Sowing Circle's iPhone Blog

After purchasing my iPhone I wanted to see how well it would work on my local wireless network in my home. At first it appeared that my iPhone was able to see my wireless network, accept the pass-phrase and show a decent signal strength. Well that’s where the happniess ends. The iPhone air port indicator in the upper left hand corner did indeed show a strong signal but I could not connect to the Internet.

The solution (as I discovered after working with Dan) was to change my Wi-Fi access point on my wireless router. Basically I changed the wireless security protocol from WEP to WPA.  Apparently there are reports that show its more stable and better throughput when using the WPA over the WEP. Please note that I am also using an older D-link wireless rounter/firewall so your results may vary.

After changing over to WPA be sure to change/update any other device in your home accessing your local network via wireless connection to switch to WPA and of course changing the pass-pharse at the same time.

Also see Apple’s iPod touch and iPhone: Tips when using Wi-Fi