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Help Wi-fi not working?

ivanoid

Newbie
Jul 26, 2010
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New York
My vibrant's wi-fi connection is not working. I'm not sure if I've ever used it before but I have my internet connection set up and it says obtaining IP address and then it says unsuccessful. I'm not sure why this is happening I think it has worked before. Does me paying my phone bill have anything to do with my wi-fi not working?
 
My vibrant's wi-fi connection is not working. I'm not sure if I've ever used it before but I have my internet connection set up and it says obtaining IP address and then it says unsuccessful. I'm not sure why this is happening I think it has worked before. Does me paying my phone bill have anything to do with my wi-fi not working?

Does the Wifi Network that you are trying to connect to have security turned on??

If so, You need to type in the routers wifi security Password into the vibrants wifi setup for that connection.

When you do a Wifi search and get the list of connections, If any of them have a small "lock" Picture on it that is how you know you need a password to connect to it.

No. your phone bill has nothing to do with it.
 
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I'm sorry, what's AP?

ap = Access Point

Does the phone actually see the wifi network? I've seen it happen that if the SSID on the router is turned off, the phone won't see it. I don't recall that being the case with my Vibrant, but it was the case on my BlackBerry's.

Also, check to see if MAC filtering is turned on on the router/ap/whatever it is. If it is, you need to add your device for it to be allowed on the network.
 
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