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Old 03-03-2009, 01:14 AM   #1
firemedictj
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Default Bold doesn't connect to Secured home Wi-Fi

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I sufficiently searched and found nothing that works so here goes...

I have a BB Bold 9000 on AT&T with unlimited texts, and web and email. I am running OS 4.6.0.237 (platform 4.0.0.197)
I have a Netgear WPN824v3 Wireless MIMO router for my home network. I can see the network and it says that it is my active network under Manage Connections, however it only gives me a - sign instead of a check mark. The error I get is: Unable to find the requested server, even though its google.com or crackberry.com. I have changed the channel on my home network to one that no one else in range is using. On the WiFi Diagnostics screen everthing looks good till the connecting part, where i have a red x or the - sign. It never makes it to authentication of the router or server. I have also tried designating the BB MAC address through the wireless gateway as a static IP address, but I'm not sure I did it right, but no luck the way I had it. Any ideas?

And yes I know i can use my data plan to connect to the internet but my wifi is much faster than the 3g that att has to offer.

I am using WPA-PSK [TKIP] for security encryption. Does BB not support this? I tried the router and BB with WEP too and no luck. But when I leave the network open with no security its connects just fine.

Edit: After some searching on BB.com, WPA-PSK [TKIP] is supported supposedly.
Here is what I get when I run Wi-Fi Diagnostics:

Wi-Fi
Current Profile: XX
SSID: XX
AP MAC Address: "Insert Blackberry MAC Address"
Security Type: Pre-Shared Key (PSK)
Association: Successful
Authentication: Successful
Local IP Address: 192.168.1.3
Signal Level: -47 dBm
Connection Data Rate: 54 Mbps
Status: Network acquired
Authentication Failure Reason:
Network Type: 802.11b/g
Network Channel: 3
Pairwise Cipher: TKIP
Group Cipher: TKIP
Gateway Address: 192.168.1.1
DHCP: Successful
Primary DNS: 192.168.1.1
Secondary DNS: 0.0.0.0
DNS suffix:
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Server Domain Suffix:
Certificate: Not Applicable
Software Token: Not Applicable
L3 Auth:

VPN
Current Profile:
Concentrator Address:
Contact: N/A
Authentication: N/A
Secure Device IP:
Status: VPN profile is not found.
Resolving Concentrator: N/A
Concentrator IP:
Primary DNS:
Secondary DNS:
DNS Suffix:
Secure Subnet Mask:
Retry at:
Session Lifetime:
Re-login at:
Failed Login Attempts: 0
Certificate:
Software Token:

BlackBerry Infrastructure
Address Used: //xxx.xxx.xx.xx:443
IP Used:
Connecting: Trying...
Authenticating router: N/A
Authenticating server: N/A
Last Contact At:
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