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

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

Meir Michanie meirm at riunx.com
Thu Mar 15 01:17:54 IST 2012


Hi Stan,
My AEG oven clock is out of sync and connecting your HTC Aria to a
wireless router request for support would be better answered at
http://lmgtfy.com/ "Let me google that for you"


2012/3/14 Stan Goodman <stan.goodman at hashkedim.com>:
> 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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