I POD Touch and BT Home Hub

[PaulUpton]

Got myself a 2nd gen i pod touch last night, tried to connect to my BT Home Hub managed to enter the WEP key so it has recognised the connection but when clicking on safari/itunes it says cannot connect to the internet!

Anyone had similar problems or anyone know any solutions!

Thanks
Paul

[Southwell]

Has it got an ip address? Why are you using WEP and not WPA?

[PaulUpton]

im sure it was WEP key it asked for, may have been WPA! the ipod was connected to the wifi!

yeah it was showing as having a IP address in the settings

Paul

[Southwell]

What ip? 169.xxx....? Or 192.xxx.....?

WEP is hexadecimal, WPA can be words, which do you use?

[ashleyb4]

I have the black BT home hub and jono has an i phone and he managed to connect but not sure if the touch is the same as the i phone.

A

[Lee]

its not ash, the i phone is a phone, the touch is not

[Southwell]

Originally Posted by ashleyb4

I have the black BT home hub and jono has an i phone and he managed to connect but not sure if the touch is the same as the i phone.

A

Good advise there....

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by Southwell

What ip? 169.xxx....? Or 192.xxx.....?

WEP is hexadecimal, WPA can be words, which do you use?

so if im setting up my wifi to be secure, and i use ssip?? is it? when im asked for a hexadecimal wtf does that mean?

[Southwell]

Originally Posted by mark christopher

so if im setting up my wifi to be secure, and i use ssip?? is it? when im asked for a hexadecimal wtf does that mean?

Whats ssip? lol

SSID is the network name

WPA/WPA2 is the way the network is secured. If you set WPA you can choose any word you want for the security password to the network. i.e. oople.

WEP is hexadecimal, which means the password will be: 1jk4k5i9e9w8qj etc etc.

WEP is superseded now, i wouldn't use it, WPA is much more secure.

[PaulUpton]

have managed to get i tunes to connect ( i think) it is now just saying loading in the middle of the screen!

went into settings on bt and typed what i could into i pod, still bits of info missing cant seem to find them on bt

its set on DHCP

DNS was blank so got that from searching on BT,

IP address is 169.254.160.195
subnet mask is 255.255.0.0 bt says it 255.255.255.o i pod wont let me change
router section is blank cant add to it
dns i typed in as on BT 192.168.1.254
search domains is blank but can add details
client id is black but can add details
HTTP Proxy is off

Paul

[kek23k]

That IP address doesn't look right to me, try setting the IP address of the iPhone to 192.168.1.250, subnet mask 255.255.255.0 and default gateway 192.168.1.254 leave the DNS as 192.168.1.254

[Southwell]

In windows go to go run (or in vista hold windows key and press r) - type cmd

ipconfig in the command window

The default gateway is your gateway + DNS, it will also tell you your subnet

169 is a private address, it's not been given an ip by your router.

[PaulUpton]

right to be able to enter all the details manual i have had to click on ip address as static but still have empty boxes for Router and Search Domains!!Still just got loading....... in the middle when click on safari or i tunesPaul
how ever once i have entered all the info then go to try and log in, then go back to the setting it is resetting them all back to original

[Southwell]

You don't have a domain, your on a residential network, well unless you built one, but you wouldn't....

Do laptops connect properly? I would suggest trying it elsewhere first to proove it's not a problem with the Ipod or Router.

[PaulUpton]

right bit of an update for you!

Tried to log on to works network today but couldnt get the password so that was a failure!

However stopped of at the local mcdonalds on the way home and picked up signal clear as day in the car park and was able to connect!

So seems the issue is with BT allowing the ipod to connect to websites as the hub is connected to BT

Paul

[Southwell]

Are you sure the network isn't in the list at home? One way to test it changing your SSID (network name) and trying to connect, this will mean all other devices on the network will need to be re-setup.

[PaulUpton]

Right rebooted I pod again. Reentered all the info and all seemed ok. Turned I pod off all details were there still!

So I will prob jinx it now but this message has been wrote via my I pod! So fingers crossed it's sorted

[Southwell]

It sounds like it got messed up trying to associate, nevermind, at least it's working..

[PaulUpton]

yep and so far still is!!

Thanks for all your help guys!

Paul