Belkin WeMo Switch with 6th Gen Time Capsule

Shot in the dark, but does your password have any special characters in it? When I used to do network consulting I found once in a while a particular device would not like a password with special characters, sometimes special characters can be misinterpreted as they can be used in some programming languages. I know it can be hassle, but have you tried changing your password for testing? I have a TC, but not a WeMo so I can't comment on any direct experience. Alternatively, can't you turn on the guest network in the TC and turn off the password? I'm not sure off the top of my head, I do not use the guest network. This way you could test a different password without modifying your current home network? Then turn off the guest network once you're done/satisfied.

Best of luck,

Steven

Take previous comment a bit further..

Are all names SMB compatible.. that means short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.

That is the wireless name, TC name and disk share name.

You must have some link otherwise it could not find the belkin in the phone app.

Belkin and Apple.. hmm.. that is never a happy combo.

WeMo are particularly difficult in apple networks.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4964478?answerId=21773816022#21773816022

Is your phone on wifi and not via 3G network?

Here I am being told to keep my ideas to myself.. but same problem.. belkin doesn't work.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5110425?answerId=22291333022#22291333022

General useless nature of the Belkin support team.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4583825

Sorry I was hoping to find a solution for you.

Best bet.. get a standard wireless router.. ie not apple.

Set up the network again and see if the iphone app can reach the belkin WeMo over the network.. I suspect it will work fine.

The issue then is Apple routers simply do not recognise the protocol that Belkin is using. You might be able to bypass the issue by using a different WAP.. the one you used for the above test.. plugged into the TC and see if that works.

Thanks for reporting your results.. hmmm.. that is odd one.. upper and lower case in the name should be irrelevant.. as long as it follows SMB naming rules.. !!

Then again it is a belkin product.

I've got the Belkin Light Switch but cannot get my Apple Airport Router to accept any of my password. Followed your instructions, using lower case for network name . Tried switching from WPA2 to WPA/WPA2 doesnt work.

passwords are lower case, doesnt work. Cant belive apple is selling this product!!

The fact that Apple is selling these is irrelevant. They're made by Belkin and this issue should be handled by Belkin, Apple can't test every manufacturers wifi product. Even if Apple wasn't satisfied with the product and pulled it from their shelves you can buy them at all kinds of electronic stores now, so the issues would still persist.

Anywho, let's start at the basic stuff. Maybe you could try turning off encryption all together for a few minutes to see if it connects? If it does then I'd say there is a compatibility issue with the encryption type or password. At that point maybe change the password to something different? If you turn off encryption and it still doesn't work maybe change the name of the wifi network to something simple like airport with no encryption and see what happens. If you're still unable to connect maybe you've got a faulty WeMo? Maybe contact Belkin support for further assistance? They might be able to tell if you if they are aware of the difficulty apple users are having and if they are working ok a fix.

Good luck and post back results

Turned off the security with open network, it still doesnt want to connect and said that the router is out of range. But in fact im seeing full signals. I've already contacted Belkin support, seems like they are from out of country tech support. Not really helpful at all and they seem like they do not know what they are talking about. I think I might return the product and wait until they launch a new version . 😠

I had this same problem! ANNOYING!! I changed my wifi name to all lower-case and changed the password type to wpa/wpa2. This worked for me.

Slightly frustrating process to set up.

Same problem. I had airport security set to WPA2, a very long password, and could not get the WEMO app to work. Tried more than 20 times, restarted app, changed passwords on the airport network (made sure they contained no symbols etc). No luck.

What worked for me in the end was:

1. Updated settings in AirPort Utility to "WPA/WPA2 personal", rather than "WPA2 personal". Waited for Airport Express to restart.

2. Verified that iPhone connected to airport network.

3. Opened WEMO app and connected to WEMO network.

4. Selected AirPort network. This time WEMO connected fine, and was able to work.

5. Updated settings from "WPA/WPA2 personal" back to "WPA2" in AirPort Utility. Waited for AirPort Express to restart.

6. Verified that the WEMO app kept working. It did! Strange.

+1, this fix worked for me - turned wpa2 to wpa2/wpa, registered wemo, reset to wpa2 and everything works great.

This worked for me.