i-phone and Livebox problems

[mont6660]

Daughters boyfriend is trying to use his new i-phone at our house where we have a wireless orange Livebox. The phone is asking for a password to connect to the locked WiFi. Have tried putting in the (very long!) WEP key for the livebox several times, checking uppercase, numbers etc very carefully but can't get it to connect. Is there anything else I should be trying? Frustrating.......

[fo3nix]

Assuming you don't have MAC restriction (I have no idea of the default setup of Livebox), have you tried any passphrase you used, and not just the hex key?

Have you used the wireless function with other wireless-enabled computers?

[mont6660]

I use this connection with my laptop as well as the main computer so the wireless is working fine (most of the time). tried the only passphrase I could think I might have used but to no avail. Been looking on the apple forums and found several people with similar difficulties so have got one or two things to try the next time the boyfriend appears. After reading through the forums I'm glad I don't have an i-phone myself!! Thanks for the help fo3nix.

[KT84]

We had problems linking my dad's nokia to the live box, then i remembered that when pairing something new up to the Livebox you need to press the button on the livebox to make the red light flash, it only stays on for a short time so i found it best to put in the WEP (prob the number on the bottom of the live box) then press the the button (on ours its number 1) then connect the phone up.

hope that helps

[webdude]

Before any new device can connect to an Orange Livebox you must enable pairing mode which permits new devices to establish connection - check your Orange documentation for more info.

[mont6660]

Thanks to all. Had forgotten all about the pairing mode on the Livebox. Will try it next time the phone comes to visit but I'm pretty sure that was what I was doing wrong! duh!!!