rogersmj Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 (edited) Just picked up our Edge today, and I can't get it to connect to our home wifi network. It can see the network (with plenty of signal strength -- the router is actually only about 20 feet from where the Edge is parked), and prompts me to enter our WPA password, but then after churning on that for 10-15 seconds it just says connection failed. I have a myriad of devices on this wireless router without a problem -- two Macbooks, two iPhones, our guests' laptops and Android devices when they come visit, a Wii, etc etc etc. It's a common Linksys WRT-54G. The Edge is the only thing I've run into the refuses to connect to this router. I've tried 5 times now. Any advice? Going to ask the dealer next time I stop by but I'm not holding out hope that they're a bunch of computer techs. EDIT: I guess I should add...I don't really know what I can *do* once the Edge is connected via Wifi, I just wanted to get it connected I'm hoping that will let me do Sync App updates and such over Wifi instead of ferrying a USB drive back and forth? Edited October 20, 2010 by rogersmj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzicman61 Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Try removing the WPA security on your router and see if it can connect without security. That would be your first step in troubleshooting the issue. Also, WPA2 would be better security than WPA. Does Sync allow you to use a pass phrase or does it want the actual 13 digit key? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogersmj Posted October 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Well, I am using WPA2 already to be more precise, and maybe that's the problem...I saw another post somewhere in which someone said they couldn't get the Edge to connect to their home's Wifi with WPA2 either. Which would be ridiculous if true, but I'll test that tonight. Sync lets you input the passphrase, no big long key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jskinder Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 I changed ours to a wep-26 character and it works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpeckinp Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Do you possibly have MAC filtering on your router? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzicman61 Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Do you possibly have MAC filtering on your router? If that were the case, then WEP would not have worked. It's possible Sync simply doesn't support WPA2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdmayhew Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 (edited) I was able to connect to a Netgear wireless router using WPA2 from my 2011 Edge without an issue. That may not help resolve your issue, but I am pretty sure it will support WPA2. If you have a willing friend that likes tech, with something other than a WRT54G router, I'd try connecting to it and see if it is successful to further isolate the issue. If I could connect to a different router using WPA or WPA2, I'd start looking at the specific WPA settings on the router to see if a tweak to those will get you around it. Edited November 3, 2010 by wdmayhew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
distortededge Posted November 17, 2010 Report Share Posted November 17, 2010 I changed ours to a wep-26 character and it works Little point in using any encryption if you're using WEP...anyone can crack it in a matter of minutes with easily available tools. The only thing WEP will do is keep a neighbor from piggybacking off your wifi as long as the neighbor's not aware of the cracking tools out there. I also have not been able to get my 2011 Edge's Sync to connect to a network with WPA/WPA2 enabled...I've got three running at the house, and my cell phone makes a hotspot with WPA2. The error I get is that the passphrase is incorrect. It is not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 Little point in using any encryption if you're using WEP...anyone can crack it in a matter of minutes with easily available tools. The only thing WEP will do is keep a neighbor from piggybacking off your wifi as long as the neighbor's not aware of the cracking tools out there. I also have not been able to get my 2011 Edge's Sync to connect to a network with WPA/WPA2 enabled...I've got three running at the house, and my cell phone makes a hotspot with WPA2. The error I get is that the passphrase is incorrect. It is not. I am having the same problem. Any solutions yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKAKTM Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Same here. I've tried my Airport Extreme with and without security and a Linksys without security. Will not connect to any of them. Hope there's a solution coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBEST Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 I have had similar issues. I have tried multiple access points. I was hoping to use the smartphone 'hotspot' feature as well. The best I can do on security on the phone is WEP and control signal strength. Nothing works. The access points are fine. I also tried different channels. When I disable any security, the error I get is security mode must be entered. When I do use WEP, it's 10 digits. I am not terribly worried about strong encryption or theft in my situation. Any ideas? Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcw Posted May 14, 2011 Report Share Posted May 14, 2011 I connected my car to my wifi, want is the point? I see no benefit. What does it do for anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBEST Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 I connected my car to my wifi, want is the point? I see no benefit. What does it do for anyone? Great point. For me, I have a smartphone I want to use a hotspot. For other devices in the car to communicate. However, I was hoping to have the car function as an access point and function as a gateway to my smart phone. This way, all the devices talking to each other would only bug my phone for internet access. If I were to connect to a stationary hotspot, say outside a Starbuck's I could do same thing, but I think that is kind of pointless. I really do not want to go buy an USB based mobile broadband when the phone can do it just fine. Ultimately, I would expect Ford to be able to offer direct downloads/updates via Wifi instead of the memory stick method. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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