start of this thread, the IT 2G currently uses 2.1.1. Are all these different numbers correct?

The name of the new IT (2G) startled me before I read the review. I though the 2G might mean it supported Edge in addition to WiFi for a true roaming internet device with original IP protocol. Not up to IP 3G standards, but certainly livable (especially if the data costs were perhaps $10-$20 monthly.)

If you are using a third-party router, you should use the WPA key that is generated after you type in your passphrase on the router. If you type in "subscriptions" as your passphrase, a key will be generated that is usually 26 letters in length. It will be a combination of capital letters, lower case letters and numbers. It is a pain to type in correctly, especially since the Touch only gives you a brief second to see if you are typing the information in accurately.

Also, on your router, if you are using WPA you might want to change to TKIP; if you are using WPA2, you should use AES. If you do have a setting on your router that allows for both, then use that. Right now I am using AES with WPA2 from a Linksys N-Router and I can connect to my Touch.

If you have MAC address filtering enabled on your router, don't forget that you must enter the MAC address that is on your Touch into the router in order to get access.