Saturday, July 25, 2009

Apple iPod Touch vs Linksys WAG54G2 Wi-fi DSL modem router

Google Fodder: My Apple iPod Touch could NOT connect to my new Linksys wireless WAG54G2 modem / router.

My other devices worked fine (PC with DLINK DWA-110 USB Wi-fi and an HTC Magic phone - with Android OS).

In attempting to get the iPod Touch to connect to the router I tried all the security protocols and changing passcodes. Nothing worked.

THEN, I changed the WAG54G2 router from the default wifi channel of 11 to 9....and the problem was gone.

Immediately.

It looks like the channel 11 on the Linksys WAG54G2 and the channel 11 on my Apple iPod Touch do not align closely enough to get connected. But other channels are sufficiently closely aligned to allow a reliable connection.

This may also be true for other devices. Try another channel if you have trouble connecting to the Linksys WAG54G2.

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