I need help with my Android phone, connecting to my wireless router

[Stan Goodman]

This is my first smart phone, an HTC Aria, and I am learning it bit by 
bit. I am having difficulty in having it communicate with my LAN through 
my wireless router, specifically getting through the WPA authentication, 
although that would seem to be a very simple and straightforward matter.

The phone does see the router's signal, remembers its SSID, and reports 
that it has good signal strength. The only missing step is entering the 
password.

When I am asked to enter the password, I type it in and press <Connect>. 
The instrument then checks its authenticity, and the next thing that 
appears on the screen is the empty password field, so I understand that 
authentication failed.

But the password I have entered (many times, out of disbelief and 
frustration) is the correct one. I know this because it  is successful 
with my laptop. When I access the web server of the browser, I can see 
the password that the router knows it has, and that is what I have been 
feeding the phone -- all lower-case characters. I do not understand why 
the same string fails with the phone.

For what it's worth, the phone is able to connect  with another wireless 
net that doesn't require authentication.

Here are the security details of the wireless router:
	Network authentication:	WPA2-PSK
	WPA Group Rekey Interval:	0
	WPA/WPA1 Encryption:	AES

I would be grateful for any helpful advice.
-- 
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel




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