WiFi Help!

Ok, so there is a wifi network near my house, it has a password. I've heard that admin is really popular password, so when I tried it, it worked, I was able to join the network and the three wifi bars were showing on my iphone indicating a good connection. But when I tried to actually use the web, it said that my iphone was unable to connect. Anyone know what's going on?

 

Are you sure it's not one of those "pay as you go" connections? I have one of them near my house. You can only get onto it on a computer.

 

I'm actually not too sure about that. Is there a way to tell them apart from normal wifi connections?

 

"admin" probably isn't the password. Try something else and you will be "connected" as well.

 

I don't understand, if admin isn't the pasword, why is it accepted as one?

 

You aren't actually connected

 

Yeah, but what I mean is, if that's not the password, why are the WiFi bars showing at the top of my iphone?

 

There route is hooked up but not to the Internet?

 

I have an iphone too and the bars always show irregardless whether I am granted access or not. The bars only show how strong the signal is. It doesn't mean you are logged in.

 

Are you talking about the bars that show when you first have to choose a wifi connection, because for me the bars show after I select a WiFi connection and enter a password (bars at top left on the iphone). It looks exactly as if I have connection, but whe I go to use safari, it says that there is no connection.

 

Broken Record.
You are not connected.

 

chances are the connection is out of range

 

it always "accepts" the pass. like my wifi pass is 6029612479, but if i type cheese, it still accepts but i can't use internet

 

That's not the case for me, if I type something else, it'll say something like, "wrong password" and take me back to the wifi selection list.

 

sometimes the password is just accepted regardless even though it might be wrong

 

Yeah, I guess, it's just weird that they would do that, it just complicates things.