remembering wifi network..

[kali89]

hi,

my iPhone keeps asking me for a password to connect to my wifi..
how can I configure it so this doesn't happen..

it's an iPhone 6, I have attached screenshot of config.. don't see "remember this network" anywhere...

thank you..

 

[Raz0rEdge]

That's strange, when you join a network for the first time you are asked for the password and once connected, that password should be automatically saved and if "Auto Join" is enabled, it will keep joining the WiFi each time without being prompted.

You should try to "Forget the network" and then join again and see what happens.

 

[ferrarr]

Which iOS version is your iPhone 6 using?

 

[Raz0rEdge]

Threads merged - Do not put the same issue in multiple threads. Please respond to this single thread.

 

[kali89]

iPhone OS is 13.3.1

thank you..

 

[kali89]

> You should try to "Forget the network" and then join again and see what happens.

I did.. didn't work.. don't see "remember this network" anywhere... I only see "join this network"...

:-(

 

[pm-r]

> You should try to "Forget the network" and then join again and see what happens.

I did.. didn't work.. don't see "remember this network" anywhere... I only see "join this network"...

:-(

Have you shut down your iPhone completely and then started it and see if anything has changed.

Has anything changed in your area, either hardware, software or location wise?


- Patrick
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[MacInWin]

don't see "remember this network" anywhere

There is no remember, just the Forget function. The system should remember every network you have connected to until/unless you "forget" them. Don't know why that's not happening, but don't look for a "remember" option.

 

[pm-r]

my iPhone keeps asking me for a password to connect to my wifi..
how can I configure it so this doesn't happen..

Quite a few hits and suggestions using your search term with a google search:

iPhone keeps asking for wireless password - Google Search

www.google.com

Maybe one of them will work for you and fix the problem.



- Patrick
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[kali89]

of course I searched before posting..
(I'm a web developer (retired now), I have been searching Google to solve problems for over 20 years..
thank you..

Quite a few hits and suggestions using your search term with a google search:

iPhone keeps asking for wireless password - Google Search

www.google.com

Maybe one of them will work for you and fix the problem.



- Patrick
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[kali89]

sometimes I see 'forget this network', sometimes I don't.. there's another network that appears on the list, that I don't want to see, when I hit 'forget this network' for that one, it still appears afterwards
(I think 'forget this network' appears only when a network is on top of the list.. or something.. I don't get this..)

at any rate: this is having no bearing on whether my wifi asks me for the password.. right now it's asking me for the password about once every 12 hours..

thank you..

There is no remember, just the Forget function. The system should remember every network you have connected to until/unless you "forget" them. Don't know why that's not happening, but don't look for a "remember" option.

 

[pm-r]

at any rate: this is having no bearing on whether my wifi asks me for the password.. right now it's asking me for the password about once every 12 hours..

What have you done so far in your attempts to fix the problem???

Have you turned your wi-fi off and then back on???

Do you have another wireless setting you could try using, like 2.4ghz or the 5ghz setting if it has been set up???

Have you tried deleting your current wi-fi settings in your System Preferences -> Network i'm creating a new one???

I'm sure you have restarted your Mac, or even shutdown and rebooted yes???

I'm just trying to get an idea of what you might have done to fix the problem and added some suggestions...


- Patrick
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[ferrarr]

sometimes I see 'forget this network', sometimes I don't.. there's another network that appears on the list, that I don't want to see, when I hit 'forget this network' for that one, it still appears afterwards
(I think 'forget this network' appears only when a network is on top of the list.. or something.. I don't get this..)

at any rate: this is having no bearing on whether my wifi asks me for the password.. right now it's asking me for the password about once every 12 hours..

thank you..

Networks will continue to appear, as long as you have Ask to Join Networks enabled. Turn that option Off, if you don't want to see all the Networks available for you join.

As far as the password needing to be reentered so often, that sounds like a setting on the router is the issue.

 

[Rod]

Sorry my memory is so short but, if you go to the network you are on, on the right side next to the signal strength there should be an "i" inside a circle. Tap that and you should see the page headed Forget this Network. There may be variations from iOS to iOS but there should also be a switched option for Auto-Join, make sure that is turned On.
On the previous page Ask To Join Networks can be left on or off, I leave mine off because as it says on my screen, "Known Networks will be joined automatically..........." and I prefer to join other networks manually.

 

[kali89]

all the obvious things that you mention yes of course I have tried..
(this is on iPhone only, on the computer it does not ask me for wifi password all the time.. and it's happened to me with other wifi I had previously......)

> Do you have another wireless setting you could try using,
> like 2.4ghz or the 5ghz setting if it has been set up???
sorry, no idea what you mean here..

thank you for your response..

What have you done so far in your attempts to fix the problem???

Have you turned your wi-fi off and then back on???

Do you have another wireless setting you could try using, like 2.4ghz or the 5ghz setting if it has been set up???

Have you tried deleting your current wi-fi settings in your System Preferences -> Network i'm creating a new one???

I'm sure you have restarted your Mac, or even shutdown and rebooted yes???

I'm just trying to get an idea of what you might have done to fix the problem and added some suggestions...


- Patrick
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[kali89]

> if you go to the network you are on, on the right side next to the
> signal strength there should be an "i" inside a circle.
> Tap that and you should see the page headed Forget this Network.

of course I've done all this... I explained what happens in my previous post.. to wit:

sometimes I see 'forget this network', sometimes I don't.. there's another network that appears on the list, that I don't want to see, when I hit 'forget this network' for that one, it still appears afterwards
(I think 'forget this network' appears only when a network is on top of the list.. or something.. I don't get this..)

thank you..

Sorry my memory is so short but, if you go to the network you are on, on the right side next to the signal strength there should be an "i" inside a circle. Tap that and you should see the page headed Forget this Network. There may be variations from iOS to iOS but there should also be a switched option for Auto-Join, make sure that is turned On.
On the previous page Ask To Join Networks can be left on or off, I leave mine off because as it says on my screen, "Known Networks will be joined automatically..........." and I prefer to join other networks manually.