eye How to assuredly associate Your iPod Touch to a WiFi Network

Successfully connecting your Apple iPod Touch to a WiFi wireless network can be a real challenge. Many owners find the process difficult and frustrating. This is in general due to the abundant choices available for wireless standards and security protocols that can be used for setting up and securing networks.

Why is Connecting to a WiFi Network a Challenge?

A WiFi compatible device does not warrant it will work with every network available. Wireless connections can be set up and configured in many distinct ways. The key point to understand is that the WiFi settings on your device need to be compatible with the network's settings. The key standards that need to be compatible, are the transportation protocol and the security protocol. There are many to choose from given that these standards have historically evolved over many years.

eye How to assuredly associate Your iPod Touch to a WiFi Network

The iPod Touch can only associate to WiFi networks that are based on the Ieee 802.11b or Ieee 802.11g wireless standards. If security is also configured on the wireless network, the same security protocol used must also be set up on the device to enable a get relationship to be made successfully. The exception to this rule is where a WiFi network has been set up with no security and is open to all WiFi devices. These are called "Free WiFi Hot Spots" and are offered by establishments such as McDonalds as an incentive to visit their stores.

11 easy Steps to associate Your Apple iPod Touch to a Wireless Network

Follow these easy 11 steps to speedily and genuinely set up your device to associate to a WiFi network:

Turn on your iPod Touch. Press the "Home" button. Tap the "Settings" icon. Tap the "Wi-Fi" menu. Slide "Wi-Fi" to "On". Slide "Ask to Join Networks" to "On". Wait for the device to detect a wireless network that is in range. If it is close, you will see 3 bars of signal. If it doesn't detect it, try sliding "Wi-Fi" "Off" and "On" again. If the detected network has a "padlock" icon, then it is get and you will need the password to connect. Tap the menu showing the detected network and enter the password. If a relationship is made successfully, then a tick mark will appear. If not, then it means the matching security protocol was not setup on the iPod Touch for the network. If you need to change the security protocol tap "Other..." to go to "Other Network" page. Enter the name of the wireless network and make your mind up the matching security protocol used by the network. You have a choice of Wep, Wpa, Wpa2, Wpa firm and Wpa2 Enterprise. Enter the password for the network and then tap the blue colored "Join" button on the lowest right of the screen. If the network is successfully found and linked to, then it will appear in the list of WiFi networks with a tick. Connecting to a free WiFi network is level forward, however connecting to a get home or firm wireless network requires some technical knowledge. You need to know which security protocol is used with the network if it is secured, the network name (or Id) and the password to associate to it. If you didn't set up the network at home or at the office, then you will need to get the details to log-on from the person who set it up, or seek help from the administrator of the network.

Make "Smarter" Devices that associate Automatically

As the technical standards continue to evolve and combine for wireless networks, the challenge of connecting to a WiFi enabled network with movable devices will become a thing of the past when devices become "smarter". Such devices will be able to automatically detect any wireless standard and network configuration in the local vicinity and associate securely and seamlessly. Hopefully we will see these advances in the next generation of the iPod Touch!

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