Topic 'how to get IOS to join Wifi - passkey less than 8 chars' in forum 'All Things Macintosh' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/how-to-get-IOS-to-join-Wifi-passkey-less-than-8-chars-27848608 en Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:45:59 EDT Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:45:59 EDT Re: how to get IOS to join Wifi - passkey less than 8 chars http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-how-to-get-IOS-to-join-Wifi-passkey-less-than-8-chars-27871215 said by planet:

Glad you could help out. If the pass key is less than 8 characters, can't you enter 8 or more and the router will only read the first 7 anyway.

No, that's not how it works. The router never sees the passkey entered on the client device.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-how-to-get-IOS-to-join-Wifi-passkey-less-than-8-chars-27871215 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 13:05:24 EDT Re: how to get IOS to join Wifi - passkey less than 8 chars http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-how-to-get-IOS-to-join-Wifi-passkey-less-than-8-chars-27871179 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-how-to-get-IOS-to-join-Wifi-passkey-less-than-8-chars-27871179 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 12:48:54 EDT Re: how to get IOS to join Wifi - passkey less than 8 chars http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-how-to-get-IOS-to-join-Wifi-passkey-less-than-8-chars-27861322 said by not :

While you're at it, file a bug report/complaint to the maker of the wireless gear there to fix that glitch in their firmware. If they refuse and state that 7 should be sufficient regardless of regulations, then file a complaint to Apple on their Feedback page that they shouldn't be locking users out of possible configs because they feel like following the current guidelines. That choice should be the user's, not Apple's.

If the owner of the deli had the thing set to factory default settings, what makes you think it was running up-to-date firmware?
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I use Linux, OS X, iOS and Windows. Let the OS wars die.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-how-to-get-IOS-to-join-Wifi-passkey-less-than-8-chars-27861322 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 01:06:29 EDT Re: how to get IOS to join Wifi - passkey less than 8 chars http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-how-to-get-IOS-to-join-Wifi-passkey-less-than-8-chars-27849414 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-how-to-get-IOS-to-join-Wifi-passkey-less-than-8-chars-27849414 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:24:12 EDT Re: how to get IOS to join Wifi - passkey less than 8 chars http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-how-to-get-IOS-to-join-Wifi-passkey-less-than-8-chars-27849192 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-how-to-get-IOS-to-join-Wifi-passkey-less-than-8-chars-27849192 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 15:29:14 EDT Re: how to get IOS to join Wifi - passkey less than 8 chars http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-how-to-get-IOS-to-join-Wifi-passkey-less-than-8-chars-27848882
Even got free breakfast
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Nothin' left to do but smile smile smile :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-how-to-get-IOS-to-join-Wifi-passkey-less-than-8-chars-27848882 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 11:49:10 EDT Re: how to get IOS to join Wifi - passkey less than 8 chars http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-how-to-get-IOS-to-join-Wifi-passkey-less-than-8-chars-27848718
said by Page 166 802.11i-2004 :
Here, the following assumptions apply:
— A pass-phrase is a sequence of between 8 and 63 ASCII-encoded characters. The limit of 63 comes
from the desire to distinguish between a pass-phrase and a PSK displayed as 64 hexadecimal
characters.
— Each character in the pass-phrase must have an encoding in the range of 32 to 126 (decimal),
inclusive.
— ssid is the SSID of the ESS or IBSS where this pass-phrase is in use, encoded as an octet string used
in the Beacon and Probe Response frames for the ESS or IBSS.
— ssidLength is the number of octets of the ssid.
— 4096 is the number of times the pass-phrase is hashed.
— 256 is the number of bits output by the pass-phrase mapping.


However HW vendors do whatever they want. I would add an "!" to the end of you current passphrase. It is easy to remember and will get you the 8 characters required.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-how-to-get-IOS-to-join-Wifi-passkey-less-than-8-chars-27848718 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 10:17:44 EDT Re: how to get IOS to join Wifi - passkey less than 8 chars http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-how-to-get-IOS-to-join-Wifi-passkey-less-than-8-chars-27848673 said by skeechan:

No because AFAIK WPA and WPA2 require 8-64 characters. You can't have a shorter (eg 7 or fewer char) ASCII passphrase.

WPA2 specs out minimum 8 chars - not WPA and this network is 7 chars - '1234567' (wpa)
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Nothin' left to do but smile smile smile :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-how-to-get-IOS-to-join-Wifi-passkey-less-than-8-chars-27848673 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 09:54:30 EDT Re: how to get IOS to join Wifi - passkey less than 8 chars http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-how-to-get-IOS-to-join-Wifi-passkey-less-than-8-chars-27848621 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-how-to-get-IOS-to-join-Wifi-passkey-less-than-8-chars-27848621 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 09:21:13 EDT how to get IOS to join Wifi - passkey less than 8 chars http://www.dslreports.com/forum/how-to-get-IOS-to-join-Wifi-passkey-less-than-8-chars-27848608
My wife works in a local deli - they just got WiFi but the owner setup the passcode to seven chars (not secure - i know)

Apple in their infinite wisdom will not 'ungrey' the JOIN button on a wifi config screen until at least an 8 char passcode is typed in.

Is there a way to over-ride this in IOS (6.x)
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Nothin' left to do but smile smile smile :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/how-to-get-IOS-to-join-Wifi-passkey-less-than-8-chars-27848608 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 09:12:46 EDT