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hotspot wifi

I have enabled my iPhone as a hotspot, I have wifi enabled, when I try to connect to the iPhone's hotspot from my laptop, I cannot seem to connect with the password I have setup on the phone. Is this hotspot WPA or WPA2, data encryption type TKIP or AES? Or something else? Also the SSID shows up with strange characters "pmlaw’s iPhone", maybe this is the problem.

iPhone 4, iOS 4

Posted on Feb 11, 2011 4:13 AM

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Feb 26, 2011 1:34 PM in response to prestonlaw

i am having the same issue. i can connect by USB not by wireless hotspot. i was on the phone with verizon for almost an hour. sent me to apple and they said to try a different computer. i tried my husbands laptop, worked fine. has anyone else tried a different laptop and gotten the same results. getting back on the phone with apple. ie: my laptop connects fine with my wireless router in my home.

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