WAC104 - Devices won't connect to wifi

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Owl37 wrote:

Having recently purchased the WAC104, I followed the set up instructions using my smartphone. I went to the www.aplogin.net page and set a new password.  

What password? Probably the admin login password, required to access the WAC104 Web UI.

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Owl37 wrote:

Having done this I then tried to connect to the wifi using my smartphone but it keeps saying 'failed to obtain IP address'.  

Have used the network name published, and the network key or preshared password as defined by default? Keep in mind there are different "passwords".

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Owl37 wrote:

I then used my personal laptop to connect to the WAC104 using the ethernet cable. This worked and enabled me to get to the setup page. I checked to see if there was a firmware update available but there wasn't. 

An Access Point requires a network (Ethernet) LAN connection to the local network, connecting to the router typically. There is a DHCP server, which in general is able to assign a free IP address from that LAN DHCP server. Just a connection smartphone<->WAC104<->notebook does not make a fully workable network. It should be for example smartphone<->WAC104<->Router LAN POrt.

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Owl37 wrote:

I tried to connect my phone again but it's still saying 'failed to obtain IP address'. 

I also tried connecting my work laptop (which doesn't have an ethernet cable port) via the wifi and it is saying 'no internet

secured'. 

Lack of any router and Internet connection one would guess.