nook will not connect to home network [ Edited ]

[sirabicat]

My nook sees my home network (It's WPA2 and the signal strength is excellent.), but it will not connect to it. I've entered the key properly (several times), but it just doesn't work. It will connect to very low-strength unsecured network that it also sees, so the Wi-Fi connection does work. Just not with my network. I have nothad problems connecting other devices (computers, Wii) to this network. The nook, however, just won't play. Very frustrated. Please advise.

[Gtriever]

I had the same problem a few days ago with my wireless access point, after successfully connecting on prior occasions. The solution in my case was to power down and restart the WAP and then have the Nook rescan for the device.

[gandalf1369]

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sirabicat wrote:

My nook sees my home network (It's WPA2 and the signal strength is excellent.), but it will not connect to it. I've entered the key properly (several times), but it just doesn't work. It will connect to very low-strength unsecured network that it also sees, so the Wi-Fi connection does work. Just not with my network. I have nothad problems connecting other devices (computers, Wii) to this network. The nook, however, just won't play. Very frustrated. Please advise.

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As the previous poster has suggested, I would first try rebooting the router and see if that helps.

The other thing that might be causing the problem is the type of network you have.  If it is 802.11N the nook will not connect to it.  The solution is to turn off the "N" protocol at the router and just use it as 802.11g and 802.11b. 

Good luck . . .

[DuckPuppy]

Wireless N routers are no problem for the nook, provided they also support 802.11b/g - I currently use my nook on a wireless N network at my house.  The nook connects via 802.11g and my laptop connects with 802.11n... no need to disable wireless N, the important bit is to make sure that it's not set to allow 802.11n connections only.

For reference, my router is an Apple AirPort Extreme, but previously I used a cheap Belkin wireless N router, both with no problems re: the nook.

[Terry23]

the only problem with setting your wireless N router to N,G or B is when a device other than an N connects the router downgrades to the slower speed. So if you are connected with your laptop by way of N and your nook connects by way of G then your laptop connected is downgraded to G.

I am very supprised that the nook does not support N and will be looking to see if the kindle does.

[sage6240]

I downloaded some updates to my Nook last night   Now I can not connect to my home wireless router and all my settings and Nook registration is gone.   Also I cannot connect to my home wireless network it keeps telling me I have the wrong password.  I was able to connect to my wireless router and had my Nook registered and all setup before I downloaded the updates. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

[2441mo]

i am having trouble connecting to my home wirless on my nook very frustrated please give me

help or advise

[mollie98]

i feel stupid, but what is the wap?

[TekTK]

I had this same problem and was equally frustrated.  I finally got a Nook support person who seemed to know a bit about wireless encryption.  He said the encoding key is itself encrypted and stored on the Nook (presumably so someone cannot read your key from the device.)  I seem to recall that I either needed to return the Nook to factory settings (press and hold the power button for 30 seconds, power up again, then repeat) or needed to restart my wireless router.

I don't accurately recall exactly what I did, but I have resolved the situation and have my wi-fi connection back.  It was quite a while back, but I thought this might give you some leads, FWIW

[Maris_Stella_A…]

This corrected the problem for me:  When Nook is scanning for home network it said WPA2 detected.  I forgot I had to dumb down security for another device; my MAC Airport was set to WEP.  Changed MAC airport to WPA2 to match what Nook wanted.  Connected with no problem.  So if having difficulty, try the following three.

1. Reset Nook. i.e. hold down power button 5-10 sec.

2. Make sure 801n (b/g compatible) is checked.

3 Make sure what your nook is looking for is what your router settings are set at.  If looking for JOEBLOW WPA2, make sure JOEBLOW secure network [with the password ready in your hand] is set to WPA2.

Hope helps users.

[Fisherdv78]

Thank you. This information (and how you explained it) was very helpful.

[pat40]

Nook will not connect to home wireless router.

Pass Word: checked and is correct.

It would appear that the signal to and from the router are not what is expected.

Do we have a key board problem with the NOOK?

[geertm]

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pat40 wrote:

Nook will not connect to home wireless router.

Pass Word: checked and is correct.

It would appear that the signal to and from the router are not what is expected.

Do we have a key board problem with the NOOK?

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Do you get an error message?

The password the Nook asks for is the Wifi password/passphrase that you find in the Wifi settings of your router. This is not the admin password that you use to access your router settings (common mistake).

[Weidbrewer]

Count me among those that is having no luck. Wife and I just upgraded our Nooks this weekend to the Simple Touch, firmware v1.1. Our old ones connected to the home network without trouble, but the new ones get to the "Acquiring IP address" point and then fail to connect.

I've tried the suggestions in the B&N forums of rebooting the router, forgetting the network-rebooting Nook-scanning for the hotspot again, and several combinations of rebooting the router/rebooting the Nook in different orders. Nothing.  I have not yet reset the Nook to factory, per the above, as I've read other people that have done that and lost all functionality - so I'll keep that in my hip pocket for a last-ditch option.

If I turn the hotspot on on my phone, no problem. If I connect to my neighbor's unsecured network, no problem. My network? Nothing.

[Ya_Ya]

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Weidbrewer wrote:

Count me among those that is having no luck. Wife and I just upgraded our Nooks this weekend to the Simple Touch, firmware v1.1. Our old ones connected to the home network without trouble, but the new ones get to the "Acquiring IP address" point and then fail to connect.

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See this post.  Step by step instructions to get connected to your Wifi again.

It has worked for all but one person who has reported trying it for this issue.

http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/NOOK-Technical-Support/updated-to-1-1-0-now-wireless-will-not...

[Weidbrewer]

Hmmmm....interesting....

Worth noting: mine's the same router/service listed in that post.  I will check it out when I get home and report back.  Thanks!

[Weidbrewer]

Very awesome - worked like a charm.  Thanks!

[Ya_Ya]

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Weidbrewer wrote:

Very awesome - worked like a charm.  Thanks!

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I'm glad it worked.  

[Punkzilla]

So spent hours on hours tyring to get my nook to connect to by Belkin router..., took off the mac filter, changed my security from wep to wpa, and as a last resort even exchanged the nook for a new one thinking that would alleviate the problem.  Turns out that the fix was all in my network name.  For ease of memorability, by ssid was my address with a space between the numbers and letters of my street (example: 1234 broadway).  The nook recognized my network, but would not connect.  Belkin had me rename my network to one word (eliminating the space) and boom...it connected just fine.