I’ve been working with the Photon for a year now and for some reason there is ONE wifi network that I can’t seem to connect to. I’ve tried using the Particle smartphone app, the USB method, as well as the method outlined at setup.particle.io . No matter which Photon I use, they can’t seem to connect …

If it's using WEP, have you seen this? [image] Using a Photon on a WEP Wi-Fi network Tutorials First of all, you should not use WEP Wi-Fi encryption! It’s so easily broken into you might as well have an open Wi-Fi network. Also, it’s really a pain to configure on the devic…

Thanks a lot. I’ll look into using that method to connect my Photon. I don’t plan on using WEP for the longterm, but it was kinda bothering me not knowing why I couldn’t connect.

Do you know if the WiFi device is an actual Access Point? It may be necessary for the photon’s mac address to be configured and allowed to access the WiFi in the AP’s management configuration? Just a quick thought.

Thanks to all that replied. This was just related to how I was entering the WiFi network’s passphrase. There are some Hex digits that need to be inserted at the front-end of the passphrase for WEP networks.

Yes - it worked. Problem resolved. :slight_smile:

Connectivity - can't connect to one particular WiFi network

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Moors7 July 15, 2017, 5:07pm 2

If it's using WEP, have you seen this?

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